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Originally Posted by spoon.ek9
I would 100% go with a reliable used car as anyone's first. Have it inspected by a mechanic you trust and at least gauge what kind of work might be necessary/upcoming. If the current owner is against having the car inspected then you already know to move on.
Obviously I'm biased towards civics but that's because the golden era ones were basically bulletproof with basic maintenance. Some people think my 34 year old daily probably breaks down all the time and costs a lot to maintain. They're wrong lol. I have almost never been stranded by my EFs or my EK and the only time I ever was it was due to my own negligence with maintenance  |
That's exactly my line of thinking as well. Perhaps the golden era of old Corolla / Civic / Camcord and maybe even Mazda3 spoiled me, but for the most part, basic Japanese transportation has been very reliable for me with only regular scheduled maintenance performed on the car. With all the past Japanese vehicles that my family has gone through, the Toyotas / Hondas / Mazdas rarely ever had required any unscheduled maintenance. The same cannot be said about the several Nissans that we also had lol~