old Accord shit the bed most likely, what car should I buy next?

looking at another Honda but not sure about newer Honda's having the same durability, should I just buy a Corolla and call it a day, I'm a single dude with no children so I don't really need a ton of car space at this point in my life just something to cruise around with.

Civic, Camry, Corolla or a newer accord

I've heard Impalas are slept on.

coolboy11 posted...

should I just buy a Corolla and call it a day

sure why not

I hear Toyota is actually more reliable than honda. But I've always been a Honfa driver because they don't die. Just traded in my 08 accord earlier this year.

dummy420 posted...

I hear Toyota is actually more reliable than honda. But I've always been a Honfa driver because they don't die. Just traded in my 08 accord earlier this year.

the 1.5 turbos seem to be having a lot of shit go wrong, heard good things about the hybrids though so I will probably lean in that direction if I stick with Honda.

Toyota or domestic

Sonata, Elantra, Camry, etc

Honestly I feel like all modern vehicles have incredible reliability these days. Even stuff from Chevy, Ford, and Dodge seems to run forever. I see these high mileage groups online all the time of trucks lasting for like 400,000 miles and above on all original transmissions, engines, everything. I know you arent looking at trucks Im just pointing that out because thats what I deal with all the time.

I see people picking up used vehicles with like 150,000 miles which to me is hard to wrap my head around because I grew up in an era where vehicle reliability just wasnt there, especially in American trucks. At 100,000 you were looking to get rid of a vehicle and anything at like 140,000 miles was dead man walking.

There is always going to be some outliers and exceptions that something goes wrong but for the most part across the board vehicle reliability is really good. Especially if you live in a climate where you dont get a lot of snow and road salt that tends to rust out the underside of a vehicle which is my main issue where I live.

So I say get what you want based on price, looks, features, and the reliability will be there. With that being said to this day every person Ive known with some type of car like a Corolla or a Civic seems to be a great car that goes a long time. A guy I work with has a Civic and it seems like a nice car. I just dont personally buy cars because of the driving in snow I prefer a truck at at 62 I prefer stepping sideways into a truck. I hate getting down into cars. But if you dont mind yeah go for it.

Another vehicle Ive personally seen run very well for multiple friends that they swear by them is Subaru Outback. They have better ground clearance than a typical car, offer all wheel drive, can haul stuff, are rugged little things and run forever. Id consider them myself if I ever didnt have a truck.

thankfully in the South snow isn't a concern (well 98% of the time)

coolboy11 posted...

the 1.5 turbos seem to be having a lot of shit go wrong, heard good things about the hybrids though so I will probably lean in that direction if I stick with Honda.

My brother in law got a honda hybrid that he can plug in and get there and back to his job about an hour away with gas only kicking in on the last bit. He loves it.

dummy420 posted...

honda hybrid

i vote for this imo.

Civic w/ the 2.0L 4-cylinder if you want something that'll last (almost) forever

archizzy posted...

Honestly I feel like all modern vehicles have incredible reliability these days.

This is what I think as well. Too many people are basing these reliability stereotypes from cultural sayings of the 90's

I had an Accord and a Corolla and honestly I liked both. The Accord was the better car of the two, but the Corolla is cheaper and was still very reliable.

Kia K5

Mazda 3 is another option. I think their used prices are generally better than Civics/Corollas, and they are probably slightly more reliable than a Civic.

If buying new, I'd probably go with a Civic Hatchback Hybrid. Very practical car with lots of space in the back and trunk and gets like 50 mpg.

.

How many miles do you have on your accord? I have a 2012 with 201k still going strong

Avoid Mazdas. The safety and driver assist systems are at least two generations behind everyone else.

My Toyota Corolla was a 1998 which I bought in late 2006 and lasted me until late October of last year, so almost 18 years of usage. Probably would have lasted me longer if I had actually taken better care of it.

Hollows posted...

How many miles do you have on your accord? I have a 2012 with 201k still going strong

99 with 220k (got it with about 120-130k it's been a minute lol) been driving her for 7 years.

If EVs are practical in your area and for your general patterns of use, whatever EV you can get for a good price.

If not, whatever hybrid you can get for a good price.

To be clear, I'm not trying to argue this from the ethical point of view. If you care about that, bonus, but the real benefit comes from having a car that uses fuck-all (or no) gas, especially with gas prices nowdays.

corolla /day

It's funny in a way. Where I work they make parts for Accord, Accord has multiple daily quality issues the no one seems to give a fuck about.

Probably our most successful area is Acura, at most in a year period they had 1 quality issue and that issue itself was easily fixable.

I have a '17 Accord and I loves it.

Strider102 posted...

It's funny in a way. Where I work they make parts for Accord, Accord has multiple daily quality issues the no one seems to give a fuck about.

Probably our most successful area is Acura, at most in a year period they had 1 quality issue and that issue itself was easily fixable.

what's the most common quality problems you tend to see?

What exactly is wrong with your Accord?

coolboy11 posted...

what's the most common quality problems you tend to see?

Welding issues and defects that the people working are too dumb to fix.

Part defects they're aware of but use the anyway.

Incompetent workers, etc.

archizzy posted...

Honestly I feel like all modern vehicles have incredible reliability these days. Even stuff from Chevy, Ford, and Dodge seems to run forever. I see these high mileage groups online all the time of trucks lasting for like 400,000 miles and above on all original transmissions, engines, everything. I know you arent looking at trucks Im just pointing that out because thats what I deal with all the time.

I see people picking up used vehicles with like 150,000 miles which to me is hard to wrap my head around because I grew up in an era where vehicle reliability just wasnt there, especially in American trucks. At 100,000 you were looking to get rid of a vehicle and anything at like 140,000 miles was dead man walking.

There is always going to be some outliers and exceptions that something goes wrong but for the most part across the board vehicle reliability is really good. Especially if you live in a climate where you dont get a lot of snow and road salt that tends to rust out the underside of a vehicle which is my main issue where I live.

So I say get what you want based on price, looks, features, and the reliability will be there. With that being said to this day every person Ive known with some type of car like a Corolla or a Civic seems to be a great car that goes a long time. A guy I work with has a Civic and it seems like a nice car. I just dont personally buy cars because of the driving in snow I prefer a truck at at 62 I prefer stepping sideways into a truck. I hate getting down into cars. But if you dont mind yeah go for it.

Another vehicle Ive personally seen run very well for multiple friends that they swear by them is Subaru Outback. They have better ground clearance than a typical car, offer all wheel drive, can haul stuff, are rugged little things and run forever. Id consider them myself if I ever didnt have a truck.

Some. They make boneheaded design choices. I own a 2015 ford Edge. Some models have the waterpump inside the engine. It fails and most will at some point past 100k miles. It will cost 2k to replace the entire engine if it fails. I plan on replacing it the pump at 145k and get more out of it

my 2010 accord is kinda falling apart but still going strong

Starks posted...

Avoid Mazdas. The safety and driver assist systems are at least two generations behind everyone else.

This, unless you want a Miata, although the ND3 now has some kind of dynamic assist crap.

Been with Honda's for 3 years. I am personally skeptical of the complexity of current gen models, but I'm just going to have to bet on the brand. I think the Prologue might be the one to stay away from. It's a shared platform from GM that iirc didn't reach the full development that it was intended to be.

Toyota has their reputation as well. I think they even have the better hybrid system. I just prefer the Honda UI.

I have an FN2 Civic Type-R. You can get one for <5000 and they're fantastic cars. Super unloved but also super capable. I abuse that poor CTR and it just laps it up.

Otherwise I'd suggest a 986 Boxster, they're dirt cheap (3000 gets you in a good 2.5 or a ropey 3.2). Astra VXRs or Focus STs are also available for that price, although it's a bit of a gamble to get something that's not been freedom of speeched around.

I'd also suggest a W204 Mercedes C320 or a B7 Audi A4 3.0. They're also cheap to buy, not super spenny to run, and there are enough of them around to find a good one.

Kind of hard to give a recommendation if you don't have a budget in mind.

Based on your post, I'm guessing you just want something that gets you from point A to point B and a Corolla or Civic would probably be a good choice.

That said if you are buying a common super popular Toyota (like a Corolla or Camry) I'd probably avoid buying used because the prices on them are absurd and in many cases barely less than a new one. Of course, you could possibly find a good deal. And if you do buy used make sure you get an inspection from a third party you can trust.

Had an '05 or '06 Accord that I bought new and topped 300k with it before buying a new '18 Accord at the end of 2018. My commute was ~45 miles one way, so I racked up the miles. Between COVID and losing that job greatly reducing my driving, I just topped 56k on the current car.

Preferred the size of the Accord over the Civic.

Concerning new Honda reliability, an acquaintance of mine had a failed timing belt on his 17 accord while he was driving which on an interference engine means it should have been completely fubar but somehow it managed to survive. I slapped a new timing belt on it and it ran fine. The belt failed due to a mistake when it was replaced, not from the factory.