Hondas and Toyotas have a great reputation, but you pay for that now. When I needed a car about 6 months ago, family members advised me to get an old Honda or Toyota. I only had about 6K to spend, max, and I was surprised that the best Honda or Toyota I could get for that money seemed to be a '91 Corolla! I'd driven one of those before and it had the loosest steering I ever experienced. It's also just a boring-looking car.

Add to that the fact that the car was 15 years old; they may be reliable, but any car will have some issues at that age.

It seems that for the money they cost, there are a lot of other options.

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Ralph

1985 300D Turbo, CA model
248,650 miles and counting...