Honda Civic vs Toyota Camry? - 1

I'm a college student and I'm looking for a car that will get me through undergrad and grad school, so another 7-8 years. I want a car that is good with mpg, below or around $13,000, and will not break down too often, and if so they are minor repairs that are relatively inexpensive. I have narrowed my choices down to the Honda Civic and Toyota Camry, around 2006-2012. So I want your opinion on which you think is better. (By the way I have a 96 Camry that has almost 300,000 mi on it so I already kinda have some trust in it).

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Here's a challenge for you… Keep the Camry you have now and see how long you can make it last. There's a guy in up-state New York who drives a 1966 Volvo with more than 3 MILLION miles on it. Betcha can't make a Toyota last that long.

When my last daughter old enough to drive in HS, we gave her a 98 Camry with 21K miles on it, she drove it through college and now she's still driving it to her law firm on a daily basic and refuse to change to a newer car because it's her "first" car. The car now has 343,746 miles on it (I've just look it up)

She went through 3 timing belts, numerous drive belts and brake jobs as well as as 5 sets of tire and who knows about oil changes at about 3-5K miles intervals including fluid exchanges, a few suspension parts and…3 sets of spark plug. That it. The exterior could use a paint job though. Surprise me is the. Fuel pump is still the original pump.

Have your Camry check out for repair needs and do it and fix it up. You'll save money that way. You'll never know. Most of the vehicle in my household are Toyota and Honda with a few exceptions.

Edit: read the article about the Volvo:
http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Latest-News-Wires/2012/0709/3-million-mile-Volvo-Long-Island-man-s-P1800S-won-t-quit-video

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