Waiving the right to remain silent, Dave Garrett <dave@compassnet.com> said:

> I recently got to thinking about the Hondas I've owned and how the cars
> have changed over the years. When I bought my first one, Hondas had a
> well-earned reputation for high reliability and economy coupled with
> innovative engineering. I still have trouble believing that a top-of-
> the-line Civic is now a $20K+ car - it wasn't that long ago that fully-
> loaded Accords barely breached that price.

In 1971, I bought one of the first Hondas ever imported into the United
States. Most people at that time had never heard of a Honda car. Outside of
California, they were not generally available.

http://members.cox.net/ljvideo/images/Honda_AN600.jpg

That car was about $1,300 new.

Since then, I've had four, if you include our current Acura TL. I've also
had a lot of other cars...

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