Opinion on 04 Honda Civic?

I'm a college student and have been searching for a car for the past few months. I'm very limited on my choices because I can only spend about $2000. I recently found out that a friend of mine is selling his 04 honda civic. The exterior and interior are flawless, it has new tires, and a new head. It also shifts very nicely, so I don't see any signs of needing a new trans soon. The car has 195k miles and is selling for $15000. He told me however that there's a small tapping noise when the gas is pressed, a rocker tap. Before I make this investment, someone Please tell me if it's a smart decision. I need honest opinions!

1997 Honda Civic Oil Leak?

I have a 1997 Honda Civic Coupe automatic has about 190k miles just got done doing the oil change last month. I got home after driving the car for a while and I could smell oil Bruning so I opened the hood and could see white smoke coming out from the car. I couldnt exactly pin point the exact location from where the smoke was coming from but it seemed mainly somewhere right infornt the engine where the exhaust manifold/catalytic converter is. Couple weeks prior to that when the engine light first came on I had the codes checked out and catalytic converter was the only thing coming up. I don't know much about cars so don't be quick to judge me but my question is would it be the catalytic converter causing a oil leak? If not what could it be? And had anyone had similar situation or know what it is?

Why my 1999 Honda Civic p0420 cold won't go away?

I have a 1999 Honda Civic LX with a po420 code I replace the catalytic converter about 9 months ago but I didn't replace the sensors at the time. The p0420 code came back on about 6 months after installing the catalytic converter without the new o2 sensors. Two days ago I decided to replace the catalytic converter and both o2 sensors. After driving around for a while the catalyst monitor was ready and green. I replace the catalytic converter in o2 sensors due to the po420 code and the fact that my car was also losing power during acceleration so i thought installing brand new catalytic converter and 02 sensors would kill two birds with one stone. Once I installed the Catalytic converter and sensors I cleared the code and started driving but still was losing power. Check engine light came back on for a multiple misfire so I replaced the distributor cleared the codes and i'm no longer loosing power! BUT check engine light came back on today for the P0420 CODE AGAIN. How do I get rid of this po420 code?

Honda Civic 2003 for first car?

Okay so I have a few questions. As a backstory, i'm an 18 year old guy, live in the LA area, and i'm gonna be taking my driving test in a few weeks. The past few weeks i've been researching cars because I plan on purchasing my first car. My limit is $6,000. Anyway, i've been looking up local used cars on Autotrader and I found a few good looking deals.

There's one in particular that caught my eye. A 2003 Honda Civic for $5,500, and it's nearby. The only thing is that it has 131,000 miles on it, and i'm wondering if a car with that many miles is worth it for the price. I'm a bit of a car noob obviously, so I just wanted to get some opinions from people with experience. Is that mileage too high? I know Honda Civics are VERY reliable cars

Added (1). Also to add a few more details, it's the EX model.whatever that means. It's 4 speed automatic (which is good cause I have no idea how to drive stick.

Also wondering if Volkswagon Jettas are any good. I found a 2007 Jetta for $5,500 and it has 90,000 miles and looks very nice, but i've heard it costs alot for maintanence, so i'm leaning more toward the Civic

Honda civic 2000 blown headgasket?

So I know I have blown my headgasket in my honda civic 2000, it as caused by a leak in my hot water hose and my fan not turning on. The hose has been fixed as well as the fan. It runs but I still only drive it when i have too. Its been about month since that happened and I have only had the car start to look like it was going to overheat once because I was in traffic. Also when i move my car and look on the ground there's a slight amount of coolant on the ground but not very much. It also isn't leaking any oil. So I'm not sure if its worth getting fixed and if I solved the main problems of why it was overheating at first. I also haven't needed to put more coolant in it very much because it isn't leaking as much. So my question is that if I should fix it or let it be and if its ok to drive still.

Why is my car overheating? Thermostat?

It's a 1996 Honda Civic. 126,000 miles. I've been gone for like 6 months for college. So it did a lot of sitting. But when I came back, it drove fine. But suddenly I noticed the heat needle raising all the way to red, but I couldn't park because I live in a city setting and couldn't find parking, but after a few minutes, the heat needle went back to normal. It was weird. It over heated and unheated while driving. It does this a more often than not now. Could it be the thermostat? I'd love to fix the problem.

2012 Civic acts like it has a vacuum leak. Any suggestions?

2012 Civic acts like it has a vacuum leak. Any suggestions? - 1

Added (1). 2012 Civic Automatic, 175k miles

My car has sluggish acceleration in any weather *above* 45 degrees F. When it's cold out, my car takes off like a bat out of hell with pretty much NO acceleration problems. Once it's warm, forget it, it's like driving a turtle.

I had the vacuum lines smoked, no leaks found. Fuel system and throttle body cleaning was just done at Honda last week, no luck.

Fuel trims are STFT 7%, LTFT 7%, which is slightly lean, but I can't figure out what the hell's causing it.

08 Civic's trunk won't open?

My 2008 civic's trunk won't open. I've tried the manual latch attached to gas latch inside vehicle, I've tried the trunk button on keys.

called honda and they said they'd charge me $700 (yes $700) to "break the locks" and open the trunk.

isn't there another cheaper option?

Added (1). One locksmith told me they couldn't do anything. Haven't tried bodyshop yet though.