Honda Accord Sir-T

Vicxas

Howdy Chaps,

Need some advice here. Friend of mine is trying to convince me to buy a 98-00 Honda Accord Sir-t as im getting a little bored of my underpowered corolla. They are a very pretty car and i cant really afford to buy the newer ones as they're still sitting in and around 10-12k

So i need some advice for anyone whos owned one or knows something about them. My questions are;

• Are they economical? I drive about 85km a day to and from work.
• Whats the tax for a 1.9 car?
• Insurance wise what are they like to insure?
• Any outstanding issues with them? (known issues, repair problems)
• Anything I should look out for in particular when buying one?

Cheers for the help

Chriscl1

They are 2.0 not 1.9 they are a jap import do expect a bit of frownage from insurers. They have seats that only a granny could love. Go for the euro r instead, much nicer looking, quicker and a much nicer interior with recaro seats. The tax is about 200 more but it's only 200 and your getting to drive a more superior car.

Vicxas

Euro Rs are quite rare or incredily expensive from the places ive been looking.

Chriscl1

Not really, they are going for around 3 - 3.5k maybe less if your good at haggling. There's plenty of them on donedeal. I had one for a few years, great car.

Vicxas

Whats the tax on them like?

Chriscl1

Mid 800's I think, not a whole lot more than the sir-t in fairness.

Vicxas

Thats not bad, I was expecting over 1000.

djimi

Insurance could be an issue; most companies I spoke with hadnt a clue what an Sir-T was! In most cases if its not on their system they dont want to know, and coupled with the fact that they are evil imports you could have fun trying to get a quote.

Never owned one but test drove a few and loved them. I was going from a 98 1.8 Accord at the time so I liked the fact that it had the comfort of my old Accord and a lot more power to go with it.

Vicxas

djimi wrote: »

Insurance could be an issue; most companies I spoke with hadnt a clue what an Sir-T was! In most cases if its not on their system they dont want to know, and coupled with the fact that they are evil imports you could have fun trying to get a quote.

Never owned one but test drove a few and loved them. I was going from a 98 1.8 Accord at the time so I liked the fact that it had the comfort of my old Accord and a lot more power to go with it.

I heard only a certain amount of insurers will cover JAP imports. Tesco is one of them. Good news is im with them currently.

Atomic Pineapple

You'd be much better off going for a UK spec Accord Type R, cheap these days, they are rare, look stunning, great to drive, nice spec including recaros and cheaper to insure than a jap import, bad points are they'll be harder to find here and they are 2.2 litre so slightly more expensive tax at €885.



http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2911382

Compton

Jap Euro Rs look better than that accord tbh

Atomic Pineapple

shblob wrote: »

Jap Euro Rs look better than that accord tbh

Cl7's maybe but they're way out of the OP's budget by the sounds of things, Cl1 Torneo/Euro R's are essentially the same but less subtle