For those who didn't see this in our cheap used Mirages megathread, I bought this 2008 Honda Fit 5-speed a week or so ago:
It will be my Winter Beater 2021/22. Keeps the Mirage out of the salty slush.
I'm going to pick it up this weekend... and that will be the first time I've laid eyes on it, never mind driven it!
I've never bought a car in a different city via email and e-transfer of funds before.
It's only mildly alarming though -- I'm getting it from friends who have a used car dealership, and they've been using it as their personal car for a month or so. They tell me it's a fine little beater that was traded in at the local Honda dealer [they get many of their used cars from the new car dealers].
Normally they would invest some time & money to spruce it up and put it up for sale on their own car lot, but this one's got a number of strikes against it, not least of which is...
HondaRust [TM] !
That's strike one.
Strikes 2 through 4 are:
- AC doesn't work [don't care]
- 255k kms = 158k miles is getting up there
- Manual transmission [nobody wants those these days]
Annnnnnnd... yer out!
On the plus side, the Carproof report shows no accidents, and the last owner seems to have been on a 5000 km oil change schedule right up to 250k kms. It also comes with 2 sets of wheels & tires, winter & summer flavour. The winters are supposedly in OK condition. Not sure about the summers. Oh, and a full set of Weathertech style winter floor mats. So maybe the mouse fur carpet isn't ruined.
Anyway, I will find out much more tomorrow morning. It's not far - about a 400 km round trip. Wish me luck!