A new vehicle will be arriving into the family soon. I am going to be selling one that we currently own. The wife wants a new SUV and I'm going to give in so I’m asking for some opinions on which car to keep/which to sell. The vehicles are as follows:
2006 Honda Accord V6 EX-L - 125,000 miles. Purchased around 60k. I am the second owner. It’s recently had brakes and a new bearing/control arm in the driver’s front side. The car has run very well. It is parked outside, so the body is showing rust and some paint fading. It does need the full timing belt/water pump change soon. I don’t think it’s ever been done, but the belts still look good. If I keep it, I’ll have to get this done.
2009 Hyundai Sonata V6 Limited – 145,000 miles. Purchased around 15k. We’ve never had anything mechanically go wrong with this car. I’ve done all the regular maintenance on it. This too will need a drive/serpentine belt replacement soon. This also has been well cared for and always garaged, so the car still looks great.
Honestly, both cars are pretty much the same car. Leather/heated seats, sun roof, XM, and the usual stuff. One is not clearly more comfortable or rides better than the other. That’s a wash to me.
I figured as well as I take care of them, selling outright is a much better option than using it as a trade in. I do the usual nerdy maintenance log book which may or may not matter to anyone. I don’t have any reason to think these vehicles won’t go well into the 200k mile range. Twenty-something years of winter abuse is about as much as you can expect a car to be able to take around here and that may become the ultimate limiting factor.
2006 Honda Accord V6 EX-L - 125,000 miles. Purchased around 60k. I am the second owner. It’s recently had brakes and a new bearing/control arm in the driver’s front side. The car has run very well. It is parked outside, so the body is showing rust and some paint fading. It does need the full timing belt/water pump change soon. I don’t think it’s ever been done, but the belts still look good. If I keep it, I’ll have to get this done.
2009 Hyundai Sonata V6 Limited – 145,000 miles. Purchased around 15k. We’ve never had anything mechanically go wrong with this car. I’ve done all the regular maintenance on it. This too will need a drive/serpentine belt replacement soon. This also has been well cared for and always garaged, so the car still looks great.
Honestly, both cars are pretty much the same car. Leather/heated seats, sun roof, XM, and the usual stuff. One is not clearly more comfortable or rides better than the other. That’s a wash to me.
I figured as well as I take care of them, selling outright is a much better option than using it as a trade in. I do the usual nerdy maintenance log book which may or may not matter to anyone. I don’t have any reason to think these vehicles won’t go well into the 200k mile range. Twenty-something years of winter abuse is about as much as you can expect a car to be able to take around here and that may become the ultimate limiting factor.
