I'm seriously looking into a new car right now, but I'm not sure what I want. I plan to tune on this car, so I want some good aftermarket(which would seem where Honda would rule over), but I also want something that will last a good while if not tuned. I'm having this raging debate in my head about what company I shall possibly go for. The Honda I would be tuning would probably be a well-taken-care-of 1987 3Gee Accord. I've done plenty of research on it, and Hondas in general. I can't exactly penpoint a model of VW I would look for, since many of them share the same engine, and I like most all of them... Sorry for the lack of information here. Anyways, with what I gave you, or your own knowledge, which would you go with?

if your looking for reliability then u cant really go wrong with a honda unless it was abused A LOT or its really old... and vw isnt exactly known for their reliability

if ur lookin for a mid eithtys car u cant go wrong with a toyota tercel or carolla the definition of reliability

but tuning and stuff i would go honda it has good reliability too

volkswagens in my neighbourghood are for the gay guy that goes biking alot and chicks specialy the golf :]

of the two i would go honda

Honda's are irritatingly complex for what is supposed to be an economy car (at least my Prelude was), but they are reliable to a point. For a VW, it depends on where the model was built- if it was built in Mexico or even South Africa (Which no US models are)- walk right away, if it was built in Germany, you're safe, for now.

The Prelude isn't an economy car, it's the sports coupe they used to showcase all kinds of cool technology. The Civic is a Honda economy car, and it's the easiest thing in the world to mod.