jester3681

Eh, I'd partially agree, but Civics tend to trade higher than they should.

the XB and XD are almost as ugly as the cube,

Yeah, but to a 16 year old girl, I bet they look pretty cool! We're just grumpy old codgers. Shit, I drive a Mercury Sable. I might as well start wearing plaid pants.

Um... ouch?

That seems like an awful lot of money for that particular car. I don't like KBB or "blue books" at all. There is a huge difference between the value and what people are actually paying for them. If you asked me about that car I would say it is worth only $7k-$8k. I am cheap but I have a pretty good idea of how much things are actually selling for.

Is there an echo in here?

Yeah, not for this guy...

Yeah, Edmunds.com says about $8800 for a clean Civic, private party (I did a blue LX sedan). I use Edmunds TMV for car price calculations... it's been my experience that KBB is usually 10-20% high.

Timing belt right out of the gate if it hasn't JUST been done. The Civic is a 200k mile car, but with over 100k miles, maintenance items get expensive - struts will likely need done soon, brakes are likely (second time), tires soon (second time). The driveline should be fine, but consumables all come due around that mileage. Do a Google search for Honda transmission issues - I think they had the solenoid pack issue sorted out by 08 - I think that was earlier like 03. I assume automatic for your daughter. $9900 seems a bit steep for a 100k mile car. I'd think that would really sell closer to $7500 or $8k if it's nice.

Anyone know anything about the Suzuki SX4?

Keep looking...

the '98-2010 style were supposedly riddled with reliability issues.

2011-13 style is supposed to be a lot better.

This - like I said in the PM, VW/Audi had some pretty major electrical issues during those years - not quite as bad as the late 90s (dash fires), but they had a ton of gremlins - expensive ones... If you get one, get a newer one, and if you get a newer one, you can afford a better car. Sorry to the VW faithful, but they'e had problems since they started running coolant through the engines in the 70s...

Why would a bank be interested in a tax lien sale? I thought that was for foreclosure sales?

All a tax lien sale does is give you title to the house. If there are still any encumbrances on it (mortgage), they go with the sale. You get the right to own the tax debt. You hedge your bets that you are buying a house worth more than the mortgage. The bank is doing the same thing, except they already own the debt.