Alex2507

Alex2507

Audioholic Slumlord
Which one is more:
Fun?
Practical for a family of 4 (two little kids) as a second car
Makes more financial sense for 5-6 years? [including possible break-fix costs)
I'd trust a 5 year old honda more than a 10 year old mostly anything. And if you get the honda it's new/more reliable now. All I really care about is not breaking down. I think if you're not doing your own mechanical work, new/newer is a better bet.
 
BoredSysAdmin

BoredSysAdmin

Audioholic Slumlord
One more interesting detail about 2.0t engine. It's borrowed from civic type R
 
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Drunkpenguin

Audioholic Chief
My wife is driving a 2012 accord and it still feels like a brand new car. No rattles and never been worked on.
 
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Drunkpenguin

Audioholic Chief
LOL very weird timing, but Honda just called me and told me that my wifes car has an airbag recall. I guess its getting worked on after all.
 
Mikado463

Mikado463

Audioholic Spartan
Yea. Jee Thanks, I'm looking for legit guidance before spending about $14k and I get "LOL"s. Thanks. I knew I could count on you.

/s
oh for crying out loud, you put forth two cars , a Honda and an Infinity. I gave you my selection and in all honesty if you can't understand the 'Honda' choice then by all means perhaps you should just call UBER !
 
BoredSysAdmin

BoredSysAdmin

Audioholic Slumlord
oh for crying out loud, you put forth two cars , a Honda and an Infinity. I gave you my selection and in all honesty if you can't understand the 'Honda' choice then by all means perhaps you should just call UBER !
Not sure if I should call Uber or Lyft, but I hoped (in vain) that you could express in writing your reasoning to why Honda is a better choice. This thread is not a multiple choice question on an exam, but an attempt to solicit hands-on experience from car owners or at least people who drove either or both of these cars. How they both drive, how expensive is to live with them, how practical these are.... etc...
 
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Midwesthonky

Audioholic General
Not sure if I should call Uber or Lyft, but I hoped (in vain) that you could express in writing your reasoning to why Honda is a better choice. This thread is not a multiple choice question on an exam, but an attempt to solicit hands-on experience from car owners or at least people who drove either or both of these cars. How they both drive, how expensive is to leave with them, how practical these are.... etc...
Given the two choices, I would go with the Honda. The Accords have a long history of reliability and Honda works to maintain that reputation. It's been their bread-and-butter car for many years.

The Infinity brand also has a decent reputation but is owned by the Mitsubishi/Nissan/Renault alliance. While good, I don't have a positive opinion of the Renault/Nissan/Mitsubishi brand combo. Just from past experience and also with rentals by them.

But for Sh@ts and Giggles, I looked up the Consumer Reports for auto brands published in 2017. Infinity was ranked 7 and Honda at 9. But that ranking is based on all models and Honda has more models in their review. The quality ratings for each model was locked so that doesn't help.

In the end, it comes down to a 6-7 year old Infinity with unknown maintenance and care vs. a new Honda with known maintenance and care. Price is a factor so maybe look at 1-2 year old Honda's coming off lease. I'm not a fan of leasing as you are spending money but retaining no value. I'm not a fan of buying new due to depreciation. But there are times when buying new is nice and makes sense.

Now that I have waffled for 4 paragraphs...I'd look for a nice used Ferrari as you can get into them for about $20k. Yeah, your maintenance and repairs costs will totally suck compared to a Honda or Infinity, but it's a Ferrari. It's also mucho mucho less reliable. But it's looks cool in your garage even when it doesn't work.
 
BoredSysAdmin

BoredSysAdmin

Audioholic Slumlord
Now that I have waffled for 4 paragraphs...I'd look for a nice used Ferrari as you can get into them for about $20k. Yeah, your maintenance and repairs costs will totally suck compared to a Honda or Infinity, but it's a Ferrari. It's also mucho mucho less reliable. But it's looks cool in your garage even when it doesn't work.
DING DING DING! We have a winner!!
Unfortunately, the only under 20k Ferrari I could find is this one:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1986-Ferrari-308-GTB/153206324069?hash=item23abcefb65:g:3rQAAOSw0c9btpix
Not a terrible option, but given it's A) a replica and B) Hawaii local pickup only does present some logistics challenges...
 
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everettT

everettT

Audioholic Spartan
car of the year too
Changed my mind on that one now. Either motor trend or one of the others reported having their test car in the shop for 3/4 of the time. Said biggest issues are lack of certified techs and complete part failures. :(
 
eljr

eljr

Audioholic General
We've owned two Mercedes, and I admit that I'm not a fan. But my wife is, big time, so we always end up test driving them. I haven't been in the AMG GLC.

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I to have had many Mercedes with the wife a big fan but not I.

They were good for prestige, luxury and reliability (I had a blow out at 70 miles an hours, car never flinched) but they were never fun to drive.
What I did like was the R class they briefly brought to the States. Perfect for taking the kids to practice and games.
 
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Midwesthonky

Audioholic General
Changed my mind on that one now. Either motor trend or one of the others reported having their test car in the shop for 3/4 of the time. Said biggest issues are lack of certified techs and complete part failures. :(
I used to work with Italians and Fiat personnel. Fiat is also Alpha. They have great styling and the cars available in Europe would sell well here if they were reliable. Fiat has made gains, but they still struggle with doing business the Italian way. What that means is instead of selecting the supplier with the best price and the best quality, the one with the family connections is chosen. Same with decisions being made. So you end up with very stylish cars with subpar reliability. As much as I like the styling of the Alphas, I won't buy one because I need reliable transportation.

Our US division often struggled with deal with with FIAT. We kicked their ass in every single measured category, but they always looked down on us. Even though there would be clearly better, faster, and cheaper solutions, we would be forced to go with a connected Italian/European solution. Sucked ass.
 

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