2007 Civic EX vs. 2004 Accord EX

Well for what it's worth - my two cents.

I have, and LOVE, the 2006 Honda Accord ( EX-L) without nav. Cost me
$21,500, new, w/o Navi. I bought a seperate Garmin Navi unit for about
$250. Works great.
I bought car through internet sale (in calif) and all went very
smoothly.

Bottom line is that it probably is not worth buying older Accord versus
new Civic or Accord. The Accord is nice - I have owned and liked the
Civic as well.

Steve

"stvnjns" > wrote in message
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> Well for what it's worth - my two cents.
>
> I have, and LOVE, the 2006 Honda Accord ( EX-L) without nav. Cost me
> $21,500, new, w/o Navi. I bought a seperate Garmin Navi unit for about
> $250. Works great.
> I bought car through internet sale (in calif) and all went very
> smoothly.
>
> Bottom line is that it probably is not worth buying older Accord versus
> new Civic or Accord. The Accord is nice - I have owned and liked the
> Civic as well.
>
> Steve
>

I've got an older Accord, a '98, V6, EX, leather. I bought it 2 years
ago with 43,000 miles on it and I absolutely LOVE it. A recent 950 mile
trip, 1/2 in snow pushing slush, and 1/2 @ 75mph, averaged 31.12 mpg. I have
replaced the alternator, and I've done an alignment in the 22,000 mies since
I've owned it. In a year I'll have it paid off, and would buy another in an
instant.
The handling on snow and ice is superb. I guess I'm from the old rear
wheel drive school, and was very impressed by the Accord. I just spent
several hundred miles on packed snow/ice, with fresh stuff falling,
sometimes heavily. The Honda stayed on schedule, and under control.
I was advised that I had bad tire wear problems, needed rear
struts($250.00), needed an alignment($79.00), and new tires($600.00). I
mentioned this to the folks on this group, and eventually took it straight
to the dealer. Tires were worn a bit strange, but not a safety problem, and
I'm still on them. They did an alignment for $59 that corrected the tire
wear problem, and straightened out the rear end enough I didn't need new
parts. They even washed the car. I'll be back.

Al G

planetx wrote:

> I have a 96 civic I am looking to get rid of and am torn between a new
> civic and a used accord. I want to spend around 20k and have found the
> following:
>
> 1. 2007 civic EX with navi,,sticker is just over $21,000
> 2. 2004 accord EX V6 leather with 7k miles for $20,000
>
> I like the navi. I have been sure I wanted a bigger car like an accord.
> But that accord seems like a great deal. In fact I bet it goes quick at
> carmax.
>
> So my questions:
> 1) Are the 2004 as safe as the 2007?

Over all the '07 may be a little safer.


> 2) do 6 cylinders last longer than 4 cylinders?

No.

With the V-6 Accord expect a big drop in fuel economy over the '96
Civic. Especially in town mileage.



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Just traded in our 2002 Accord EX for a 2007 CIVIC 4 dr EX. Loved the
Accord but the Civic is amazing. 32+ MPG around town . A sportier
car than the Accord and I love the looks. Just had it a week but of
course no problems. No complaints at all with the Civic