Anyone Owned A Honda Accord Euro?

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As per title, looking at this model for my son, any experiences, recommendations etc? Another alternative would be a BMW 3 Series, both circa mid 2000's.

Stef

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Bibbs said:

My mum and her fella have 2. Reliable, but meh.

Yeah, kind of expecting that TBH, not something I would buy for myself but the Lux models with leather look quite decent, he really wants something reliable, with climate etc and the Euro still looks relatively modern, certainly better than the rest of the bland Jap stuff around, price point of around $5k is about right too.

Stef

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Thanks for the responses guys, sounds like a solid purchase for a teenager, something sensible, reliable but not going to invoke any stupidity if you know what I mean!



Stef

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Sooo, the Honda we were considering sold. We ended up buying a 2006 VW Passat 3.2 V6 4Motion Auto, 144k with service history very well looked after and the only ding is where the owners daughter caught the passenger side rear wheel arch this week, they've owned it for 10 years.

Really tidy inside and out and we got it for $4,500

Took it out for a drive, nice and smooth, gear changes from the DSG all nice and smooth.

Was a little cautious around the DSG but this one seems to be good with decent history etc.

Stef

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romeodelta said:

Nice, sounds like a lot of car for $4.5k.

How is the insurance (assuming this is his first car)?

Ensure the DSG oil and filter has been changed and it should be fine. Think these have Haldex as well?

Insurance not cheap, for the moment it will be registered to me and he is a named driver. He has a Subaru Forester at the moment which he's had for a year. I'm educating him on the importance of having insurance on not just CTP!

Will check the history, it's been well maintained so that should have been done, certainly when I drove it the DSG was nice and smooth, which is contrary to some of what I've read!

Yep, fitted with a Haldex too, again we will check history and replace any fluids as a matter of course. I have all the workshop manuals and might try and pick up a VW ding tool as well.

Stef

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forzaminardi said:

Passat V6 4motion is a nice bit of kit for a young guy! I've noticed (having arrived here in the past 12 months) that new drivers seem to have a broader choice of cars available to them - not sure if insurance is less than in the UK?

Insurance is a little cheaper for 3rd party, fire and theft or fully comp Vs the UK. However, the compulsory CTP 3rd party (green slip) thing I think lulls a lot of people in to thinking they don't need anything else until they crash and discover otherwise!

The tradie who crashed his new Toyota HiLux in to the train lines when falling asleep on the Mitchell freeway in Perth is a good example, ended up writing off a $60K Ute and he wasn't insured. https://thewest.com.au/news/perth/tired-tradie-nod...

Personally I think they should do away with CTP and make insurance mandatory like the UK.

Stef

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Not wildly keen on the aftermarket alloys though, might try and source 4 of the originals to go with the unused spare. It does have 4 nearly new Pirelli's fitted though.

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aka_kerrly said:

Those wheels look like BBS Ch-r, most likely replicas as the centre doesn't look quite right but still worth a few quid.

I don't know the Australian second market is like but that style of wheel is popular on VW/Audi /seat/skoda cars.

If they are genuine BBS in 18inch you potentially have a £1k set out of wheels.

Will take a closer look when we pick it up on Saturday, thanks for the info.

Stef

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So as an update, my son passed his test and I actually managed to find him his own TPF&T policy with Coles for $525 a year with me as a named driver. Bloody amazing price for a 17 year old who's just passed his test, at least now he can hopefully start to build his own no claims up.

I checked UK prices and for a 17yr old new driver on a VW Passat 3.2V6 4Motion it would have been GBP3,889 ($7,350) with a compulsory black box, some quotes were GBP15K!!

Stef

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forzaminardi said:

Hmmm, my comment on reliability... just took my Euro into Honda as the engine light came on last night....

Oops! Isn't that always the way! Hopefully nothing too serious, I'll take a stab in the dark and say O2 sensor

Stef