A new car purchase

Testdrive should answer your question.

 

Testdrive should answer your question.

 

True every car needs a maintainance and will run longer if maintained
properly.
But Honda engines have proven to last longer than Nissan.
Honda has a life of 250K miles or longer if maintained properly, which I
don't think is the case with Nissan.

Well my 2 cents Hondas and Toyotas are most reliable, Nissan come second.

 

True every car needs a maintainance and will run longer if maintained
properly.
But Honda engines have proven to last longer than Nissan.
Honda has a life of 250K miles or longer if maintained properly, which I
don't think is the case with Nissan.

Well my 2 cents Hondas and Toyotas are most reliable, Nissan come second.

 

True every car needs a maintainance and will run longer if maintained

LIE. Nissans are just as reliable as Hondas. I have seen many of them with over
300K miles. They are also cheaper to maintain due to timing chains instead of
belts in Hondas, which need replacing every 90K miles.





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Everyone is entitled to an opinion and can spend their money as
the please. I guess I need to post this one more time. If one
must make a CHOICE between a new car and the other things in
life, than he can't afford a new car without effecting his other
options in life. If one must choose between a new car and
investing or putting money into an IRA, they have no choice but
to buy used. One must also factor in the replacement price of the
used car they now own, the same as does the new car buyer.. I've
kept many of the cars I bough new, as collector cars. Personally
I'm glad people are willing to buy the cars I no longer want. If
not for them placing a VALUE on my used cars I could not as
easily afford to buy new every two years. I sold my last two
cars for only a few thousand dollars less than I paid to buy them
new. Now if I can only find people willing to buy used clothing
and furniture I could save some BIG money on all the things my
wife buys. LOL


mike hunt

 

I recently purchased a 2003 Accord Coupe LX 4cyl Auto. I was set on
buying a used Accord Coupe (99-01) and had looked EVERYWHERE in
Southern California. I was hoping to spend around $12,000 for a three
year old Accord. All the cars I looked at around that price were
GARBAGE. Three or four of them were in accidents, with the
sellers/dealers denying the fact. It was obvious as there were body
panels that didn't line up and mismatching colors. All the nice
Accords that were well maintained and not in accidents were around
$14,000. I really didn't want to buy new, but I thought I'd look into
it anyway. When I found out that I could get a brand new 03 Accord
Coupe LX for $17,000, I decided to go with that. For $3000 more, I got
the new body style and I got a car that I will know the maintenance
history of.

Who cares about resale value if you plan on keeping the car until it
dies? My only reason for buying a new car was because my 89 Civic was
starting to go (with 230,000 MILES on the odometer)

I realize I could have saved a little by buying used, but the biggest
problem is that you don't know anything about the car's past. Who
cares if you have the maintenance history. It does no good to have the
oil changed every 3K if the car was roughly abused. All the people I
know who leased have abused their cars. One friend of mine had a 95
Integra that he used to race. He even ran Nitrous regularly! Once the
lease was up, he took his suspension parts, wheels, and nitrous system
off and made the car appear stock again. I certainly wouldn't want to
buy that car!

I'm sure not all cars are like that, but you are taking a gamble.

 

I recently purchased a 2003 Accord Coupe LX 4cyl Auto. I was set on
buying a used Accord Coupe (99-01) and had looked EVERYWHERE in
Southern California. I was hoping to spend around $12,000 for a three
year old Accord. All the cars I looked at around that price were
GARBAGE. Three or four of them were in accidents, with the
sellers/dealers denying the fact. It was obvious as there were body
panels that didn't line up and mismatching colors. All the nice
Accords that were well maintained and not in accidents were around
$14,000. I really didn't want to buy new, but I thought I'd look into
it anyway. When I found out that I could get a brand new 03 Accord
Coupe LX for $17,000, I decided to go with that. For $3000 more, I got
the new body style and I got a car that I will know the maintenance
history of.

Who cares about resale value if you plan on keeping the car until it
dies? My only reason for buying a new car was because my 89 Civic was
starting to go (with 230,000 MILES on the odometer)

I realize I could have saved a little by buying used, but the biggest
problem is that you don't know anything about the car's past. Who
cares if you have the maintenance history. It does no good to have the
oil changed every 3K if the car was roughly abused. All the people I
know who leased have abused their cars. One friend of mine had a 95
Integra that he used to race. He even ran Nitrous regularly! Once the
lease was up, he took his suspension parts, wheels, and nitrous system
off and made the car appear stock again. I certainly wouldn't want to
buy that car!

I'm sure not all cars are like that, but you are taking a gamble.

 

when u quote the number 99.999999%, u mean to say that there r atleast a
million members who have ever posted a message here.

 

when u quote the number 99.999999%, u mean to say that there r atleast a
million members who have ever posted a message here.