My lease is nearly up on my 2002 Accord. I've been leasing accords for
8 years now. But this last one had some issues ... it needed a new
transmission (and even the new one is showing some early symptoms of
trouble). The brakes also wore down at about 25K, earlier than any
other Accord I have owned (though I can't be sure it wasn't my
driving).

I've been a loyal Accord driver for many years ... any reason not to
consider the 2005 model? Has Honda finally fixed the Accord
transmission problems?