I am looking at buying either a CL9 or a FD2 or a FD1, opinions?

[mysterious_7]

Ok, called the guy today to go have another look at it and leave a deposit, he said it got sold this morning, it was a graphite pre-facelift 05 Accord Euro Cl9 6MT non-lux but anyway, I'll find another one, may be I'll even find better . I knew it was a catch, should've put a deposit on it the first time I saw it, I literally couldn't find any major faults with it. The interior looked immaculate and rear seat looked like no one has sat on it.

You wont get a good low km euro for under $10k mate

Really?? Carsales is way overpriced in my opinion, a lot of these Euros on carsales can easily be brought down $2k off the advertised price, the way I do it is I take a stack of $100's in my wallet and a few friends and we inspect the car very well ourselves (no time for mechanics checks or RACV) and go under the car and check everything as much as we can and then I pull my wallet out, pull out $500 and tell the seller I'll put a deposit on it right now if you can do it for $10k (assuming you don't give them a ridiculously low price, 80% of sellers will say yes with a bit of pressure... etc.). Trick is you gotta take a quick decision whether you want it or not and you gotta "SHOW THEM CASH ON THE SPOT". If he said no, I'd pick a few things wrong with the car and try again (scratches here and there, rego expiring soon, car is due for a service... etc.).. if he still says no, I act like I am walking away and see if he'll retaliate.. if he still says no I'll go back and raise the price $200 and try again and so on.. etc. Still no, I'll tell him he has got my number have a think about it and call me.. more than 5 times before it happened to me or one of my mates that the seller calls the next day and agrees on the price I offered for a quick sale! loll ..it's all luck.

I also reckon Honda owners tend to overprice their cars a bit on the second hand market because of how well-built the cars are and how much they enjoyed owning them over the years, Hondas and Subarus surely hold their values more than any other Jap car but owners still tend to give prices that are a bit off what they're actually worth.

The only reason I didn't put money on this car coz it's pre-facelift I reckon it's starting to show its age a bit in terms of looks and gauge cluster design... etc. (Still way better than my 05 ES1 Civic though ).. I reckon if I found another pre-facelift Euro with under 100k km I won't hesitate again like I did with this one! it's technically and mechanically the same.

P.s. The definition of low kilometers in my book is under 100,000km, specially that Honda engines are known to do a lot of kilometers before they die if well looked after.

DId you get bored fo the ES1 already? (lol)

I like the car but the engine is not really up to my taste, bit weak down low and when you turn on the aircon, forget it!!! I had plans to throw a Kswap like everyone in the US but it's gonna cost me about $10k AUD, I don't know how it only costs about $5k-$6k in the US.. The swap will cost more than the car lmao. so thought of just buying a K-engined Honda from factory

I think you can expect about 10L/100km as a ballpark figure

I know that that's how much petrol they'll use, but I was wondering if the pre-facelift has the electronic fuel consumption estimator dsiplayed on the cluster or anywhere else like the post-facelift ones? I know it's not very accurate but kinda of cool to look at while driving on freeways and long trips... etc. My friends 04 Golf 1.6L base model Golf has it, surprised the pre-facelift Euro doesn't!!

P.s. anymore tips on negotiating from past experiences? I can probably cave out $12k if worst comes to worst, but I always love that euphoria feeling when I know I got a good bargain haha sure we all do!

Thanks for all the help guys, I appreciate it. Wish me luck CL9 hunting