"a" <a@a.ca> wrote in message news:iYUii.21769$tB5.3923@edtnps90...
> Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
>> In article <_FRii.14820$Io4.11389@edtnps89>, a <a@a.ca> wrote:
>>
>>> I have an '02 4cyl and, while a great trouble free car, it's a dog in
>>> terms of power...
>>
>> I had an 00 Accord 4 cylinder, and it was a fantastic car with PLENTY of
>> power.
>>
>> 'Course, I outfitted mine properly: with a manual transmission.
>>
>> In addition, that baby got 35mpg in the dead of summer on a road trip, AC
>> on full blast, going through the mountains.
>>
>
> Nothing wrong - mine is a 5 speed.
>
> You're 35mpg is horse shit, though.


How so? I get almost 30mpg out of an '01 V6 with automatic.