Well, how do you feel about starting to pay again every month? I lived in
the snow belt of NY state, and no question, ABS is wonderful. Can you do
without ABS, absolutely.

If your current car is running great, keep that extra $$$ in your pocket and
enjoy your Honda. If you feel the need, go buy snow tires. Say you get
VERY expensive snow tires, it'll cost $600. Still that is about a month and
a half car payment on your new-to-you Camry.

Keep the Accord and just be careful, as I know you already are.

Keith
'99 Accord EX-L V6





"Bryan Canter" <bcnewsgroups@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Not to start a religious war but just wanted some feedback from people
> more experienced than me. I own a 2000 Accord that has no ABS. I
> bought it in FL and didn't feel the need for one. Needless to say,
> now that I am in MA, I regret that decision. A lot.
>
> Recently I came across this ad for a used Toyota Camry 2002 LE with
> ABS selling for about 13k (private party). Now, granted the history
> of that car maybe suspect and my car's is known to me, but barring
> that aspect, is there anything else that I should keep in mind?
>
> I can see all the goodies, like it has a premium JBL 8 speakers (as
> mentioned in the ad) sound, CD *and* cassette, 2002 vs 2000 model, and
> of course, ABS. But what about power and handling and stuff like
> that? How do people here compare a Camry LE to an Accord LX? (I
> always thought the Hondas had a little more snob value. So both me
> and my wife don't like the idea of downgrading our ride in that
> sense.) :-)
>
> Also, if the car was bought from the dealer with 5000 miles on it (it
> was a "loaner" at the dealership) is that necessarily a very bad
> thing? Or should it just discount the book value by a grand or so?
>
> TIA.