Hello,

Please give your views on this and it will help me to take a decision.

I am a new driver in Mississauga. I got my G2 recently and I would like to buy a car for family use. I would like to select between these two cars, both of which are being sold by a Toyota Dealer.

Toyota Corolla CE 1998
10,000 CAD;104,000 KM; One Owner; No accidents


Honda Accord 1996
10,500 CAD; 86,000 KMS; One Owner; No Accidents

Both the cars are in good condition, no rust in either of them.

Which is a better buy?

Thanks a lot,
Seema.

I have not driven any of those cars and so I am the best person to answer!

It is you who have to decide on this. My some friends have honda accord and I never liked it. However corolla though not that good in look, is a better car according to me.

You will also get a higher model, though the KMS are more.

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A Proud Indian Canadian

I will put bet on Honda Accord. Bigger than Corolla. Efficiency is same
May be it requires some repair or maintenance, as near 90K you need to get timing belt changed.

My Vote is for Accord !
My sister drives one, it has over 200k on the meter & still runs well
GO for Honda !

-jellyMan-

Depends on what you are looking for in a car. Honda Accord should not be compared to a Corolla. The former is the premium offering from the Honda and is more comparable to Camry from Toyota's stable. Honda Civic will be a parallel to Corolla. As regards engine efficiency, maintenance and engine longevity is concerned, I do not think there is much difference between the two. 100K and around on either of the gizmos is not worth wasting your breath over. With prescribed and regular maintenance(oil change etc) and care, these engines have been typically known to run more than 300K before showing any signs of fatigue. I know of a friend who ran his Civic to the ground until it died out at 500K. The depreciation in value is more related to the model year than to odometer mileage. A later model will get a you a better resale price. Drive both cars or better have someone experienced get a feel of the guts. Get a feel of the engine etc. While both may be single owner driven, the wear and tear on the engine also depends to a large extent on the driving characteristics of the individual. Also, if possible find out what sort of driving were the cars mostly into - city driving or highway kms. While the odometer reading might be roughly the same on two vehicles, the engine wear will be far less on a vehicle that spends most of its driving time on highways compared to one that keeps changing gears and runs on high engine rpms in dense trafiic and stop and go at traffic lights in the city.

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wisernow

If you are ready to spend 10,000 + why not you are going for a new car instead.You need to spend couple of thousands extra but you won't have any headache for atleast next 5 years plus you could get excellent deal for 2004 car because lot of dealers giving excellent deals as year end approaching
Of course in GTA car insurance will be more on new car (You could check up with insurance guy how much it will be the difference) but in some of other province it doesn't matter much and in fact they put more weightage on Driving Record/experience
If you buy new car you don't need to rent car for long trips ...ofcourse 1996 Honda or 1998 Toyota with that milage should be fine but still there is risk factor which you can't avoid

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ani

$10,000 is not enough to buy a decent new car. Yeah, maybe put in some more money and the best you can get is perhaps something like a Cavalier. Cars like those can become a headache sooner than you can imagine. Any reasonably decent car will not come home in less than 17 to 20K.

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wisernow