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[Budmantom]

I'm looking at buying a newer car and these are the cars that I have narrowed it down to:

2002 Nissan Sentra SER
2001 VW Jetta GLS V6
2000 Honda Accord EX V6

Any thoughts or comments?


Tom


UPDATE:

Originally posted by: Budmantom
We went to look at the Accord and my wife liked it so we bought that for her and I found this Acura so we bought it for me.



Tom

 

[NutBucket]

Sentra doesn't compare as its in a different class. Wouldn't touch a Jetta of that vintage. The Accord would be fine if it doesn't have tranny issues.

 

[Mr N8]

I would go for the Accord, if the test drive suits you well. Lower insurance costs, lower maintenance costs, and typically more reliable than the other 2. The Sentra SER isn't worth the extra $$$, if its an automatic.

 

[AdamSnow]

Out of those 3 ?

VW.

 

[Actaeon]

Used 3-series.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Always VW.

 

[TheLonelyPhoenix]

From those 3, the VW.

Edit: Jettas are also one of the cheapest cars to insure, while the number of rice-boys crashing their Civics/Accords makes them significantly worse.

 

[Budmantom]

The Jetta is tempting because it's good looking and has a lot of pop, but it's reliability could be an issue.

The Sentra is the least expensive but it should be quick with the 2.5l and it has the lowest mileage.

The Accord is nice but it's the oldest and has the highest mileage but it is a Honda....




Tom

 

[Budmantom]

We went to look at the Accord and my wife liked it so we bought that for her and I found this Acura so we bought it for me.



Tom

 

[Red]

Originally posted by: Budmantom
We went to look at the Accord and my wife liked it so we bought that for her and I found this Acura so we bought it for me.



Tom

Congrats!

 

[NutBucket]

Nice. The RL is branded an old-man car but on the bright side you can be assured it was likely driven by one

 

[sniperruff]

here's my take on those cars

1) sentra se-r: it's basically a smaller altima... with torque steer and less room. sure it looks pretty good, but it's a sentra with an altima engine.
2) jetta: VW's are expensive to repair. however i'd say this is the best of the bunch
3) accord: it's last gen's accord. it's not that powerful on today's standard. not to mention that car is waaaaaay over-priced.

i'd look for a 00'-04' maxima. probably 00'-02' with a budget of under $14k.

 

[Budmantom]

Originally posted by: NutBucket
Nice. The RL is branded an old-man car but on the bright side you can be assured it was likely driven by one

Yeah it is, it's also more car than I was looking for but I got the "bug".




Tom

 

[NutBucket]

Originally posted by: Budmantom

Originally posted by: NutBucket
Nice. The RL is branded an old-man car but on the bright side you can be assured it was likely driven by one

Yeah it is, it's also more car than I was looking for but I got the "bug".




Tom

Its a good car for a good price since its not very popular.