Chose the rusty $600 Civic over the clean $1500 one, zero regrets

Last month I had two options sitting in front of me. A 1998 Civic with 220k miles and a rotted rear quarter panel for $600, or a 2002 with 150k and no rust for $1500. I picked the cheap one because I only had $800 total for the car and a brake job. Spent $45 on a used fender from a junkyard in Akron and patched the quarter with fiberglass I already had. It needed a new master cylinder last week, still under my budget with $155 left over. Anyone else take the rusty route and end up happier than they expected?

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felix_thomas731mo ago

My buddy bought the rusty one too, drove it two years for less than a tank of gas a month.

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kim.sandra1mo ago

That sounds pretty extreme for a rusty car.

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