The story of your car

[Sijray21]

The first car i owned was a 1994 civic ex coupe (white). It was a hand-me down car from my mom when she got her Z3 my junior year of HS. I wouldn't admit it at the time, but i was a very stupid driver. I'd acted like i wanted to modify my car and do all this crap to it, but i had no idea what the f**k i was talking about.

...Long story short i got into an accident with it, totalled the car. I drove around an '86 gti, which we still have, for about 4 months. Getting into the accident gave me a shock in driving, i just wish i learned the lessons from it before i got into it.

In the summer time before my senior year or HS my mom and i were looking for another car for me to get. My main priority was to get something somewhat reliable and fun. I should've looked into just taking the money from the '94 ex into the older vdub, or getting a cheaper car, but we looked at 1-2 year old cars on lots and at car fairs. The main cars i were considering were a vw gti (vr6 older and 4cyl newer), jeep wrangler (wtf on my part), and whatever cars i saw on the lot for under 15K.

...sorry for the long text, but it'll give you something to read at work or at home when you're bored

I came across 3 Civic Si's. I saw an '00 EBP one for 18.5K, an '00 FBP one for 17.9K and a '99 MR one for 15.5K. I test drove the MR one that Rosenthal had at a car fair near what is now the Hoffman Movie Theaters. Since it was a car fair (credit union car fair) the cars were relatively cheap where dealers were looking to get rid of them. There were about 600-800 people shopping for cars and about 20 dealerships with about 40 cars each.

Test driving the car was fun and i've read all about it in magazines so i knew the specs and what people have thought about the trunk, back seat head room, and other misc specs. I liked it. I didn't think my mom would get it for me. After the test drive when we rolled back into the parking lot there was a line for the car (3 different parties, 1 ready to buy it, heard him ask the dealer when i was still in the car). Then my mom turned to me and asked me, "do you like the car?, do you think it's worth the money?" I was shocked, but i said yes to both. Before we even got out of the car she said yes to buying it. After she said yes i talked the dealer down to 14.9K because there was a paint covered scratch on the rear passenger side quarter pannel and a big black mark on the hood ( ...that i later took it off with a little wax and elbow grease )

Got it 7/22/00 with 22.5K miles on the odo for $14.9K w/o including warranty and other misc fees

The car now has ~116K miles on the odo and i've kept every maintenance reciept for work that has been done to it.

I wish i would have looked more carefully at other cars, but i'm overall very happy with my mom's purchase. And for everything i'm very appreciative that my mom got me the car and i do plan on completely buying it off of her when i get a job and money to do so. I've paid for all the mods, part of the insurance, all the heavy maintenance, and some of the car up till now.

hope you enjoyed the long text