Advice for buying long term usage, reliable, and economical sedan

Trying to decide on long term usage, reliable, and economical sedan.

My choices are 2005 Toyota Corolla CE, 2004 Honda Civic LX, 2004 Nissan Sentra 1.8s, and 2004 Mazda 3 Sedan.

What recommendation should I consider? Please list negatives/positves/inherent issues with certain models?

What THanks in advance for your advice.

Reply to
AL
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Toyota or Honda.

Reply to
Meat-->Plow

I don't think there is a slug in your list. However, my junk wagons have always been toyotas. The current one has 180,000 on it and no end in sight. And there are people on this ng with many more than that on their Nissans.

Reply to
ppointer

Of course Nissan, I have a 240sx with 190,000mi never had big problem, still running strong when I sold it. For a family car, a Maxima is a good choice. Too many honda toyota on the road, buy something difference.

Reply to
Alan

Negative on the mazda is parts prices, they get more for their parts than Porche does! Just bought a throttle switch for a 91 RX-7, it was $465!!

Toyota's generally are harder to work on than a Honda as far as getting to things, but they also seem to need less repairs so it kinda washes out.

I like nissans for a drivers car but have seen too many problems with many of the later engine designs with chain failures etc. For an "appliance" car, it's hard to beat a Civic or the Toyota.

Reply to
Steve T

Ever wonder why it is that there are "Too many Honda, Toyota on the road"?

Only negative thing I can say about Honda is that the exhaust doesn't last. You'll get maybe 7 years out of the original. The Honda engine is so efficient that the exhaust system doesn't get hot enough and the aluminized pipe corrodes from the inside out. And a Honda exhaust from the converter back is at the cheapest around $250.00. One good thing is that Honda cat converters rarely go bad. And the converter and front pipe are usually stainless. Why Honda doesn't use stainless for the rest including years/models that have a flex pipe I don't know. But I do know that you'll replace the exhaust from the converter back every 3 years or so even if good aluminized pipe and a muffler is used.

Reply to
Meat-->Plow

The replacement -From Honda- exhaust has a lifetime warranty and seems to last longer than the original does.. Aftermarket exhaust stuff just doesn't last on them.

Reply to
Steve T

Salt is hard on any exhaust unless it's stainless. And they salt the crap out of the roads around here. A good friend of mine has a thriving exhaust repair shop. He does maybe 15 - 20 cars per day. Pretty good for two 6 ton lift bays and a 12 ton lift bay and 3 people. If it weren't for Honda, he would be out of business. Another bad one is VW. I've seen 3 year old Cabrio's needing everything from the CAT back to the tail. Less frequent are Toyota, Mazda, Kia, Hyundai, Nissan.

Reply to
Meat-->Plow

Sounds like a case for a class action law suit against Honda! :-)

Reply to
Steve T

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