ok i have two tsx's in mind. One is pearl white 05 with parchment leather and 64 miles, The other is the color and interier I want, Black w/ parchment leather, and a bonus of Nav system. The black one has 30k miles though. Which should I get?

 

What kind of question is this?

How can we possibly answer it for you?

 

tell ur opinion

 

Maybe you shouldn't get a TSX at all until you're grown-up enough to make your own decisions.

 

so now ur gonna dis me cause im 16, omg i can never find mature people on forums

 

It's just that asking the kind of question you've posted here is impossible to answer. I might as well start a thread asking what number is better, 3 or 7.

Do you mind driving a used car?
Do you want navi?
Do you like black?
Are they the same price?
Are there any other options?

 

Get the '05. It's yours and you'll know everything that has been done to it. You never know if the '04 was beat on or if it has mechanical problems. To trade in a car that only has 30K miles on it and is only a year old seems fishy to me.

 

black is better in everyway except miles and year, i quess what im tryin to say is do miles matter that much on an Acura

 

7 is a lucky number....so

So I would assume that one TSX is more expensive then the other. If you..er, your parents can afford the new car, tell em thats what you want. Why buy a car with 30K when you can get a brand new one?

 

I'd say wait until the dealer has the ext/int that you want with the options you want. A new car is an important decision and you really shouldn't settle for what's available at the time unless you have extremely sensitive budget and time constraints.

That being said, a 1 year old car with 30k miles on it isn't worth the trouble. That's way too many miles in too little of a time span for me.
My

 

My pops has a '95 Legend with 160k miles on it and it runs better than my '98 Eclipse with 76k miles on it. Based on my family's experience, Acuras have great reliability.

 

no...it's just people usually make their own decision with color of their car?

you are not even asking performance...color is just personal opinion

 

wclark,

Since the price of a new TSX is within your budget, why not just get a new NBP TSX from a dealer. That is what you should do. Don't buy the used one and don't settle on a color combo that you might not want.

Good Luck!!!

 

Without more info on that 04, how would you know that it's a one-year old car? Remember that 04 TSX's came out in April of 03. This car could've been a 2-year old car. And if it is indeed a 2-year old car, 30k miles isn't too bad.

 

The price of the used car would of course be major factor in the decison. A reasonably priced used car in good condition should be cheaper to own than a similar new car.

 

i guess i should say, these aren't new cars, their salvage cars. the black has less damage than the white, but white is 05 w/ only 64 miles.

 

Good point but what I'm saying is that for a person to trade a car in with only 30K miles on it seems weird to me, especially an Acura which is expected to run for quite a while.

 

wtf...salvaged with 64miles on it?
wats wrong with it.........bad idea to buy salvage title man
good luck with insurance

 

the guy drove off the lot and crashed, and my dad knows a really good body shop guy to fix it who he grew up with. the insurance is cheaper since it is salvage.
i have to pay that and gas

 

Well your going to need to know how much its going to cost to get them fixed right? You need to factor that in as well.

I would never buy a salvaged car. Selling it will be a bitch and I dont know if dealers will take it on a trade in...

 

I'd say get the VIN and run CarFax. 30K miles is nothing on a Honda engine, but depending on the prior damage, you could be driving off with a lemon.

For instance, my friend flipped a TSX service loaner from Acura of Columbus while his Legend was in the shop. Bent the rear suspension and mangled the roof and rear pillar. But the car is otherwise mechanically sound. Due to the exorbitant cost to replace the sheet metal, glass, and suspension components, the car was labelled a loss and rebuilt with a salvage title.

If you do decide to get one of these two...black, as you know, is harder to take care of and requires more care and meticulous detail to keep it looking good, but when it is clean, there's nothing like it. Even the 7G Accord looks good in black when clean.

With the 05 you get some added features that some of us would love to have, such as heated mirrors and XM standard. PWP isn't a bad color at all, esp since it has that pearl effect going.

If it were me? I wouldn't buy anything with a salvage title, unless i were planning to use it as a beater car and my requirements were cheapness over function.

 

Haven't you read those posts about some individuals who complained about how slow the TSX was and actually traded it in after maybe a year of ownership? I wouldn't be surprised to see that at all.

But since in this case, both cars have the salvage titles, I personally wouldn't even consider them.

 

 

well im only 16 and these cars kick A. and the guy who is fixing the car really knows his stuff, he grew up with my dad so I know he'll do really good

 

ahhh, too many variables. my head hurts.

personally, i'd get neither. if i can afford the TSX, i'd get it new.

 

What's the price difference between the two (include the cost of fixing them to where you want them)? The subjective stuff is up to you -- what's the money say? For $100, I'd take either one. For $25,000, I wouldn't. Somewhere in between is the value of each.

 

I know how you must feel right now man, but that's what I think is guiding your decision here...feelings. If you really sit down and think about it, it's not the smartest decision in the world to get a car with a salvage title. You're reationalizing that it is because you want one so bad, but it probably won't be worth it over the long run.

Just my

 

Dude, 3 is waaay better than 7. Hell, you can get two 3's and a 1 for the same price as a 7. Besides, I hate what they've done to the new 7s. They have this European/Asian slash through the middle and it totally wrecks the aerodynamics. The 3 is way more moddable.

 

its around 17k for the white and about 14k for the black fixed and everything

 

Do you know how bad the wrecks were??? That is one MASSIVE financial hit on the true value of the car...

 

Get the environementally friendly and reliable Toyota Echo and save money for college.

 

Rest assured, my post had nothing to do with your age -- but rather your maturity level.

 

White one sounds like the safer deal (relatively speaking). 20% more expensive but 30k miles adds to the questionable nature of a salvage. I.e., besides wrecking it, what else stupid did the owner do with it in the first year or so?

 

the only problem w/ the car is bodily no engine or anything else, i'll post pics.






And No thier isn't any damage to the axle due to the hit on the right side

 

You know what, wclark? It just sounds like that you are looking for someone to point finger to , after you start having problem with your car ......

 

Im 18 so shut up, you asked a stupid question in the first place, and since you CLAIM that you are mature why dont YOU pick YOUR own CAR! btw I personally think your an idiot for buying a wreck, or even considering it...

 

I'd say.. take the 17g's you would spend on a salvage, and get a new civic.

 

That hit was so close to the engine compartment that you can't be sure there is no mechanical damage.

Take my word for it - I had a new car for ONE MONTH before some guy pulled out it front of me and I hit him square in the side at ~30mph. Tore up the front of my car bad - deployed both airbags and blew out the windshield. The insurance company DIDN'T total the car - they paid to fix it (over $12,000). I wish they had totaled it. It had problems from then on. Little phantoms that popped up. Noises, creaks, components failing. And my frame wasn't even bent.

Make sure 100% that the frame is not bent before you consider it. Even then, I'd be awfully careful. That car took a jarring shock, and many things may be "invisibly damaged." If you can get it for less, you'll be much better off. $10K tops. Even then, be prepared for problems to haunt you until you get rid of it - and selling it with a salvage title will be difficult.

Just want you to be aware of what you are dealing with. Let us know what you decide to do.

 

are u retarded? where would u get that idea, im just asking which car? I know the guys can fix it completely. I've seen all that he can do and its extremely impressive. He is gonna cut the entire front end off of the black one and put on a brand new black front end. it will be as good as new

 

No offence but it seems that all of you don't REALLY know what ur talking about. Do u know how big the business of selling salvage cars is? The guy who we bought the car from is on par to sell 500 salvage title cars this year. So honestly i can get like 22k for the black one after fixed.