27th May 2010, 16:45
Please tell me where the myth was in my Honda booking higher than the PURCHASE PRICE I paid for it after a year and 19K miles. I did the KBB comparison on the Fusion and Accord both based on list price. I got just as good a deal on my Honda as I could get on a Fusion, so I am not sure what your point is on purchase price. Most dealers will give you the car for much less than MSRP no matter what brand these days.
It has actually been proven time and again that a bargain priced car like a heavily discounted Focus will not gain you money down the road. Keeping that in mind I just booked a comparable Civic EX against my Focus SEL, and the Civic books about $5,000 higher, so it actually gained $2,000 over the first year as they were about $3,000 apart when I bought my Focus (I looked at both). Again, where is the myth? Please tell me, as I can't seem to find any evidence against the "imports have higher resale value" fact.
27th May 2010, 16:22
"Type (name your make) into Google and see how many hits you get. This ploy is used to bash all makes, because all makes have issues."
Yeah, that's my point... ANY car has a slew of issues that you can research on internet forums. The Honda/ Acura problems out number the Fusion, because there are about 20 times as many of them on the road as the Fusion.