Reply #73: My son bought a 1991 Honda Civic for 900 bucks. So far

[JeanGrey]

he has had to do water pump, radiator, valves, etc. and works on it almost every day but it is still running and gets 38 mpg. We think it has a blown head gasket now and he and his father are going to pull the head tomorrow. It will still be cheaper. Older son was dumb and bought an S10 (I could've killed him myself) but it was red and had a DVD player (I know). Did a carfax and it had nothing but we found out right away it didn't even have the original engine. He paid 7 grand for it and it is worth NOWHERE NEAR that - it's a 2002. So he's stuck. He was also stupid enough to borrow another 2 grand to get himself out of jail for something stupid so now he owes 9 grand on a piece of crap.

Selling it isn't an option. I doubt he could get four or five for it....................and no money left for another car.

The other son with the 18 year old Honda is in much better shape.