Quote Originally Posted by peach186 View Post
Good day guys. Newbie here. We're planning to buy a used car and I saw this Honda Accord 1996 A/T on Facebook for 100K, but according to the seller it is still "very negotiable".
Car still looks good based on the pics (will be attaching some).
If ever it will primarily be used on weekdays (school-home v.v) and mga lakad narin.

Now I've heard this specific car isn't particularly fuel efficient but I don't really mind since hindi naman sobrang traffic dito sa probinsiya and di naman kalayuan.

My other concern is with the transmission since I've read about problems with this car's A/T.

Other issues: slight problem with the passenger side door handle (fixable DAW)

Ang kaso lang nawala daw yung orig CR, photocopy lang meron sakanya. Di pa kami nakapagusap regarding this kung paano.

Any thoughts? Thanks in advance.

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My father used to have a 1997 Accord VTi A/T and all of us have very fond memories of it, but that was way back in the early 2000s. Assuming that it is in good condition, it is a very good car. Cabin space and ride comfort are top rate even by today's standards. Performance is good though my father notes that the older EXi M/T (which a relative used to have and that he had driven on multiple occasions) is still better than the more powerful VTi A/T.

Yes, we did have a transmission replacement when the car was with us. It was done after the car bogged down after crossing a flooded area. But apparently it wasn't the flood that caused the failure but rather a frequent use of "D3", at least according to the casa. I still have no idea why that would cause transmission failure but whatever it was obviously did as the car refused to move at all, and cost 200k to replace in Honda Quezon Avenue at the time. IIRC, that was around 2002 so the car was 5 years old at the time and had only ran 40+tkms.

If you are worried about transmission problems, better to get the M/T for total peace of mind. Also be mindful of what the good doctor said about the documentation. If you are not satisfied with the unit, simply walk away. There are many more of those out there. Lastly, take note that registration of midsize sedans below 2000 year model is around 6k/year as opposed to just 2k+ for year model 2000 and above. So only buy if you really, really like the car.

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