Go to Kelly Blue Book of such and compare the resale of a 5 year old Honda
Civic to a 5 year old Mitsubishi Lancer ES. That will tell you a lot right
there. It always kills me when people I know by a Chevy Cavalier because the
Civic is too expensive even though their Cavalier will have depreciate to
nothing in five years or so and is much less of a car.


"Al" <tomboy83@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hello everyone,
>
> I'm a Honda lover, and I own a 2005 Honda Accord EX, but it is in the shop
> and I am having my bumper fixed after hitting a snow bank. Prior to my
> Accord I had a new Honda Civic EX auto (2002) and liked it alot. Right now
> I
> am driving a Mitsubishi Lancer ES auto from the rental company I used. Its
> a
> 2005 and seems pretty good in terms of what you get for a price that's
> about
> 15k USA. Its kind of loud compared to both the civic and the accord but
> seems to handle and run well, and I was wondering if anyone has any
> thoughts
> on how the Lancer compared to the Civic, or any Mitsubishi car compared to
> Honda in general? The guy at the rental place told me that the Lancer is
> the
> equivalent to the Honda Civic, so that's why I am asking.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Al
>
>