i am looking at buying an evo 8 with 170000 miles on it and am just wondering if it is a good idea? give me any opinions you may have, Thanks

 

Logic should tell you 170,000 miles is a lot for a car. But if it looks good in person(since you posted no photos). Then I guess it could be "good". So far this looks like a bad idea to me.

 

a buddy of mine bought an 03 it had like150k on it. changed the fluids did all the basic maintenance then a timing belt and head gasket then got it tuned..beats the crap out of it and its still holding strong.

 

Do you mind me asking how much you will be paying for it?
Also, are there any modifications? # of owners? Clean title? Interior/exterior appearance look good?

 

IF this is your only car and will be daily driving it, I would certainly have it checked out by a shop before the purchase... I would be a bit hesistant until then and would be until i spent money going through it making sure the major things were replaced or fixed.


If your stealing the car ( which you should ) and basically building it from scratch then yes its a great idea.

 

Compression and leakdown test would be first

 

Why would you buy something that "has had the crap beat out of it"

 

I think he meant his friend beats the crap out of it lol

 

also if i can get it for a good price then it will definitely be worth it. even if i have to do a motor build in a year. Although does anyone here know any thing particular i should be looking for when i do go look at it??

 

hey Adam just read all the faq's on the top of this forum, you will find out that these are fairly easy to work on and to be honest the parts are cheap also

you thinking about leaving the honda world also?

 

It is a good idea , so when people ask how much miles it got you tell them "170,000 and still rocking"

But seriously take all the precautions high mileage doesn't have to be bad , just that it has been driven alot. and it this case alot.

Good Luck

 

look at the history of maintenance and repairs and see if it still drives strong. you should be getting a good deal too i hope.

 

wow, at least thats a testament of the quality of the car if you take care of it! but I personally wouldn't buy a turbo car used especially one with that high of mileage on it.

 

naa just looking to get a new car.. going to look at it, well see what happens and ill let you guys know what goes down.

 

sounds good to me