Thread: Project "Save the Flea!" Winter beater: 2007 Civic 1.8L, 5-speed
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Old 07-15-2014, 05:04 PM   #18 (permalink)
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Of course, now that I've done this deal, I found an unmodified, local '96 Civic CX 5-speed advertised today with only 125k kms (78k miles) for 700 bucks.

Note to self: time to stop looking at the classifieds.
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