{"id":537203,"date":"2026-06-16T01:55:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T01:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/537203\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T01:55:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T01:55:12","slug":"honda-accord-is-it-a-good-project-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/537203\/","title":{"rendered":"Honda Accord: Is It A Good Project Car?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A woman stuns the internet by showing how she transformed the 2009 Honda Accord she purchased on Facebook Marketplace for just $700.<\/p>\n<p>TikTok creator Jayda (@jaydasride) posted a slideshow with \u201ceverything I\u2019ve done to my Facebook Marketplace car so far.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the on-screen text, Jayda reveals she paid $700 for the vehicle after talking the seller down from an original $1,000 price tag.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A $700 2009 Honda Accord from Facebook Marketplace<\/p>\n<p>As with any used vehicle, the Honda needed some routine maintenance when Jayda purchased it. Each slide has a photo of one of those jobs, which included a radiator flush, interior detailing, new tires, a new battery, restored headlights, new door panels to match a black-and-grey interior, a new air intake hose, and a new headliner.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s it so far, but I\u2019m so pleased with how everything is coming together,\u201d Jayda writes at the end of the slideshow.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbb.com\/honda\/accord\/2009\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">KBB<\/a>, the 2009 Honda Accord is known in the mid-sized sedan category for doing pretty much everything well. It\u2019s not as sporty as other options, but it has a roomy, distinctive interior and capable handling. And at around $4,800 in private party value, it\u2019s an attainable project car, particularly in rougher conditions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;This Is Insanely Smart&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>In the video&#8217;s comments section, viewers reacted to Jayda\u2019s work on the 2009 Honda Accord.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis whole thing was satisfying, but the dirty interior to clean was 10\/10,\u201d wrote one person.<\/p>\n<p>A second person asked, \u201cWould you say you paid for all that a total of $1,000 for the car or less?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jayda replied, \u201cI put together a little price list of everything I\u2019ve paid so far. The car itself was $700. As for everything else \u2026\u201d Jayda paid about $1,400.<\/p>\n<p>She listed off what she paid for parts and materials:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$400 for tires<\/li>\n<li>$200 in maintenance products<\/li>\n<li>$200 for the battery<\/li>\n<li>$400 in detailing products<\/li>\n<li>$5 for the headlight kit (on sale)<\/li>\n<li>$60 door panels from the junk yard<\/li>\n<li>$30 air intake hose<\/li>\n<li>$100 in headliner materials<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Someone else asked Jayda how she learned to do all these projects, and she said she watches YouTube videos. Another person in the comments said, \u201cReal. I\u2019m always telling people YouTube and Google are free.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What Are Some Other Good Project Sedans?<\/p>\n<p>A Reddit user <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/askcarguys\/comments\/1m3l4c6\/good_first_project_car\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">posted<\/a> to r\/askcarguys a year ago asking for help choosing a project car. The person said they wanted a learning opportunity and something that wouldn\u2019t be too expensive to maintain. They were considering an Accord, an Acura Integra, or a Honda Civic.<\/p>\n<p>Several people in the comments section agreed that the Accord is a decent choice of project car. \u201cA bit of a sleeper,\u201d wrote one commenter. \u201cEasy to work on with loads of parts support.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another person agreed. \u201cHondas are also a good choice because they throw problems at you at a slower pace, which you can probably afford to address,\u201d they wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Someone else wrote, \u201cFor any of these, I would advise to find the nicest, best-running example you can find. Having a running car to start with will help you get your feet wet with things such as basic maintenance, and then you can slowly work towards bigger and more complex upgrades as you get more comfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Motor1 contacted Jayda via TikTok comment and email for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"comfort-title-large flex gap-spacing-sm-base items-center\">\n<p>\t\tWe want your opinion!\n\t<\/p>\n<p>What would you like to see on Motor1.com?<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.motor1.com\/survey\/2025\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tTake our 3 minute survey.\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"compact-body-medium\">&#8211; The Motor1.com Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A woman stuns the internet by showing how she transformed the 2009 Honda Accord she purchased on Facebook&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":537204,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[74],"tags":[86356,10471,848,18,22471,230886,19,17,5,22976,230887,204381,82,835,221256,121],"class_list":["post-537203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-b2c","tag-budget","tag-diy","tag-eire","tag-honda","tag-honda-accord","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news","tag-petrol","tag-project-car","tag-sedan","tag-technology","tag-trending","tag-young-drivers","tag-youtube"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116757301049506483","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=537203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537203\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/537204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=537203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=537203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=537203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}