1982 Honda Accord for $24,450. Same color but I had a sedan with, of course, the five-speed box. I didn’t have the alloys, though. Same bumper guards. Didn’t pay $25k for it, either.
1982 Honda Accord for $24,450. Same color but I had a sedan with, of course, the five-speed box. I didn’t have the alloys, though. Same bumper guards. Didn’t pay $25k for it, either.
If I run that asking price backward through an inflation calculator, I get a 1982 price tag of $7427 (and 26 cents).
I that at least a little closer to what you paid? 
My first car was a 69 Chevelle that I paid $100 for. I'm guessing it's worth a little more than $1200 today
I just don't see the market for this. It's just a regular car that wasn't all that desirable new...
In reply to Colin Wood :
You know, I’m surprised I was able to afford that sum at 18 or so, but I did start working when I was like 12....
docwyte said:I just don't see the market for this. It's just a regular car that wasn't all that desirable new...
FWIW, I know a ton of people who drove these Accords back in the day. My parents had an ’84 sedan.
I made quite a bit of money replacing camshafts in those things. They were a nice car, but you'd have to have a special soft spot in your heart (or head) to pay that.
I'd pay too much money for a first gen Prelude, though.
Yes, cool car, but $25k US cool? Not even close.
Why buy that one when this one is a few thousand more.
https://www.duncanimports.com/used/Honda/1981-Honda-Accord-c074907e0a0e097175ab4a2ccd9f097a.htm
Edit: forgot a pic
Streetwiseguy said:I made quite a bit of money replacing camshafts in those things. They were a nice car, but you'd have to have a special soft spot in your heart (or head) to pay that.
The soft spot would seem to be in the camshaft lobe region of the head, no? 
Nostalgia's a helluva drug.
This resonates with me. We paid $270 for our Datsun 1200 in 1984.
College friend/roommate had a '79 Accord hatch 5-speed that was easily the nicest car anyone in our group was driving, since it was only a few years old. The rest of us drove early-70's Corollas, Monte Carlos, Novas, and Mazda RX-2's. I know he used up a clutch while he had it, then got an Isuzu Impulse Turbo after graduation, which I'm guessing he didn't keep long. I'm a little surprised he didn't get a BiTurbo, but maybe fortune smiled upon him. I can't imagine there's many going for north of 20k.
My dad bought a 79 new. It seemed so much nice than any small car before, I remember 9y/o me being amazed there was no exposed steel inside. It was still a nice car in '87 when I ended up crashing it, then bought a beater brown one like RedT2's post, moving over all the AT Engineering suspension stuff.
The price for the Accord seems crazy high (and it is for now). Buy it today, enjoy it, take care of it, keep the miles low and in 20 years when it's worth $50K-$60K you will say. "Wow, I bought it when the prices were still really low."
Forgot to mention I had a first generation Accord; it had a lot of really cool features.
IIRC, I bought my 1971 Datsun 510 for $500 Cdn in May of 1976. If I could find a decent one for $6000 today I'd probably bite.
In reply to DeadSkunk (Warren) :
You and a dozen other people.
It's high, but it just takes one guy that had one back in the day. The automatic kills it for me. If it was a 77 Civic hatch in the same shape, in yellow or orange, I'd be a buyer.
In reply to Steve_Jones :
Agreed. My mom bought a '77 Accord that I wouldn't mind owning now that I'm in a place where cars don't rust so fast. But that was the first/only car that I've ever seen the rust warranty come into play. The fenders started bubbling within 3 years. It was a nice car to drive, especially compared to the '73 Beetle that I drove. I learned to drive in that car, and had many high school dates. So yeah, nostalgia.
Steve_Jones said:It's high, but it just takes one guy that had one back in the day.
Yup, that's the thing about weird survivors like this. All it takes is one guy who hit it big in tech or whatever but took his wife on their first date in one back in college.
It's not worth the asking price to any reasonable person, but to someone who had that exact car or had a core memory tied to a very similar one? Different story.
In reply to pointofdeparture :
If I had $25k to burn on a classic car that had no other intrinsic value (meaning, it's not a sound investment opportunity) and a clean, unmolested '85 Buick Skyhawk two-door turned up.... I'd have some serious thoughts.
All it takes is the right buyer.
I had several 78-80 Ford Fiestas. The most I paid for any of them was maybe $1800 back in the early 80s.
Nostalgia is a serious drug. I'd probably pay $5-6k for one that was nice today. Fortunately, I'm out of garage space.
Problem is, with a lot of those old oddball cars you can't get parts for them. There are no windshields for old Fiestas, nor the 86 Audi GT I had for 12 years. Exotic car problems at economy car prices aren't a place I want to be anymore.
Yeah this is only just starting to not sound silly to me, but the other week when a 3rd gen Accord came up for sale on here I was thinking I might want another one some day. Me guess is that these 80s econoboxes that everyone remembers being in are about to appreciate in a decent way.
1988RedT2 said:College friend/roommate had a '79 Accord hatch 5-speed that was easily the nicest car anyone in our group was driving, since it was only a few years old. The rest of us drove early-70's Corollas, Monte Carlos, Novas, and Mazda RX-2's. I know he used up a clutch while he had it, then got an Isuzu Impulse Turbo after graduation, which I'm guessing he didn't keep long. I'm a little surprised he didn't get a BiTurbo, but maybe fortune smiled upon him. I can't imagine there's many going for north of 20k.
"I had to crash that Honda baby."
z31maniac"I had to crash that Honda baby."
Ooooooo, great movie. I still use that line occasionally.
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