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9203 messages, Last post on Nov 26, 2009 at 4:39 PM
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I am in Los Angeles and am in the market for either a Honda Civic LX or a Toyota Corolla LE. Does anyone have any comparisons to make? And what would be a decent OTD price for each of these cars? Any thoughts about servicing these cars? mudslinger |
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Have a price on the table of 17,100 including destination from a dealer is Rhode Island. Still working on figures but the lease money factor is impressive at only.00178 apposed to .00300 for the jetta. Time will tell
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Replying to: mudslinger (Dec 22, 2008 4:23 pm) My wife had 09 Corolla LE, Auto this summer Price was $14,800 plus tax and DMV Nice car, very easy to get in and out, comfortable seats, very quite ride. Very well designed car. Getting about 35-39 MPG most of the time. Very easy to maintain. For 09 Civic LX Auto you can get low $16k if you shop around. I had one quote for 08 civic LX for $15.5k NYC/NJ area. Civic is a nice car too – but it is still just a Civic. Honda dealers feel that Honda Civic is younger brother of BMW and will try to sell you for higher price. Don’t fall into it – it is still a Civic and will remain to be a Civic – which is very comparable with Corolla. It is seated a bit lower than Corolla and takes more effort to get in/out. Also, it has more noise in CIVIC than Corolla. You will hear all gears going from 1 to 5 in Civic while Corolla more quite/smooth. Having said all that, Civic is still a good car. It will have about same resale value in 5-6 years as Corolla depending how well you take care of it. The other thing is that Corolla LE will split rear seat 40/60 for skis, etc. while Honda dealer will tell you that rear seat split for Civic is a “luxury” upgrade and will ask you shovel extra $1200-$1300 and go to EX model. I would suggest you request quotes on Edmunds from few zip codes around you and let dealers compete for you. Some of the largest dealerships get bonuses if they meet certain quotas selling cars, - they will usually give you the best deal. You have to “fish” for those guys. Don’t expect good services (or treated well) at those large places – but they probably will give you lowest price. Make sure you confirm that price includes all junk fees and destination but tax and DMV. Be clear that you don’t want THEM to waist YOUR time – and most will understand. Also, be Very Firm and Suppress_Your_Emotions when they show you that NEW CAR. As far as service – the best service you will find is at Independent garage. Honda likes to pick your packets when you go for service. I brought in my 02 Honda Odyssey for cooling coolant flash last month. It took them 1.5 hours to do it and in addition to flashing my coolant, my visit resulted in SRS light coming on after I draw few miles off the dealership. Nice try - I am an engineer and can troubleshoot car computers very quickly. It took me few minutes to find “disconnected seat belt sensor connector” under passenger seat and then few more minutes to reset SRS at MES connector. Some Honda dealers think that all customers are stupid and will believe everything they say/do. Apparently not all customers are that way – there are plenty of smart too – so please treat us with respect and we may go back to you! Maybe! Good luck, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. God Bless.
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Replying to: civic09 (Dec 23, 2008 5:50 am) |
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Replying to: civic09 (Dec 23, 2008 5:50 am) Thanks in advance! |
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Replying to: civic09 (Dec 23, 2008 5:50 am) Sorry, another bad rumor. |
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While I do NOT have a Toyota Corolla side by side to really make this comparison, the oem recommended OCI for the Civic is at 10,000 miles. This is a good percentage better than Corolla's oem recommendations. In addition I personally run 20,000 mile OCI's. I run 5w20, 0w20 Mobil One oil. Upshot: the Civic may be cheaper to run. overall and for sure is cheaper to run with 10,000 miles OCI's with oil filter recommendations to change  20,000 miles. The 04 is at 78,000 miles. I also had to replace the oem tires (rated 23/24 tires on tire rack-thank heavens for the #24 rated tires) 74,300 miles. It is FAR away from my min 4 ea TB/WPchanges 105,000 miles goals. (450,000 miles)
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Replying to: isellhondas (Dec 22, 2008 2:03 pm) NYC Metro area 2008 EX Coupe with Navi (manual 5 speed) 16,888 selling price + 8.375% tax + title and other fees OTD = 18,500 ish. good deal i think...
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Replying to: ilumo (Dec 23, 2008 7:35 am) |
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