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New 2009 JDM accord(2.4) or IS 250 (1 year old)

Post by jackalcleo » Sun Oct 19, 2008 4:13 pm

Still undecided between this 2 choice which is quite close or +- 5% in price.

Any advice or comments are welcome whether good or bad. :wink:

Thanks.

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Post by SGV » Sun Oct 19, 2008 5:05 pm

Hi,both cars are gd..However I feel when getting cars, get first hand better..Less worries in future..
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Re: New 2009 JDM accord(2.4) or IS 250 (1 year old)

Post by carfan » Sun Oct 19, 2008 6:48 pm

jackalcleo wrote:Still undecided between this 2 choice which is quite close or +- 5% in price.

Any advice or comments are welcome whether good or bad. :wink:

Thanks.
The interior space difference between the two is going to be huge.

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Re: New 2009 JDM accord(2.4) or IS 250 (1 year old)

Post by jackalcleo » Sun Oct 19, 2008 7:22 pm

carfan wrote:
jackalcleo wrote:Still undecided between this 2 choice which is quite close or +- 5% in price.

Any advice or comments are welcome whether good or bad. :wink:

Thanks.
The interior space difference between the two is going to be huge.
do you mean the IS250 to be smaller in interior?

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Re: New 2009 JDM accord(2.4) or IS 250 (1 year old)

Post by 2cubed » Sun Oct 19, 2008 9:03 pm

jackalcleo wrote:
carfan wrote:
jackalcleo wrote:Still undecided between this 2 choice which is quite close or +- 5% in price.

Any advice or comments are welcome whether good or bad. :wink:

Thanks.
The interior space difference between the two is going to be huge.
do you mean the IS250 to be smaller in interior?
The difference in interior space is huge. One is a full size 5 seater. The other is a basically similar to a 3 series bimmer interior.

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Post by jackalcleo » Sun Oct 19, 2008 9:08 pm

SGV wrote:Hi,both cars are gd..However I feel when getting cars, get first hand better..Less worries in future..
1 of my concern also.

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Post by Gingerfish » Sun Oct 19, 2008 10:35 pm

Bro, consider the IS with full Wald bodykit and 4 x exhaust pipes and 19inch deep profile rims :lol:

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Re: New 2009 JDM accord(2.4) or IS 250 (1 year old)

Post by Zennie » Sun Oct 19, 2008 11:49 pm

jackalcleo wrote:Still undecided between this 2 choice which is quite close or +- 5% in price.

Any advice or comments are welcome whether good or bad. :wink:

Thanks.
How can the price be + - 5%?? If you consider your 'budget' in this manner, then you can buy yourself a 4 year old BMW 5 series or something like that. It is clearly obvious that one is a lexus and one is a honda, both sedans. Obviously it will cost more to own a lexus.....No? If not then consider a 2 year old BMW 3 series, 3 year old C-Class, 4 year old 5 series / E class, or 6 year old 7 series, or 7 year old S-Class...etc...the list goes on.
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Post by sarion » Mon Oct 20, 2008 6:13 am

for warranty, Lexus would have advantage as you could spend a few k to get to 5yr of warranty, and if u plan to drive the car more than 3yr then it would make you less worried compared to a PI car

interior wise the Lexus is prob less modern with it's 'old' style ICE and instrument panel, compared to the Honda. i still can't imagine why the Lexus cruise control is still using the stick type.

but maybe for comfort and noise level Accord will lose out. and IS250 is a V6, engine might sound better to ur liking.

also, as others have mentioned, another very good car in ur price range will be a 1+ to 2yr old C200. much higher OMV compared to ur choices.

hope this helps

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Post by meatloaf » Mon Oct 20, 2008 10:38 am

I would go for new JDM 2009 accord. Not because we are in the honda forum. Not sure if it's just me but i don't find the IS250 pretty. Space wise - tight.

You can get an one year old IS250 at slightly above $100K. Although it's a lexus, many will go for Mark X which i believed you can get a new Mark X at $90K.

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Post by jackalcleo » Mon Oct 20, 2008 1:16 pm

Points noted. Thanks to all bros. Will have a look at the new JDM accord before making decision.

Any comments are welcome

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Post by akuma19 » Mon Oct 20, 2008 5:33 pm

jackalcleo wrote:Points noted. Thanks to all bros. Will have a look at the new JDM accord before making decision.

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let not concern about "branding", after u test drive both, IS250 is still the choice. I've test driven both so that mho...

the smooth, power V6 is still 1step above 4in-line for normal sedan
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Post by sarion » Tue Oct 21, 2008 11:59 am

but the t/s might value the space of the JDM accord in the end haha 8)
good luck hunting!

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