Car Thread - What would you Buy??

[Sid59]

a moderately priced civic / corolla or base accord / camry .. which would you prefer?

thinking of putting down on an car. this would be my first new car.

Discuss.

 

[Kelvrick]

Do you need the extra size of the accord/camry?

I was considering the civic/corolla, but I figure the civic/corolla doesn't have anywhere near enough power to tow a trailer with my bike on it.

Right now I'm considering the accord, camry and impreza.

 

[TechBoyJK]

i like my accord, but id rather have a civic with options than the base model accord...

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: TechBoyJK
i like my accord, but id rather have a civic with options than the base model accord...

Like what? I think about the only thing that a decked out civic has over a base accord is a sunroof.

 

[Pepsi90919]

none of the above

 

[thawolfman]

Check out a Mazda 3 at all?

 

[ElFenix]

i'm going with base accord. coupe. it's a nice looking car, and has plenty of getup to send you and 3 other passengers, with luggage, up over 100 mph. as tested in west texas.

 

[Sid59]

Originally posted by: thawolfman
Check out a Mazda 3 at all?

searching, studying and reviewing. i want to get the most bang for my buck, which also inlcudes long term reliability. My brother has an older camry with 265K miles and it's a horse. My gf's Rav4 has almost 200K miles and we just recently drove it from SF to LA and back with no problems.

I'm not a hardcore Toyota fanboy but their reliability is awesome. I totally forgot to include Mazda 3 in the other poll.

 

[R Nilla]

any/none; they are all pretty boring, save for maybe the new civics...

 

[Baked]

Civic Si.

 

[0roo0roo]

anything but the corolla, that thing is so lame now compared to the civic its not funny.

 

[sniperruff]

altima.interior may not be as good as the accord/camry, but at around $17k or so, it's only about $3k more than a corolla/civic, but it has a big 2.5L engine and enough room to haul lots of stuff. it doesn't look half bad either.

 

[spikespiegal]

Civic - no question. Accord my second choice tied with maybe a Jetta. I won't even sonder a VW bug or Rabbit.

The Camry is an appliance.

I have a lot of friends with Accords and have driven them all. Great cars, and they easily out handle the smaller Civic and Sentras because of their stupid under-sized wheels to get a few more MPH. Why Honda / Toyota /Nissan do this is stupid because the Infinity G20 and Sentra RS were some of the best cars made.

Still, the Civic is more economical to drive than the Accord.

 

[JDrake]

Camry