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I've been put in the nice position of having the means to afford a new car when I turn 18. I'm all set with regards to insurance, gas and such, but my big thing is reliability. I've been out testdriving and have found a couple cars that I like, but I don't trust a lot of the online resources out there and haven't been able to find the lemon book, so I figured some one on here may have some experience with what I'm looking at.
First off is the Mazda 3. I have a couple family members with the hatch version of this but none with the sedan, anyone have any experience with it, pro or con? I've heard that the older ones have some minor gremlins, anyone know if they have been resolved?
Second is the Dodge SX 2.0. The new neon. Which is now discontinued, you can only get 2005's that are left on the lots. I've heard VERY bad things about the neon, but nothing about the SX, though the fact its discontinued and a similar car makes me wary. Once again anyone with any experience pro/con?
Third is the Toyota Corolla. Has anyone heard of any issues with it? I have no experience with Toyota's, my family buying either Dodge, Honda or recently Mazda. Any thing that I should be wary of? Any major advantages?
Finally, the new Civic. I know that Honda are normally very good cars, but I'm not especially fond of buying the first year of a redesign. Does anyone have any experience with the new Civics? It seems that a lot has been changed and I'd just like to know if any of you know of any problems with them.
Thats my list, if any one has any points or such, please post. I'd really appreciate the help.
Mods if this has been done, I apologize, I searched and found similar threads but I thought this seemed like it could be its own thread.
EDIT: And finally, please do not weigh in with advice to buy a used or slightly used car. I've been looking into this for a while, and have decided that I would rather buy new than used. Mostly because the last used car we had was a GM that was a year old with 17000KM that we had to sell in a year because of major problems. I believe it ended up in a scrap yard a month after it was sold. So I'd rather go new.
First off is the Mazda 3. I have a couple family members with the hatch version of this but none with the sedan, anyone have any experience with it, pro or con? I've heard that the older ones have some minor gremlins, anyone know if they have been resolved?
Second is the Dodge SX 2.0. The new neon. Which is now discontinued, you can only get 2005's that are left on the lots. I've heard VERY bad things about the neon, but nothing about the SX, though the fact its discontinued and a similar car makes me wary. Once again anyone with any experience pro/con?
Third is the Toyota Corolla. Has anyone heard of any issues with it? I have no experience with Toyota's, my family buying either Dodge, Honda or recently Mazda. Any thing that I should be wary of? Any major advantages?
Finally, the new Civic. I know that Honda are normally very good cars, but I'm not especially fond of buying the first year of a redesign. Does anyone have any experience with the new Civics? It seems that a lot has been changed and I'd just like to know if any of you know of any problems with them.
Thats my list, if any one has any points or such, please post. I'd really appreciate the help.
Mods if this has been done, I apologize, I searched and found similar threads but I thought this seemed like it could be its own thread.
EDIT: And finally, please do not weigh in with advice to buy a used or slightly used car. I've been looking into this for a while, and have decided that I would rather buy new than used. Mostly because the last used car we had was a GM that was a year old with 17000KM that we had to sell in a year because of major problems. I believe it ended up in a scrap yard a month after it was sold. So I'd rather go new.