Toyota Camry or Honda Accord?

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Anonymous wrote:Neither. You couldn't pick anything more boring if you tried. What's your budget

My car gets me from point A to point B. Doesn’t really matter what your driving when your stuck in traffic. I’ll take the reliability and low cost of ownership any day for a daily driver.

This is so wrong I'm not even going to bother

Wrong how? What's important to you is not necessarily important to me. I couldn’t care less what I’m driving to work as long as its comfortable. Bumper to bumper traffic is boring no matter what you drive and I’ve driven pretty much the entire spectrum.

If you're stuck in traffic, you want a comfortable car. So need something with ergonomic, supportive seats. For DMV roads you want something with a soft suspension. Thick doors/windows to isolate yourself from the outside world.

I get not wanting to spend money on a car, depreciating asset and all that. Consider it an investment in your comfort.

"Happiness is the absence of discomfort"
"A happy life is made up of happy moments"

I am in the car for about 30-40 minutes per day, and, my Honda is more than comfortable enough for me.

What you are missing, and I'm not the PP, FWIW, is that I, and many others, rarely (if ever) derive happiness because of the car I'm driving. My happy moments in a car derive from listening to a great podcast, getting an anticipated phone call, finding an unexpected break in traffic. I can't think of any time my live would have improved if I had a nicer car.

Have you ever been in an expensive car? Driven one? Because your description is about as useful as a deaf person's opinion on Mozart. There are people with nice cars on this thread telling you the difference. They have knowledge you don't. Respond to that.

The “people with expensive cars” in this thread are too brain dead to realize OP has a budget. So maybe rather than opining about how crappy Toyotas are, they can offer up comparably priced alternatives.

But that wouldn’t allow them to look down their nose from their decade old Mercedes that no one is impressed by.

I'm not going to do op's homework for them

I'd rather a 10 year old benz over a 10 year old Camry any day

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I'd rather a 10 year old benz over a 10 year old Camry any day

I’ve got both, a 2004 SL with 30k on it and a 2006 Camry with 145k on it.
My exposure on the SL is huge! If something goes wrong it could easily cost me almost $8-10k. Half of what the car might be worth.
My exposure on the Camry is limited to about $3k, which is what the car is worth.
I love my Benz but I trust my Camry.

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I'd rather a 10 year old benz over a 10 year old Camry any day

I’ve got both, a 2004 SL with 30k on it and a 2006 Camry with 145k on it.
My exposure on the SL is huge! If something goes wrong it could easily cost me almost $8-10k. Half of what the car might be worth.
My exposure on the Camry is limited to about $3k, which is what the car is worth.
I love my Benz but I trust my Camry.

+1 mercedes makes cars, Toyota makes appliances

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What has the best safety features?

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Our 13 year old Accord died after 200k of dealer-maintained miles. Had hoped to get a few more years and miles out of it, but alas...

Like the design of the new Accords, but not a fan of the turbo engine for the longevity we want. And as others have said, the Accord reliability has not been as good recently as in years past. With 2018 being a complete redesign, I would recommend waiting for the 2019s which should include tweaks to address any problems with the new design.

Exterior of new Camrys is fine, but hate the interior with the asymmetrical “Y” center stack and the piano black (dust magnet) AV housing. Again, 2018s being completely redesigned, would recommend waiting for the 2019s, which should be in about a month.

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Anonymous wrote:Neither. You couldn't pick anything more boring if you tried. What's your budget

My car gets me from point A to point B. Doesn’t really matter what your driving when your stuck in traffic. I’ll take the reliability and low cost of ownership any day for a daily driver.

This is so wrong I'm not even going to bother

Wrong how? What's important to you is not necessarily important to me. I couldn’t care less what I’m driving to work as long as its comfortable. Bumper to bumper traffic is boring no matter what you drive and I’ve driven pretty much the entire spectrum.

If you're stuck in traffic, you want a comfortable car. So need something with ergonomic, supportive seats. For DMV roads you want something with a soft suspension. Thick doors/windows to isolate yourself from the outside world.

I get not wanting to spend money on a car, depreciating asset and all that. Consider it an investment in your comfort.

"Happiness is the absence of discomfort"
"A happy life is made up of happy moments"

I am in the car for about 30-40 minutes per day, and, my Honda is more than comfortable enough for me.

What you are missing, and I'm not the PP, FWIW, is that I, and many others, rarely (if ever) derive happiness because of the car I'm driving. My happy moments in a car derive from listening to a great podcast, getting an anticipated phone call, finding an unexpected break in traffic. I can't think of any time my live would have improved if I had a nicer car.

If you owned a real car you would feel different.

How?

Hey, guy with the 10 yo Mercedes - how about answering this question?

How would I feel differently with a "real car?"

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Anonymous wrote:Neither. You couldn't pick anything more boring if you tried. What's your budget

My car gets me from point A to point B. Doesn’t really matter what your driving when your stuck in traffic. I’ll take the reliability and low cost of ownership any day for a daily driver.

This is so wrong I'm not even going to bother

Wrong how? What's important to you is not necessarily important to me. I couldn’t care less what I’m driving to work as long as its comfortable. Bumper to bumper traffic is boring no matter what you drive and I’ve driven pretty much the entire spectrum.

If you're stuck in traffic, you want a comfortable car. So need something with ergonomic, supportive seats. For DMV roads you want something with a soft suspension. Thick doors/windows to isolate yourself from the outside world.

I get not wanting to spend money on a car, depreciating asset and all that. Consider it an investment in your comfort.

"Happiness is the absence of discomfort"
"A happy life is made up of happy moments"

I am in the car for about 30-40 minutes per day, and, my Honda is more than comfortable enough for me.

What you are missing, and I'm not the PP, FWIW, is that I, and many others, rarely (if ever) derive happiness because of the car I'm driving. My happy moments in a car derive from listening to a great podcast, getting an anticipated phone call, finding an unexpected break in traffic. I can't think of any time my live would have improved if I had a nicer car.

Have you ever been in an expensive car? Driven one? Because your description is about as useful as a deaf person's opinion on Mozart. There are people with nice cars on this thread telling you the difference. They have knowledge you don't. Respond to that.

The “people with expensive cars” in this thread are too brain dead to realize OP has a budget. So maybe rather than opining about how crappy Toyotas are, they can offer up comparably priced alternatives.

But that wouldn’t allow them to look down their nose from their decade old Mercedes that no one is impressed by.

I'm not going to do op's homework for them

I'd rather a 10 year old benz over a 10 year old Camry any day

You’re special, aren’t you?

We’re talking brand new Camry vs 10 yr old Benz. Try to keep up. I know it’s hard for you.

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Anonymous wrote:Neither. You couldn't pick anything more boring if you tried. What's your budget

My car gets me from point A to point B. Doesn’t really matter what your driving when your stuck in traffic. I’ll take the reliability and low cost of ownership any day for a daily driver.

This is so wrong I'm not even going to bother

Wrong how? What's important to you is not necessarily important to me. I couldn’t care less what I’m driving to work as long as its comfortable. Bumper to bumper traffic is boring no matter what you drive and I’ve driven pretty much the entire spectrum.

If you're stuck in traffic, you want a comfortable car. So need something with ergonomic, supportive seats. For DMV roads you want something with a soft suspension. Thick doors/windows to isolate yourself from the outside world.

I get not wanting to spend money on a car, depreciating asset and all that. Consider it an investment in your comfort.

"Happiness is the absence of discomfort"
"A happy life is made up of happy moments"

I am in the car for about 30-40 minutes per day, and, my Honda is more than comfortable enough for me.

What you are missing, and I'm not the PP, FWIW, is that I, and many others, rarely (if ever) derive happiness because of the car I'm driving. My happy moments in a car derive from listening to a great podcast, getting an anticipated phone call, finding an unexpected break in traffic. I can't think of any time my live would have improved if I had a nicer car.

Have you ever been in an expensive car? Driven one? Because your description is about as useful as a deaf person's opinion on Mozart. There are people with nice cars on this thread telling you the difference. They have knowledge you don't. Respond to that.

The “people with expensive cars” in this thread are too brain dead to realize OP has a budget. So maybe rather than opining about how crappy Toyotas are, they can offer up comparably priced alternatives.

But that wouldn’t allow them to look down their nose from their decade old Mercedes that no one is impressed by.

I'm not going to do op's homework for them

I'd rather a 10 year old benz over a 10 year old Camry any day

You’re special, aren’t you?

We’re talking brand new Camry vs 10 yr old Benz. Try to keep up. I know it’s hard for you.

At no time has anyone mentioned a new camry. Some posters implied that the op had a hypothecial budget of 20k.


Good comprehension skills - why some of us have new mercedes benzs and why you don't

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Toyota is known to be more reliable than Honda.

Those suggesting American cars? Well, I had a Chevy once in the 90’s and the transmission went. The Japanese cars I’ve owned have never once had a failed transmission. My dad has a more recent Impala and it also has a transmission problem. I was told by family to “never get a moon roof because they leak”. Well, that was because they had a moon roof on a domestic car. My Japanese car has never leaked.

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Anonymous wrote:Toyota is known to be more reliable than Honda.

Those suggesting American cars? Well, I had a Chevy once in the 90’s and the transmission went. The Japanese cars I’ve owned have never once had a failed transmission. My dad has a more recent Impala and it also has a transmission problem. I was told by family to “never get a moon roof because they leak”. Well, that was because they had a moon roof on a domestic car. My Japanese car has never leaked.

Things have progressed since the 90s. Consumer reports ranks Buick more reliable as a brand than Honda:

https://www.consumerreports.org/car-reliability-owner-satisfaction/car-brands-reliability-how-they-stack-up/

I know shocker. Look at Kia. And Audi/BMW both more reliable than Honda? Say it ain't so!!!

Some times when I go to car shows, I can find one of these really old guys with a 50's or 60's chassic Chevy, fondly telling other really old guys that "they don't make them like they used to".

I strongly agree, they certainly don't!

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Anonymous wrote:Toyota is known to be more reliable than Honda.

Those suggesting American cars? Well, I had a Chevy once in the 90’s and the transmission went. The Japanese cars I’ve owned have never once had a failed transmission. My dad has a more recent Impala and it also has a transmission problem. I was told by family to “never get a moon roof because they leak”. Well, that was because they had a moon roof on a domestic car. My Japanese car has never leaked.

Things have progressed since the 90s. Consumer reports ranks Buick more reliable as a brand than Honda:

https://www.consumerreports.org/car-reliability-owner-satisfaction/car-brands-reliability-how-they-stack-up/

I know shocker. Look at Kia. And Audi/BMW both more reliable than Honda? Say it ain't so!!!

Some times when I go to car shows, I can find one of these really old guys with a 50's or 60's chassic Chevy, fondly telling other really old guys that "they don't make them like they used to".

I strongly agree, they certainly don't!

American cars' reliability is not bad until about 70k or so. But they lack long term reliability.

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Anonymous wrote:Neither. You couldn't pick anything more boring if you tried. What's your budget

My car gets me from point A to point B. Doesn’t really matter what your driving when your stuck in traffic. I’ll take the reliability and low cost of ownership any day for a daily driver.

This is so wrong I'm not even going to bother

Wrong how? What's important to you is not necessarily important to me. I couldn’t care less what I’m driving to work as long as its comfortable. Bumper to bumper traffic is boring no matter what you drive and I’ve driven pretty much the entire spectrum.

If you're stuck in traffic, you want a comfortable car. So need something with ergonomic, supportive seats. For DMV roads you want something with a soft suspension. Thick doors/windows to isolate yourself from the outside world.

I get not wanting to spend money on a car, depreciating asset and all that. Consider it an investment in your comfort.

"Happiness is the absence of discomfort"
"A happy life is made up of happy moments"

I am in the car for about 30-40 minutes per day, and, my Honda is more than comfortable enough for me.

What you are missing, and I'm not the PP, FWIW, is that I, and many others, rarely (if ever) derive happiness because of the car I'm driving. My happy moments in a car derive from listening to a great podcast, getting an anticipated phone call, finding an unexpected break in traffic. I can't think of any time my live would have improved if I had a nicer car.

Have you ever been in an expensive car? Driven one? Because your description is about as useful as a deaf person's opinion on Mozart. There are people with nice cars on this thread telling you the difference. They have knowledge you don't. Respond to that.

The “people with expensive cars” in this thread are too brain dead to realize OP has a budget. So maybe rather than opining about how crappy Toyotas are, they can offer up comparably priced alternatives.

But that wouldn’t allow them to look down their nose from their decade old Mercedes that no one is impressed by.

I'm not going to do op's homework for them

I'd rather a 10 year old benz over a 10 year old Camry any day

You’re special, aren’t you?

We’re talking brand new Camry vs 10 yr old Benz. Try to keep up. I know it’s hard for you.

At no time has anyone mentioned a new camry. Some posters implied that the op had a hypothecial budget of 20k.

Good comprehension skills - why some of us have new mercedes benzs and why you don't

Are we supposed to be impressed by your Benz? Congrats on driving the same car as the rest of the upper-middle class DMV, I guess? Next you'll be bragging about your beach house in Delaware and generic private school for your kids. Could you be more basic? Or, oh god, I hope you're not one of those people that thinks driving a $60k car makes you look rich and special.

The OP was clearly looking for suggestions between two equally priced cars. You are suggesting one worth 3x as much. How, exactly, is that helpful?

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Anonymous wrote:Which one?

Camry