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$500 accord sold

I acquired the 2003 Honda Accord back in 2015 for $500 from my brother-in-law after it had been involved in a broad-side collision on the left rear quarter panel. The car came to me at a time when my family had only 2 cars (one for my wife to take to work, and one for the kids to take to school) and a mountain of credit card debt. Getting the car allowed me to work a temp job without either me or my wife leaving early from work to pick up the kids from school.

It came to me with 35k miles on it after I sent my daughter and her friends to NY to drive it home for me and over the last 5 years, we've traversed the country several times putting over 75k miles on the odometer and getting some memorable road trips in the books. During that time, I spent a few hundred dollars fixing things that broke and making the car work as well as or better than an $8k dollar car. here's a rundown of the changes:
  • 2 lower rear control arms
  • 2 upper rear arms
  • sunroof relay
  • 2 door lock actuators
  • heater control valve
  • upgraded battery
  • new factory radio
  • upgraded speakers front and rear
  • tinted windows
  • led headlight bulbs

immediately after the accident. 


My wife got into a broadside collision on the right rear quarter panel and the repair estimate was over $5k so I bought a new control arm to get the car back on the road. 

This year, I purchased a 2015 Toyota Prius using profits from selling Tesla stock and inherited a 2016 Honda HR-V when my sister passed away, so there was no need to have this car cluttering the driveway (we don't have enough drivers). 

I wanted the car to go to a family that needed it so I offered it for sale for $500 even though it could probably fetch $1k in it's current state. No matter, we're in a much better financial situation today thanks to this car and I hope it will help out another family the same way it has helped us.  

Sold for $500

Sold to a family of kitchen helpers that my wife became acquainted with in her stint as a hostess after she retired early from her finance job. They were planning on financing a used $15k car when my wife reached out to them and asked if anyone needed a car.  I told them the car needs a right rear wheel bearing and a new parking brake cable and they seemed pretty excited after the test drive since it's still a crazy good deal.

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