Bought it local off a Craigslist listing. Owner (a foreigner) had all the previous maintenance records.
So I did "my inspection" LOL. Well, when I took it in to see about the door locks, turns out it needed a crap load of other things too.
Now I have to eat crow, because my wife tried to get me to take any used car I wan to buy to a mechanic to get checked out.
Apparently, if I had done a little more research, I would have found out that more than a few civics around that year start having major trouble around the 100K mark.
I thought I was getting a good deal since it was $3K and had only 105K miles on it.
I have already sunk an additional $2500 into it. Timing belt & cover, rear suspension parts, power steering pump and a small list of other things.
Live and learn.
I will never again buy a used car off Craigslist without first getting the owner to agree to let me take it to a mechanic.