Buying a high mileage Honda Civic?

I just found a 2000 honda civic for sale with 191k miles. Would this be safe for a teen driver? The owner says it's a good car and just got the battery replaced recently.

IF he has changed these parts then buy it. High mileage doesn't mean that the car is about or will be break down soon.
1. Alternator.
2. Starter.
3.A/C works?
4.Heat works?
5.Compressor kicks in?
See if there are any sound or noise comes from the muffler, Catalytic converter. And let him show you the prove.
It's very important to check edmunds.com to check the price.

With such high mileage it could start breaking down often, so is that a risk your willing to take. Old Honda's are prone to blowing head gaskets so be careful.

Find out if he has fixed/replaced anything else recently. Also, find out of the owner has service records, if a car has been well taken care of it will last alot longer. But, with the high miles alot of things could be going bad. You could have someone more mechanical to look at it before you buy it as well.

The only thing you should take into consideration is by reading this article concerning the transmission:
http://www.hondaproblems.com/problems/transmission-failure.shtml

Read my answer to another member, you can do the same researching for your 2000 vehicle

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