honda accord 2004.. a good buy ?

am planning to buy a car... have a budjet of 6.5 lacs ... thinking of buying a honda accord 2004...

am getting lots of offers in this price range...

1- should i go for it ?

2- is it a good car (2004) ?

3- how is its maintainence ?

4- at what price point would the deal be good ?

5- any accord owner.. please care to help me out with the general things about the car that i should know...

MY MONTHLY RUNNING IS ABOUT 100 KMS

the variant i am getting is 2.4lts one

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please help

LET ME REFRAME THE QUESTION : ... what used car to buy with a budget of 5-6 lacs if monthly running is about 1000kms .... i would not prefer a diesel .... car to be sold after 3 years... average of 10+ acceptable..

-Accord is a sensible buy-ut even the 2.4 is extremly thirsty giving about 7-8kmpl in the city!

-resale would be good though, so would be class and comfort levels.

-there is no diesel variant so the Accord is automatically out!

Others to consider-

-Optra magnum diesel(hard to get-but a great buy)

-Skoda Octavia(very good-quite high on maintenance)

-Elantra(poor resale-otherwise good)

-threre are a few SUV's also-like the safari and the endeavour and the scorpio

2.4 is that thirsty ???? even the vtec ???? i was expecting 10ish average... how good is the corolla...

frankly the cars that i like are :

corolla

cedia

accord...

which one would be available.. coz i think the cedia is hard to find... and the corolla should land to about 4lac...

-corolla gives better FE 9-10kmpl

-please note that these are in city with AC

so.. what car is recommended for a maximum budget of 6lacs... (considering that i can beat the deaer to 6l or less for an accord) ?

-the corolla or an early civic might be the best way to move forward.

can civics come in5-6 lac range ?

For your kind of requirement, i will sugeest to go for corrrola. It is a perfect all rounder car. Civic si good but it will not come in the budget. you will easily get 2003-04 corrola in your budget. Try to find lower run car. Accord is class above, so is the maintanance. It is thirsty too. Cedia if available it will not fatch better resale after 3-4 years down the line. So corrola is the best buy. All the best.

getting 2004 corolla 50000 done... 4.25lac.... good buy ? any idea if corolla's suspension dies oafter certain kms or sth... or should i get the car checked at the service center before buying... ? but most dealers donot allow that...