I'm looking into purchasing a red 2003 Honda Accord V6 Sedan Ex Model. The car has only 17,000 miles and has been garaged kept. They want $17,000 for the car but I'm sure I can lower the price. It has the 7-year warranty with it so about a yearor two of warranty is still left. Seems like a pretty good deal to me. Should I purchase a standard 06-07 instead for around the same price? Is it worth sacraficing the v6 and the fully loaded options? I would like to know some information about this model. It will be a private purchase so I would like to know what exactly to look for. Any problems with this car? Any advice, suggestions, information would be greatly appriciated. Thanks in advance,
Adam

 

I don't know too much about the 7th gen Accords, mainly 5th but I'll give you a link to Edmunds where it had customer reviews. You could also check on http://www.kbb.com or http://www.nada.com for the retail on these vehicles. As with any Honda, you shouldn't have to worry about reliability issues or quality issues. I believe that all Honda's are built with very good quality and are very reliable. I've owned 3 Honda's and have never had any problems with them whatsoever. Anyways, here's the link to Edmunds for the customer reviews. The consumer rating on these models is 9 out of 10.

http://www.edmunds.com/honda/a....html

 

Yeah... I've done all that research.. Just making sure if there is anything I should know prior to purchasing the vehicle..

I will be purchasing the car and I should have it by tomorrow. Turns out I got the car for only $14,000... Seller was a friend of the family.. Carfax had no accidents or any damages... Just registration and insurances.. Car is in perfect condition... Still has that new car smell and there are no wrinkles, scratches, dents, etc. on the car... Time to research on some mods.. Thanks for the info..
Adam

 

Nah, there shouldn't be anything really to look for on that new of a vehicle. The only thing I can think of is to check the tires to make sure they all have even wear and look at the breaks, look for leaks and that sort of ****. Good luck and congrats on the purchase.

 

auto trans is better than previous gen's but there are still slightly higher than normal failure rates.

 

congrats on the purches. before u sign the papers over you can ask to take the car to honda and pay 89 bucks and they will do a full check of the car and will tell you if anything needs to be replaces even the smallest bushing.

i should have done that with my accord i got a year ago, would have saved me a lot of heart ache.