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I have been driving a 1987 Honda Civic Wagovan 1.5L Carbonated 5 speed manual transmission.  It has 285,000 miles on it.  I was given it as a present a few years ago.  It cost about 500 dollars.  As of last week it lost the 5th gear and I cant justify having it fixed.   It served me well and had only a few problems (new breaks, muffler, alternator) the 3 years I had it.  Most of which were repaired for free by the guy that I was purchased from.  Needless to say I would like to get a new car.  

I have been looking around and started out with Honda’s. I was quoted 16,500 on a new  2007 Honda accord VP package with manual transmission.  After taxes and all it was under 18K.  I don’t have a problem spending the money but how much of what I am paying is for the name?  I was looking at www.edmunds.com and www.kbb.com and although Honda’s a rated good so are a bunch of other cars for thousands less.  I was looking at a Kia Rio for around 10k.  The dealer near my house has a 10 year 250,000 mile warranty along with all the other warranties and such.  I really don’t know what I should get.  I think a new car is a good choice as you don’t have to worry about what happened to it before you got it.  I looked at used cars like 2006 and 2005 but there was little to no difference in the price.  I want a reliable car that will last.  If something does happen I want it be inexpensive to fix. But a warrantee is not a guarantee; I could be having it fixed every week.  

As far as the car goes I just want it to me manual and have air condition.  

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