# SOLD: '92 Civic LX 4dr 5sp for parts or tinkerer

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**Created:** [May 13, 2008, 6:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sold-92-civic-lx-4dr-5sp-for-parts-or-tinkerer/48341 "2008-05-13T06:06:59Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 14, 2008, 5:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sold-92-civic-lx-4dr-5sp-for-parts-or-tinkerer/48341/10 "2008-05-14T05:21:03Z")

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> [@JDMSIR](#):
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> $260 a ton for scrap at Diamond Horiwitz, $95 for Cat. could have made over $400 scrapping it.

I’ll bet the tinkerers here don’t want that to get around. How many old Civics would live on if the starting price was $500?

Is that a scrap price for a catalytic converter? Doesn’t make sense when I can buy one new for $110. The hood, one fender, and one door are nearly perfect. That could have got me something more, but then I don’t want to piece it out.

How about a different perspective: This car used to get 45 MPG reliably. Compared to the recent 30 MPG at $4/gal, that $450 saved in a 10,000 mile year makes you consider a rebuild, doesn’t it?

I enjoyed this car for almost 16 years. It actually means something to me that it might get a new lease on life.

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