A thread to share experiences of cars you really should've walked away from. Pic related is an EJ Civic I snatched up for 2000 dollarydoos. Pictures in the ad were real shitty, so all I could see was clean paint and a straight body. Texted the owner and he was very responsive and upfront with answers to my questions. He told me a few things were wrong with it of his own volition, leading me to believe he was being upfront and honest about everything, and it all seemed like shit I was comfortable fixing including bringing it back to stock ride height but come to find out there were a few rather glaring omissions. >Clean paint was actually a half assed respray with cheap paint, now full of chips and scratches >Busted turn signal stalk >That nigger tier hyperflash mod, also making the front turn signals too dim to be seen when the parking lights are on >Also nigger tier "rally style" rearview mirror, with no nighttime dimming; removed sun visors to install it >Also also nigger tier fake carbon fiber fog lights, not hooked up >Power steering pump and reservoir removed, lines looped >Ad said manual trans; while technically true, it was an auto from the factory, and the owner before him who did the swap neglected to hook up the clutch starter interlock as well as the fucking reverse lights >Misaligned starter; grinds when the solenoid disengages >Driver's window sticks at halfway point >SRS light lit And the worst part is that after I found all that out, I still bought it. Thankfully I at least had the presence of mind to talk him down from 2500, but I really really should've walked on it.