Is 175000 miles a lot for a 2006 Honda civic for 7800?

I'm looking to buy my firsts car a came across a civic with 175000 miles is that good or bad
How long do you think it will last?
And are they expensive to fix

In the UK, the average annual mileage for a car is up to 12,000 miles.
So an 8 year old would only be expected to have a max mileage of 96,000.

It seems this car you have seen has done well over average. Think carefully and make sure you get a warranty with it.

I wouldn't buy any car with 175,000 miles. That's about 22,000 average per year. I'd say this civic has seen its best years and maybe ready to just die. Not for me.

I wouldn't buy a petrol car with that mileage. Diesel maybe. Hondas are good cars and repairs will reflect the quality. Surely you can find one with less mileage?

175,000 is quite a bit of miles even for the civic. The R series engine that is in that car is actually well made but still. If it has all the maintenance records and they are current then id say it would be an okay buy for around $6,000. But worst case you drive it and the engine goes out. You can get a used engine in the US for about 1000 and installed for about 1000. So it all comes down to can you afford to replace it if it was to break. I personally know someone who has over 500,000 miles on his 07 civic lx. The replacement engine comes from automotix.com Also if this is a manual trans car how is the clutch?

Talking about the balancing between of the original 7-year/100,000-mile power-train warranty from the factory and what would be out of your pocket to repair since the car is at 175K miles.

I'm a baby boomer and not too long ago (A couple of decades or so), the mentality was if any vehicle reach the 100K mark: It's history. You're buying practically. A junky vehicle. Until this day, I have no idea when that mentality started. Probably due to the technologies we've applied into the vehicle era and the consumer has reacted/ evaluated to those technologies.

To take into consideration, as a professional in the auto industry for more than four decades: from repairing, in management, to teaching/consulting in technical fields and an author of several books (Technical as well as management/ Business wise) I've to say: 100K miles with the now-a-day technologies is. Nothing; to put into perspective: That's about at least a 1/4 of a life of any well maintained vehicle. I'm not talking about something like Yugo here.

I do think that I can voice my opinion about the 100K mark on most well done vehicle since I've repaired vehicle from AMC to Yugo and by seeing the evolving of the technicality aspects took place among most auto manufacture.

Look back at the opening of my answer: The OEM warranty of 7/100 or in some other 10/100 of some car makers. See I have meant?

It's all bringing down to the most important thing you should have in your hand before buying any vehicle: The service/ repair record. The initial test drive or the estimate of repair or any independent report of the "prospect" vehicle are just the secondaries factor to be considered about before you come to your own decision "to buy or not to buy".

Ever heard about a car in upstate NY that has logged million of miles and just like the "Energizing" wabbit, it's still keep going:
http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Latest-News-Wires/2012/0709/3-million-mile-Volvo-Long-Island-man-s-P1800S-won-t-quit-video

Yeah, yeah and yeah. It's not a Civic but the moral of the story is: Maintenance! It's normal to me to see Honda with at least 400K still come to my shops for something as simple as… Oil changes.

So to answer your question: Ask for the maintenance/ repair record. Any car when it come to repair will be most of the time expensive to any pocket. The second thing to con'sider: Is the car serve your daily needs? The third thing is how much will it cost me in insurance? Since you're choosing a Honda so I'm not talking about fuel economy.

And just for fun: Since you've said: "I'm looking to buy my firsts car. Will the car help me to pick up girls? Hell no! It'll depend: Your personality or be yourself.

When any girl say something like this: I'm you BOO. You've got it made. Kudo to you then. HTH