Q: I bought a honda civic lx car with 176k miles for 2900$ and i think may have messed up. what do I do in this situation ?

asked by on October 29, 2016

I bought it off a private owner and i wasn't thinking clearly and i tried going lower as 2500 but ended up at 2900. Now I dont know what I should do. Do i transfer title, put it in my name and sell it off or what..?

My car has 177438 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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