Honda Civic vs Honda Accord?

I'm currently a college student looking to buy a used car from the ages about 2010-2013 maybe depending on the price. I'm married and have a 6month old son and which would be better out of the two. I'm looking for a car thats really good on gas since i'm gonna be commuting a lot.

I read a lot of peoples answers on previous and people were mainly talking about looks. I know the current year that accord has better mpg, but i'm not sure about the older versions.

Please answer from personal experiences you had with either of these cars

If I'm making 45k a year, can I afford to spend 17k on a car?

I'm a new grad, and I just started my first career job making 45k per year. Would it be stupid to buy a used Honda Accord for 17k and drive it till the wheels fall off? I currently drive a Chrystler Town and Country Van with 200,000 miles. What should I do?

My car is using a lot of fuel?

So I drive a 2001 honda accord V6 and It has 105,000 miles on it and has been well maintained. I usually just use it to drive to school and maybe a few errands and I usually only have to fill up every two weeks but I filled up on Thursday and today's Monday and I'm about at a half tank somehow, what's the deal with this.

Drilled and slotted rotors for an every day driver worth it?

I have a 2000 Honda Accord SE. It needs new front rotors pretty badly and I'm debating between the cheap Pep Boys generic rotors or the next step up which is a slotted and drilled high carbon rotor.

For an every day conservative driver, is there any point in spending the extra $$

Switch near fuse box and dashboard on honda accord 2001?

I got used honda accord 2001 last week and i noticed a small on-off press switch down the steering wheel and near to fuse box. I read manual i didn't find what it does. I pressed it while ignition running it does nothing although it feeling like connected to wiring on back of dashboard when i touch it. I think previous owner added it for some reason.Anybody have some idea? Does it turn my car into optimus prime?

What potential price range of repair costs am I looking at for an overheated broke-down 1992 Honda Accord EX?

I just bought this yesterday. Really bad luck. Took it to Jiffy Lube and they filled the antifreeze and replaced the oil and everything. The car looked well maintained. Well, I think possibly Jiffy Lube didn't screw something on tight or something, because all the antifreeze leaked out and it overheated.

So my question is - what possible damage could have happened with a serious overheating coming off the freeway? It was smoking a bit. Seemed all from a hot radiator. I hope it's nothing big.

Any idea of a rough ball park estimate price range and any potential damages would be appreciated. Luckily I got road side assistance so I got it towed to the Honda mechanic but won't find anything out for a couple days.