On 6 Apr 2004 12:01:34 -0700, kenholland@mail.com (Ken) wrote:

||Hi,
||
||I've been looking at 2004 Honda Accord EX models, and have test driven
||the automatic transmission version of both the I-4 and V-6 models.
||For my needs, the performance of the I-4 motor is more than
||sufficient. The I-4 motor also gets better gas mileage.
||
||My one concern with buying an Accord EX with the I-4 motor is the lack
||of traction control. I live in New England and the roads can get
||pretty bad at times. I do plan to buy a set of winter tires, but I
||feel that having I having traction control is very desirable for
||winter driving. Currently I have a very primitive version of traction
||control in my '93 Saturn SC2, and it has come in very handy over the
||years.
||
||Does anyone know if Honda has any plan to offer traction control on
||Accords with the I-4 motor? Perhaps in the 2005 model year? If so,
||then I would hold off on buying the car until that time. Otherwise,
||it looks like I'd be forced to buy an Accord EX with the V-6 motor to
||get the traction control.

Our Beetle has traction control. Last snow it kept my wife from getting up our
long gravel drive. I had to turn it off to get the car parked.
Rex in Fort Worth