83 Civic Wagon

This isnt my car, Im just surprised its lasted this long....

http://www.voaautosales.com/inventory.php?id=5277303

That's because it's in Pontiac, Michigan and it's a foreign car.

I asked our CFO in Detroit if anybody bought any other cars on the sales car program besides GM, Ford, or Chrysler - you know, something like an Accord?

She says; "No, nobody drives a foreign car". (that was back in February, 2011)

I think he means he is surprised it isn't a little pile of iron oxide by now.

she does realize that the Accord isn't a "foreign" car, doesn't she ?

Survivor

wbjones wrote: she does realize that the Accord isn't a "foreign" car, doesn't she ?

She was 100% serious.

I guess you would be surprised how many foreign cars there are in Pontiac, and Oakland county. I would guess the majority of people shopping at the VOA retail lot just don't want an 83 Civic wagon with 60 horsepower and a manual trans. I think it's cool but I wouldn't spend $2300 on it either.

-plus 245k miles-

I don't think I' will ever buy another vehicle from the salt belt. Folks idea of rust free up there is about a 1/4 in deep worth of rust away from my idea of rust free.

In reply to FranktheTank:

Rust free in Michigan more or less means it isn't dangerously structurally comprised and/or ugly quite yet. Asking about rust underneath is mandatory when looking at cars. I could probably get away with selling the Prizm I just bought, with slightly crusty rear arches and very perforated spare tire and tool wells as rust free. My Yugo was more or less a "rust free" car, a summer of rust repair later its still got metal missing in spots.

That being said, the car in question looks solid as hell. I have a theory the Japanese played with crazy rustproofing compounds on the production line in the 80s, this is why you occasionally see a perfect one when the rest are piles of rust.

Kenny, I have your theory on 80's Japanese rustproofing. I know with 3rd generation Accords, the newer the car is, the less prone to rust in the rear arches it seems to be. Almost every early 3rd gen has rear arch rust.