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Car savvy? Debating between Nissan Altima and Honda Accord, any advice?

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Interior room of a Civic is not bigger than the Accord. The Accord is even considered a large car based on EPA interior space.

OP, find a budget then find the car that fits. If it's around $7500, you got lots of low mileage options such as Ford and even Hyundai.
 
SickBeast said:
I agree, but considering the longevity of the Accord it's a tough decision.

IMO Nissan makes the best engines of any "normal" car manufacturer (not including brands like Ferrari and Lamborghini). Nissan's electrical systems have always been their weakness. Honda is a more balanced brand with great overall reliability, but IMO it's boring compared to the Altima in this case.

If I had the choice I would probably take the Altima. I've never liked the Accord; I don't see why people buy them instead of the Civic. Any gains in horsepower they have, they lose out because the Accord is heavier than the Civic (aside from the V6 Accord which is a bit of a beast).
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In terms of overall refinement, the current Civic is roughly on par with the Accord of 1990-1994. So there's your answer. 🙂

I think most people (and most magazines) would have the opposite opinion of Nissan engines versus Honda's.

At any rate, both of those will be reliable cars and both are on the "sporty" end of their their class in terms of dynamics, so I doubt you'll regret either one.
 
SickBeast said:
When I read reviews before I bought my civic it said that it had more interior space than the accord and was a better car overall. I'm not sure how many doors they were talking about.
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Are you retarded, at least a little bit?

How can somebody in one thread talk about upgrading their car when they don't even have the first clue about what their car is? You don't realize that the civic is a subcompact, the accord a mid-size, bigger in every interior dimension?

Do you have macular degeneration? Have you not seen an accord in real-life? When you see it and you're in your civic do you think "Wow, I'm glad my car is bigger?" Isn't the ability to eyeball size comparisons between things something kids learn in kindergarten, if not sooner?

Or you're just trolling, which is more likely.
 
Skoorb said:
Are you retarded, at least a little bit?

How can somebody in one thread talk about upgrading their car when they don't even have the first clue about what their car is? You don't realize that the civic is a subcompact, the accord a mid-size, bigger in every interior dimension?

Do you have macular degeneration? Have you not seen an accord in real-life? When you see it and you're in your civic do you think "Wow, I'm glad my car is bigger?" Isn't the ability to eyeball size comparisons between things something kids learn in kindergarten, if not sooner?

Or you're just trolling, which is more likely.
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You know what Skoorb? You're one of the most moronic people I've come across online or in real life. Before you jump on someone get your facts straight.

http://automobiles.honda.com/certified-used/accord-coupe/2005/specifications.aspx

http://automobiles.honda.com/certified-used/civic-sedan/2006/specifications.aspx

The 2006 Civic has an interior volume of 90.9 cubic feet whereas the 2005 Accord has an interior volume of 88 cubic feet.

You're probably one of those people who buys a big car because they're either fat or they have an ego problem. The 2005 Accord may look bigger than the 2006 Civic from the outside, but on the inside it's no bigger.

I can see why you left Canada. You're just not a nice person. You don't fit in here.
 
PhoKingGuy said:
Have you sat in a 2009 Accord? I don't give a fuck what the numbers say, its a boat inside. There's no way in hell a civic is bigger.
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this...

I had a 2002 Civic, crosshopped 2006-2009 Civic with 2006-2007 Accord and we also looked at 2008 Accord to see how it is,

Size was something like this (if you actually go inside..)

2002 Civic << 2006-2009 Civic <<< 2003-2007 Accord << 2008+ Accord

I've been talking sedans btw
 
SickBeast said:
You know what Skoorb? You're one of the most moronic people I've come across online or in real life. Before you jump on someone get your facts straight.

http://automobiles.honda.com/certified-used/accord-coupe/2005/specifications.aspx

http://automobiles.honda.com/certified-used/civic-sedan/2006/specifications.aspx

The 2006 Civic has an interior volume of 90.9 cubic feet whereas the 2005 Accord has an interior volume of 88 cubic feet.

You're probably one of those people who buys a big car because they're either fat or they have an ego problem. The 2005 Accord may look bigger than the 2006 Civic from the outside, but on the inside it's no bigger.

I can see why you left Canada. You're just not a nice person. You don't fit in here.
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I asked you before if you were retarded and I think it's important for us to get a yes/no before we continue with your counselling, so please do respond to that first.
 
Perhaps there is some infinite bag of holding in the civic to jack up its interior volume and that's what those links are referring to. Obviously meaningless, though. Actually, I think Honda simply put the wrong numbers there for interior volume of the Accord, especially since they don't mesh with anything else on the net (including the individual dimensions on the very same links!) and when you look at 2010 Civic vs 2010 accord using Honda's own numbers the proper interior volumes are stated. As we all know (except the guy who owns the civic) the civic is a subcompact, the accord a mid-size. Here are some numbers with actual meaning:

http://www.edmunds.com/used/2007/honda/accord/100782850/specs.html
http://www.edmunds.com/used/2007/honda/civic/100804556/specs.html

Rather interesting that despite the 2009 and 2010 Accords being exactly the same on Sickbeast's 2009 link the Accord is given 92.1 cu ft: http://automobiles.honda.com/certified-used/accord-coupe/2009/specifications.aspx
and yet on another Honda link the 2010 is given 101 or 106: http://automobiles.honda.com/accord-sedan/specifications.aspx

The accord is larger in every meaningful dimension, from shoulder room to luggage capacity. But even on sickbeast's links it's obvious that all the individual dimensions are higher.

One can even go to Honda's website and compare the Accord to the Civic side by side, and the vast size increase of the Accord is nothing new; it's always been bigger than the Civic.

The 2005 Accord may look bigger than the 2006 Civic from the outside, but on the inside it's no bigger.
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You have committed a Class A Failony.

This reminds me of the time somebody who owned a 4 cylinder Xterra thought it was faster than my Maxima. She knew that little about her own car to say such a thing.
 
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LOL, I guess SickBeast was so excited he found some figures that corroborated with his claims that he didn't bother checking any other numbers to make sure (because everybody knows Civics are bigger than Accords). That, or he knew it wasn't so and tried to find some false numbers that he could quote.
 
I'd get the Accord, but I'm an Accord owner myself so there is some obvious bias here.

The market in Oregon for used Accords is similar to Ohio; within your budget, this was the only clean 7G I could find: http://portland.craigslist.org/wsc/ctd/1850288974.html

There are better optioned Altimas with similar years/miles on them for the same price, but I wouldn't choose Nissan over Honda for reliability. Strangely, no used Fusions in your price range here.
 
I have a slightly better opinion of Nissans over Hondas, especially in basic sedans. But I really dont think it matters too much either way. I'd take the newer one if those are the only options.
 
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