Thus spake Leftie <No@Thanks.net> :

>John H. Holliday wrote:
>> "Distorted Vision" <r.patre@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:942cff1b-f67c-4dde-8f59-91cdd6cbddc1@x37g2000yqj.googlegroups.com...
>>> I'm investigating several 2005-6 Honda Civic 1.4-16i. I've seen a 1.4i
>>> SE at a local Honda main dealer and the mileage is 7500 miles. Should
>>> I be cautious about buying such a low mileage vehicle? At first I
>>> assumed it was a positive feature but on second thoughts of it has had
>>> little usage and has been unused for long periods of time surely this
>>> is detrimental to the engine in the long term?
>>>
>>> Anyone own one of these Civic models? Please share your experiences.
>>
>> Can you spell odometer rollback, boys and girls?
>>
>>
>
> I recently looked at a 2002 Camry with 28k miles on it. In 2006 it
>had 8k miles on it. It was leased by an 80 year old woman who ran her
>errands in it once a week, then bought off the lease by her daughter,
>who drives 13k miles a year. So low mileage cars do exist, but you want
>to make sure that they weren't driven on too-short trips that didn't
>allow the engines to get hot enough, for long enough, to purge the oil
>of condensates. You also want to make sure they got things like new
>coolant, even though they might not have reached the specified mileage.
>Age matters as well with fluids, and belts!

I sold my 96 Civic in April 08 with a little over 90K on it. Did the
full "time or miles" maintenance on it. It was still a great car at
12 years old and they guy I sold it to said it was still getting
excellent milage.
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