My new car :)

deano · 5 Apr 2006 at 21:30

Hi,

browse this forum a lot but don't post much so thought i'd give something back. Have been looking for an accord for some time, costing less than £500. Whent and bought one tonight

it's a 1994 and done 125k miles in fairly good nic and i'm pleased with it. pics below :-

cheers
deano

panthro · 5 Apr 2006 at 21:34

I guess you cant go THAT wrong for £500. Glad your pleased with it, and it has leather which is a bonus!

Morba · 5 Apr 2006 at 21:35

not bad at all for that money

full leather aswell! :]

smokey · 5 Apr 2006 at 21:38

bargeworthy

i like

just_grass · 5 Apr 2006 at 21:38

can i ask how old you are? - and whats the insurance like?

also, what spec of accord is it?

Looks a good deal mate, jus be sure to keep it running smoothly

Thanks,
Alex

Duke · 5 Apr 2006 at 21:46

pretty damn good for £500

deano · 5 Apr 2006 at 21:51

Hi

i'm 30 got 9 point 6 for speeding and 3 for due care and attention

insurance group is one lower than our current xantia and we pay £750 fully comp 4 me and the wife.
the spec is a 2.0i Es with electric pack 144Bhp 0-60 in 9.6

cheers
Deano

agw_01 · 5 Apr 2006 at 21:55

panthro said:
I guess you cant go THAT wrong for £500. Glad your pleased with it, and it has leather which is a bonus!

You can do a lot worse for more money. Bargain I say

Looks nice though. I see there's a fair helping of wood in there too. Flat caps and tartan rugs at the ready

just_grass · 5 Apr 2006 at 21:57

deano said:
Hi

i'm 30 got 9 point 6 for speeding and 3 for due care and attention insurance group is one lower than our current xantia and we pay £750 fully comp 4 me and the wife.
the spec is a 2.0i Es with electric pack 144Bhp 0-60 in 9.6

cheers
Deano

Saying this would probably class me as, and seem to make me fall in to the young-racer-type driver, but i like these styles of cars (calibra, accord, astra coupe etc)

i take it theres no chance an 18yo, driving for 1 year, with no No Claims could get insurance on something like this?

Alex

agw_01 · 5 Apr 2006 at 21:58

just_grass said:
i take it theres no chance an 18yo, driving for 1 year, with no No Claims could get insurance on something like this?

You'd be suprised. You could probably insure some 2 litre barge's for a lot less than a 1.6 litre warm/hot hatch.

JRS · 5 Apr 2006 at 21:59

deano said:
i'm 30 got 9 point 6 for speeding and 3 for due care and attention

I think that's the point at which you admit that you may not be cut out for anything faster than an Isetta bubble car

New car looks pretty good for ~£500 though, can't go all that wrong paying that for an Accord of that vintage.

just_grass · 5 Apr 2006 at 22:01

interesting, - ive been quoted about £1000ish for an 8yo astra 1.6 premier (hatch :rolleyes:

)

I would have expected it to be far more than that?

Alex

agw_01 · 5 Apr 2006 at 22:02

Not a lot of young drivers are interested in big cars, hence less of them get crashed which results in lower insurance groups that you'd expect.

I could insure a Rover 820 if I wanted... but I'm not ready for the big old barge side of things yet and am happy with my 220.

deano · 5 Apr 2006 at 22:04

just_grass said:
i take it theres no chance an 18yo, driving for 1 year, with no No Claims could get insurance on something like this?

Alex

Forgot to say i have 13years NCB and wife has 14years NCB which would make quite a differance.

on a different note the car has stood for 3 months, struggled to start due to flat battery but other than that seems fine. Will get it serviced and cleaned up a bit and should keep going for a good few years

So nice to be back behind a wheel of a honda after so many years away - just gives me a sense of peace - lol Last honda car i had was a triumph acclaim which my dad had from new and passed onto me after i'd passed my test and driven for a year or so. part exchanged it at 15years old and 155k miles on the clock never broke down

cheers
deano

ajgoodfellow · 5 Apr 2006 at 22:15

agw_01 said:
Not a lot of young drivers are interested in big cars, hence less of them get crashed which results in lower insurance groups that you'd expect.

I could insure a Rover 820 if I wanted... but I'm not ready for the big old barge side of things yet and am happy with my 220.

Good point about the insurance

As an example, a group 15 Audi 2.5V6 Quattro will cost me £1200 for 10 months FC with no NCB and a fault accident @ 21. A group 8 Astra 1.8 SRi will cost about the same and a group 15 Alfa Romeo 147 2 litre will cost £2000!

Kreeeee · 5 Apr 2006 at 22:18

Ooh, another Telford lad. Nice car for the price

NathanE · 5 Apr 2006 at 22:50

Nice car. And being a Honda it probably won't give you many serious problems even though it cost £500!

deano · 5 Apr 2006 at 22:54

NathanE said:
Nice car. And being a Honda it probably won't give you many serious problems even though it cost £500!

thats what i'm believeing for

cheers
deano