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Re: 2009 Honda Accord vs 2009 Camry [backy]
by jayrider
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Mar 08, 2009 (4:09 pm)
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Replying to: backy (Mar 08, 2009 12:52 pm)
Sorry -- concentration level a bit on the low side today.
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- #1785 of 1950
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Re: 2009 Honda Accord vs 2009 Camry [anthony22]
by bobgwtw
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Mar 08, 2009 (7:38 pm)
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Replying to: anthony22 (Mar 08, 2009 9:25 am)
If you enjoy driving buy the Accord. If you want quiet comfort buy the Camry. Hard to go wring with either one.
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- #1786 of 1950
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Accord sedan -- which one
by nyd
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Mar 10, 2009 (6:57 am)
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Hi,
I am new to this. I want to buy an accord for my mom. She probably isnt into high performance or gadgets, but can anyone recommend which one to buy to get nice seats for her? If you dont get leather what are the seats like? Do all come with lumbar supports? Some people dont like the lumbar supports.
Many thanks, we want to buy car tonigh.
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Re: Accord sedan -- which one [nyd]
by backy
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Mar 10, 2009 (12:19 pm)
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Replying to: nyd (Mar 10, 2009 6:57 am)
That is really great of you to buy a car for your mom. I hope she has driven the Accord and likes how it drives and feels to her, including things like use of controls. The Accord is a fine car, but it has a firm ride that is not to everyone's liking, and its controls have been panned by many professional reviewers for their complexity. So if mom hasn't driven the Accord yet, that would be a good idea. Then she can try out the seats for herself and see if she prefers the cloth, or leather.
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Confused
by mavrick83
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Mar 21, 2009 (9:14 pm)
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Hi,
This is my first post here. i'm a 25 year old guy who is looking to buy my first car (when i say my first, i mean i will be paying for it, been driving for years). There are soo many choices out there that i have no clue what i want. here is a list of cars that i have thought about over the past year.
Jetta
GTI
GLI
Audio A4
Challenger
G37 (sedan)
C300 sport
I'm trying to get something sporty but something practical as well.
In this recession, i am not sure if i want to spend a whole lot of money on a car, so now I'm trying to get the most for the buck.
any ideas? maybe something else that's not listed?
I'd prefer to lease, but i know a whole lot of people who tell me to buy, any ideas on this as well?
Thanks,
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Re: Confused [mavrick83]
by thegraduate
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Mar 21, 2009 (9:59 pm)
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Replying to: mavrick83 (Mar 21, 2009 9:14 pm)
At 25, I hope you're making awfully big bucks to be shopping $35,000+ vehicles (and I'm not talking down to ya, I'm 21 and a senior in college ). Personally, I'd avoid VW/Audi products thanks to their iffy reliability and sky-high maintenance costs. The Dodge does nothing for me either.
Have you thought about something like a Mazda 6? Mazdaspeed 3? Honda Civic Si?
Personally, I put more than 12,000 miles a year on a car so leasing is out of the question. But, I feel like at the end of paying on a car for X number of years, I'd like to have something to show for it. Leasing feels like renting, to me. You pay and pay, and when the lease is up, you give it back. Not a big fan, personally. Id rather buy something, finance for 4 or so years, and then have no payment for 3 or 4 years and keep the car. By then I'll have 150k-200k miles, and be ready to upgrade.
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Re: Confused [thegraduate]
by corkscrew
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Mar 22, 2009 (5:14 am)
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Replying to: thegraduate (Mar 21, 2009 9:59 pm)
I too prefer to buy rather than lease, it's always good to have something in your hands when the payments are done. In your price range, I would be looking at a mustang Bullitt.
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Re: Confused [mavrick83]
by backy
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Mar 22, 2009 (9:11 am)
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Replying to: mavrick83 (Mar 21, 2009 9:14 pm)
If you are really looking for something sporty but practical, and would like to minimize your costs on the car and get the most for your buck, then one good option is a slightly USED Jetta/GTI/GLI (GTI with the hatch being most "practical"), one that carries the VW Certified warranty or still has factory warranty left, which your VW dealer can extend out if you want piece of mind. From what I've seen you can get a nice VW Certified Jetta 2.5 starting around $12k + T&L, more for a GLI/GTI of course. VW also still has 2.9% financing for 60 months on their Certified cars, I think. I went that route on New Year's Eve on a 2005 Jetta, and added 6 years of bumper-to-bumper warranty (total of 8 years) on it so it will be covered through the time I intend to own it (it's going to my daughter in a few years for school). Total financed was about $14k, that in included the 6 extra years of warranty, all taxes/fees, and a small payoff on my 328Ci. Total payment with the 2.9% financing of $266/mo. Car looks and drives like new, and I don't have to worry about paying for anything other than regular maintenance for 8 years.
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Re: Confused [mavrick83]
by qbrozen
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Mar 22, 2009 (10:09 am)
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Replying to: mavrick83 (Mar 21, 2009 9:14 pm)
Backy makes alot of sense.
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Re: Confused [backy]
by bobgwtw
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Mar 22, 2009 (4:26 pm)
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Replying to: backy (Mar 22, 2009 9:11 am)
I'd avoid VW/Audi like the plague. Even if you buy new, or have an extended warranty, the routine maintenance costs are sky high. Have a friend who is a traveling salesman & bought a new Jetta TDI. first 36,000 miles freen maintenance; then he took it in for routine 40,000 mile service & got hit with a bill for over $450.00!
Check Consumer Reports, J.D. Powers, the posts at Edmunds & you'll see that the VW/Audi product is near the bottom of everyone's list when it comes to reliability.
I'm not a VW hater. I drove over 40,000 miles last year & would love to be able to justify the purchase of a TDI; but compared to just about any Japanese brand, the maintenance costs alone more than wipe out the fuel savings.
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