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Sedans Chevrolet Malibu Chevrolet Malibu vs. Toyota Camry vs. Honda Accord
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Replying to: dave8697 (Jan 15, 2008 6:37 pm) A Camaro and a Malibu are totally different. Depending on the model of Camaro the older cars are many time worth more than a newer model (comparing apples to oranges). resale value? A major concern for buyers of accords and camry's because they know the cars are so boring they need to get rid of them soon after buying. This is the post I was replying to, when I said you don't have to "get rid of them soon". By the way, what makes a Malibu less boring than an Accord? My father has a Malibu, and it is the epitome of boring.
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Replying to: elroy5 (Jan 15, 2008 6:54 pm) If I look to the right on my screen, the Malibu sits at 9.3 and the Accord sits at 9.0. 9.3 must be the new epitome of boring.
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Replying to: dave8697 (Jan 15, 2008 7:48 pm) |
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When people buy a car, they will conside resale value as one of the critirias. The other things they may consider could be price, handling, look, build & finishing, brand and so on. You will not just like the look and buy it without test drive it, right? So, the resale value is an important factor you will consider before you laid down the money, does not matter if you keep the car for couple of years or 10+ years.
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Replying to: niceguy1234 (Jan 15, 2008 10:48 pm) |
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Replying to: dave8697 (Jan 15, 2008 6:37 pm) A few people feel they can look into the future on resale value. If so, I need some help with my 401K and stock portfolio so that I only hold high return items.  Looking into the future based on past value doesn't work for Enron workers who held huge amounts of company stock, e.g. Toyota owners of certain cars with transmission behavior problems and sludging have cars that are down in value. So they bought a car with high resale value but CR downgraded Camry; ooops, sorry about your car value.
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Replying to: dave8697 (Jan 15, 2008 7:48 pm) Hmm...The Malibu has 21 reviews to the Accord's 118 (as of 12:30pm EST, 1/16/08). I'd be more interested if the Malibu had 118 reviews to the Accord's 118 or the Accord's 21 to the Malibu's 21. Otherwise, you're not exactly comparing Apples-to-Apples, given the fact that the mean average review could either go up or down the more the Malibu and Accord (and Camry, for that matter), are reviewed.
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Replying to: imidazol97 (Jan 16, 2008 4:11 am) I can't look into the future, but I can predict future resale value. I predict the Accord will retain a higher percentage of it's MSRP than the Malibu will. You don't have to agree. Looking into the future based on past value doesn't work for Enron workers who held huge amounts of company stock, e.g. Toyota owners of certain cars with transmission behavior problems and sludging have cars that are down in value. So they bought a car with high resale value but CR downgraded Camry; ooops, sorry about your car value. Honda, and Toyota for that matter, are not Enron. I doubt the Camry resale value will take a big hit by this. Why not? Because normal people (who don't spend time on internet forums talking about cars) don't even know about these problems, and will still pay a good price for a used Camry. The Accord has had some problems in the past, but Honda will usually make it right, and keep the customers happy. The percentage of Accords that go to fleet sales is historically low, and I don't see that changing. I would not count on low fleet sales for the Malibu. Fleet sales affect resale values also. |
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Replying to: fd2 (Jan 16, 2008 9:35 am) Apples to oranges will be when someone says the new malibu will have the reliability or resale value of the previous model, that it shares NOTHING with except the 100,000 warranty.
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Replying to: dave8697 (Jan 16, 2008 5:55 pm) 
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