Honda Car Forum

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.

Thanks in advance for any input.

Ken

Personally, I think a bad traction control system is a waste of $$$.
Perhaps the one on the Saturn SC2 was better then others.

Pars

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.
>
> Thanks in advance for any input.
>
> Ken

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

I have a 2003 EX V6 with traction control. I live in New York and we do
get snow. The traction control has kicked in from time to time this
past winter but whether we would have gotten stuck without it is hard to
say. Personally, I would rather have it than not (you can always switch
it off if you don't like it). I have driven both and the I-4 performs
fine, but the V6 is better, and its mileage has been good--32 mpg on
250-300 mile trips.

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.
>
> Thanks in advance for any input.
>
> Ken

"Ken" <kenholland@mail.com> wrote in message
news:10b19dae.0404061101.f6f8514@posting.google.co m...
> 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.


I have the V-6 and one of the reasons I bought it is that I like traction
control.

The Acura TSX has a hotted up version of the I-4 and is available with
traction control. You might test drive one to see how you like it. More
$$$ though!

John

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

>My one concern with buying an Accord EX with the I-4 motor is the lack
>of traction control.

Complete waste of money on a FWD car.

On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 23:25:58 GMT, dizzy <dizzy@nospam.invalid> wrote:

||On 6 Apr 2004 12:01:34 -0700, kenholland@mail.com (Ken) wrote:
||
||>My one concern with buying an Accord EX with the I-4 motor is the lack
||>of traction control.
||
||Complete waste of money on a FWD car.

I think the 4-cylinder and automatic trans pretty much makes traction control
redundant
Rex in Fort Worth

"Rex B" <NOSPAMrex@REMOVEtxol.net> wrote in message
news:407d90b3.86742630@news.txol.net...
> On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 23:25:58 GMT, dizzy <dizzy@nospam.invalid> wrote:
>
> ||On 6 Apr 2004 12:01:34 -0700, kenholland@mail.com (Ken) wrote:
> ||
> ||>My one concern with buying an Accord EX with the I-4 motor is the lack
> ||>of traction control.
> ||
> ||Complete waste of money on a FWD car.
>
> I think the 4-cylinder and automatic trans pretty much makes traction
control
> redundant
> Rex in Fort Worth

Maybe in Texas, maybe not in Ontario.

On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 21:24:46 GMT, "Stephen Bigelow"
<sbigelowPOV@rogers.com> wrote:

>
>"Rex B" <NOSPAMrex@REMOVEtxol.net> wrote in message
>news:407d90b3.86742630@news.txol.net...
>> On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 23:25:58 GMT, dizzy <dizzy@nospam.invalid> wrote:
>>
>> ||On 6 Apr 2004 12:01:34 -0700, kenholland@mail.com (Ken) wrote:
>> ||
>> ||>My one concern with buying an Accord EX with the I-4 motor is the lack
>> ||>of traction control.
>> ||
>> ||Complete waste of money on a FWD car.
>>
>> I think the 4-cylinder and automatic trans pretty much makes traction
>control
>> redundant
>> Rex in Fort Worth
>
>Maybe in Texas, maybe not in Ontario.

Still a waste, no matter where you are. It just don't matter if you
spin a wheel from time to time.

"dizzy" <dizzy@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
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> >> ||Complete waste of money on a FWD car.

> It just don't matter if you spin a wheel from time to time.

Oh.

So why does it matter on RWD?