- May 29th, 2008, 11:57 pm
#178031
Second 'Rooskies.
Have an 06 Civic and an 06 Accord (after giving up a Toyota and Mercury to the junkyard)...can't go wrong with either one. With the exception of the occasional parking lot fool who flunked parking lot etiquette dinging, scratching and chipping the finish, no complaints about the vehicles themselves. We've travelled up 95 to the Northeast a couple times a year and we simply alternate trips with them. The Accord has a more "floaty" sedan feel which is to be expected, and the Civic (which is the same design as the 09) has a lot more "zip." It's kind of like a poorman sports car. In fact, it can be quite perilous switching from driving the Accord to the Civic in a given day as the civic has much tighter steering and braking response. (Ours are 4 cyl.)
We have the middle model on both...which is plenty adequate with the good niceties (air, power, decent stereo, decent upholstery, alarm, et al...simply sans navigation and a sunroof.) Honda's are kind of easy to determine which you want as, unlike Toyota, they have three models (four if you count the LXSE model which adds alloy wheels to the LX model.) DX is bare bones, LX is mid-grade and EX has all the bells and whistles. There are no special packages to add on et al.
We got ours for our goal price of 3% over true invoice, not sticker, (fair profit point for the dealer) less dealers incentives by going through the internet managers from each dealership. If you don't mind driving and don't need it yesterday, it's kind of fun to play the dealers off each other. I have some info on how to do that if you would like (but again I enjoyed the "haggling" part, although 90% of the dealerships I dealt with (about a dozen or so) were cordial and pleasant. Suffice it to say, it is pretty fun to have dealerships falling over themselves effectively bidding down for your business. In fact, I still have the occasional personal email from some of the managers asking if I need to replace any other vehicles. PM if you would like it.
Hope that helps.
Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.--John Quincy Adams
, I am going to purchase a new car in the next 1-2 weeks and will likely purchase an Accord, CRV or Civic. Has anyone on the board researched/purchased a new Honda in the last couple of years? Any recommendations? I was surprised to see the Civic is not the "basic" car that it was in the 80's.
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TL for me...it's unreal the power, luxury and technology they put into one car for that price
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