Honda Car Forum

Only 2 Honda's for me (I'm a convert from GM - Pontiacs).

'91 accord EXR, bought it with 166,000km and took it up to 289,000km
before selling it to a buddy who took it further to 319,000km but his
hard driving sheared the cam and it went to the graveyard. Body was in
great shape even though it had been totalled 2 times by the previous
over before I got it. Excellent performance and phenomenal gas mileage
nonetheless

2000 accord SE - I've got it at 104,000km already and it drives
beautifully. Hope to get many more miles out of it.

Next one will still be a Honda.


Dave Garrett wrote:
> 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.
>
> Hondas I've owned:
>
> 82 Prelude, bought in late 1986 to replace a '76 Plymouth Duster whose
> frame had cracked. I'd gone to a few dealers hoping to find a clean
> Civic 1500 S, but there were none to be had, and a salesman convinced me
> to test-drive a Prelude instead. An uninsured driver drove right through
> a red light in 1990, and I t-boned him at about 30mph, totaling my car
> less than a month after I'd had the engine completely rebuilt.
>
> 83 Accord sedan - bought for $400 in 1992 when I was short of cash but
> also needed a beater for the times when my usual two-wheeled transport
> (another Honda, a CB750F) wouldn't suffice. The engine wouldn't rev
> above 3000rpm without starting to stutter and then die completely. It
> was fine on city streets, but was unsafe to drive on the freeway. Drove
> it for about six months as it was and sold it for what I paid for it.
>
> 80 Accord sedan - bought in 1993 for $500 for my wife, as a short-term
> replacement for her VW Rabbit that was totaled by yet another red-light-
> running uninsured driver. I wish I still had this car - it was in that
> distinctive shade of light metallic green that was a popular factory
> paint color with Hondas then.
>
> 86 Accord LXi hatchback - bought in early 1995 for my wife. Owned until
> 2003 with the only major problem being a broken (5-speed manual)
> transmission that required replacement with a rebuilt one. Still ran
> well when we sold it, but the AC had quit working a couple of years
> previously, and as it was 17 years old she decided she'd rather have a
> newer vehicle with fewer maintenance issues.
>
> 90 CRX Si - bought in 1993 with roughly 20K miles on it. Still my daily
> driver, with just over 126K miles now. Like the 86 Accord, at nearly 17
> it's started to have an increasing number of age-related problems that
> I'm either going to have to address soon or decide to buy a new car
> (probable suspension rebuild, AC quit working a year ago, a couple of
> patches of rust on the A-pillar and sunroof, some original rubber parts
> decaying, and other cosmetic issues). My favorite out of all the Hondas
> I've had.
>
> 99 Accord EX V6 sedan - bought in 2003 as a replacement for our 86
> Accord. Just recently passed 90K miles, and hope to continue driving it
> for many more years (keeping my fingers crossed on the well-known
> transmission issues). Plenty of room, very comfortable in the European
> sense (stiffer suspension than many other Japanese or American sedans),
> more than adequate power for almost every situation.
>
> Hondas I'd like to own: I'd really like to keep the CRX and completely
> rebuild it into a serious weekend hot rod (suspension and braking
> upgrades and an engine swap for a tuned, naturally-aspirated B-series
> motor in the 250HP range). Replacing it for a daily driver would be a
> new Fit Sport (the true successor to the older-generation Civics), but I
> don't see that happening until the supply increases enough to where
> they're commonplace on dealer lots and better deals are being made.
>
> I'd also like to restore a 1st- or 2nd-gen Civic. These used to be
> plentiful, but now you hardly ever see one on the street. And every time
> I sit in an S2000, I want one, but then reality sets in after I remember
> the price tag. Beautiful cars, but like the new Civics, I always start
> thinking of what else I could get for the same amount of money or less.
>
> So, how many Hondas have you owned, and which ones would you like to
> own?
>
> Dave
>

On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 22:23:27 -0600, Dave Garrett <dave@compassnet.com>
wrote:

>> Of course I once lusted after a six-cylinder Alfa. Then they went and
>> built (eg, imported) one, and I wouldn't touch it. WTH, my Accord I4
>> puts out more horsepower than that old 3-liter Alfa. Tech.
>
>GTV6, Milano, or 164?

Was thinking of the GTV6, I drove the 4-cylinder Alfetta for seven
years, with reasonable reliability - and expensive scheduled service.

The Milano Saab-Alfas I never really looked at closely. Dad had a
Saab 93 back when, with the two-stroke engine and suicide doors, sort
of puts a shadow on the name to this day!

J.

Waiving the right to remain silent, Grumpy AuContraire
<Grumpster@GrumpyvilleNOT.com> said:

> In late 1969, I headed a photographic expedition to Micronesia and a
> Honda 600 was our rental unit in Palau for six weeks. Couldn't kill it
> despite it had no brakes for nearly the entire time!

I bet it had the chain drive. That wasn't allowed in the US, or the car
might have been imported here earlier. We had to wait for a real drive
train.

--
Larry J. - Remove spamtrap in ALLCAPS to e-mail

"I've come here to enjoy nature. Don't talk to me
about the environment!" - 'Denny Crane'

1997 Accord Wagon bought new - was very pleased with it. Totalled
last April around 90K miles, which was almost okay as a mechanic put
in wrong transmission fluid and damaged it.

2006 CR-V. It's okay. Milage stinks, hoping it improves when fully
broken in. Also has the annoying A/C mold problem I need to attack. I
like the tight turning radius, and it's not too big.

What would I like to own? Believe it or not, another Accord wagon, if
they would only make them again.

Steve Noll | The Glass Block Pond
| http://www.kissingfrogs.tv

Larry in AZ wrote:
>
> Waiving the right to remain silent, Grumpy AuContraire
> <Grumpster@GrumpyvilleNOT.com> said:
>
> > In late 1969, I headed a photographic expedition to Micronesia and a
> > Honda 600 was our rental unit in Palau for six weeks. Couldn't kill it
> > despite it had no brakes for nearly the entire time!
>
> I bet it had the chain drive. That wasn't allowed in the US, or the car
> might have been imported here earlier. We had to wait for a real drive
> train.
>
> --
> Larry J. - Remove spamtrap in ALLCAPS to e-mail
>


Could well be since it was an air cooled motorcycle engine..

JT

Dave Garrett wrote:
> 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.
>
> Hondas I've owned:
>
> 82 Prelude, bought in late 1986 to replace a '76 Plymouth Duster whose
> frame had cracked. I'd gone to a few dealers hoping to find a clean
> Civic 1500 S, but there were none to be had, and a salesman convinced
> me to test-drive a Prelude instead. An uninsured driver drove right
> through a red light in 1990, and I t-boned him at about 30mph,
> totaling my car less than a month after I'd had the engine completely
> rebuilt.
>
> 83 Accord sedan - bought for $400 in 1992 when I was short of cash but
> also needed a beater for the times when my usual two-wheeled transport
> (another Honda, a CB750F) wouldn't suffice. The engine wouldn't rev
> above 3000rpm without starting to stutter and then die completely. It
> was fine on city streets, but was unsafe to drive on the freeway.
> Drove it for about six months as it was and sold it for what I paid
> for it.
>
> 80 Accord sedan - bought in 1993 for $500 for my wife, as a short-term
> replacement for her VW Rabbit that was totaled by yet another
> red-light- running uninsured driver. I wish I still had this car - it
> was in that distinctive shade of light metallic green that was a
> popular factory paint color with Hondas then.
>
> 86 Accord LXi hatchback - bought in early 1995 for my wife. Owned
> until 2003 with the only major problem being a broken (5-speed manual)
> transmission that required replacement with a rebuilt one. Still ran
> well when we sold it, but the AC had quit working a couple of years
> previously, and as it was 17 years old she decided she'd rather have a
> newer vehicle with fewer maintenance issues.
>
> 90 CRX Si - bought in 1993 with roughly 20K miles on it. Still my
> daily driver, with just over 126K miles now. Like the 86 Accord, at
> nearly 17 it's started to have an increasing number of age-related
> problems that I'm either going to have to address soon or decide to
> buy a new car (probable suspension rebuild, AC quit working a year
> ago, a couple of patches of rust on the A-pillar and sunroof, some
> original rubber parts decaying, and other cosmetic issues). My
> favorite out of all the Hondas I've had.
>
> 99 Accord EX V6 sedan - bought in 2003 as a replacement for our 86
> Accord. Just recently passed 90K miles, and hope to continue driving
> it for many more years (keeping my fingers crossed on the well-known
> transmission issues). Plenty of room, very comfortable in the European
> sense (stiffer suspension than many other Japanese or American
> sedans), more than adequate power for almost every situation.
>
> Hondas I'd like to own: I'd really like to keep the CRX and completely
> rebuild it into a serious weekend hot rod (suspension and braking
> upgrades and an engine swap for a tuned, naturally-aspirated B-series
> motor in the 250HP range). Replacing it for a daily driver would be a
> new Fit Sport (the true successor to the older-generation Civics),
> but I don't see that happening until the supply increases enough to
> where they're commonplace on dealer lots and better deals are being
> made.
>
> I'd also like to restore a 1st- or 2nd-gen Civic. These used to be
> plentiful, but now you hardly ever see one on the street. And every
> time I sit in an S2000, I want one, but then reality sets in after I
> remember the price tag. Beautiful cars, but like the new Civics, I
> always start thinking of what else I could get for the same amount of
> money or less.
>
> So, how many Hondas have you owned, and which ones would you like to
> own?
>
> Dave

My first was a 1982 Prelude.....forget the color but was kinda red.....off
the showroom floor, manual shift.
2nd was a 1991 Red Civic SI Hatchback...also manual.
3rd 1996 Red Civic EX 2dr with auto....arthritis in knees and wrists did me
in for manuals.
4th 2007 Blaze Orange FIT sport auto......I love it!

The only used car I ever bought was a 1965 Ford Mustang...2dr manual in
1972....it was green.

I loved the Prelude the most and if they had stayed with that model design
would still be buying em ;-)

Donna

On Sat, 25 Nov 2006 10:02:16 -0500, tww wrote:

>> Currently,Honda/Acura makes NO auto that I would own.
>
> Manuals are tough to find. Should imagine you would have to special order
> one.

Every dealer around here generally has a full assortment of models with a
manual tranny...

I can't think of anything that I looked at this June, on the lot, that
didn't have something close to it in a manual.

Joe

"Joe LaVigne" <jlavigne@hits-buffalo.com> wrote in message
news:ekbd5m$dfi$1@news.datemas.de...
> On Sat, 25 Nov 2006 10:02:16 -0500, tww wrote:
>
> >> Currently,Honda/Acura makes NO auto that I would own.
> >
> > Manuals are tough to find. Should imagine you would have to special
order
> > one.
>
> Every dealer around here generally has a full assortment of models with a
> manual tranny...
>
> I can't think of anything that I looked at this June, on the lot, that
> didn't have something close to it in a manual.
>
> Joe

Every time I go in for service at my local Honda dealer I look through the
lot and may find one Civic with a manual. Last Sat -- not a one.

Counting Honda motorcycles 31
10 cars
21 motorcycles

Dave Garrett wrote:

> 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.
>
> Hondas I've owned:
>
> 82 Prelude, bought in late 1986 to replace a '76 Plymouth Duster whose
> frame had cracked. I'd gone to a few dealers hoping to find a clean
> Civic 1500 S, but there were none to be had, and a salesman convinced me
> to test-drive a Prelude instead. An uninsured driver drove right through
> a red light in 1990, and I t-boned him at about 30mph, totaling my car
> less than a month after I'd had the engine completely rebuilt.
>
> 83 Accord sedan - bought for $400 in 1992 when I was short of cash but
> also needed a beater for the times when my usual two-wheeled transport
> (another Honda, a CB750F) wouldn't suffice. The engine wouldn't rev
> above 3000rpm without starting to stutter and then die completely. It
> was fine on city streets, but was unsafe to drive on the freeway. Drove
> it for about six months as it was and sold it for what I paid for it.
>
> 80 Accord sedan - bought in 1993 for $500 for my wife, as a short-term
> replacement for her VW Rabbit that was totaled by yet another red-light-
> running uninsured driver. I wish I still had this car - it was in that
> distinctive shade of light metallic green that was a popular factory
> paint color with Hondas then.
>
> 86 Accord LXi hatchback - bought in early 1995 for my wife. Owned until
> 2003 with the only major problem being a broken (5-speed manual)
> transmission that required replacement with a rebuilt one. Still ran
> well when we sold it, but the AC had quit working a couple of years
> previously, and as it was 17 years old she decided she'd rather have a
> newer vehicle with fewer maintenance issues.
>
> 90 CRX Si - bought in 1993 with roughly 20K miles on it. Still my daily
> driver, with just over 126K miles now. Like the 86 Accord, at nearly 17
> it's started to have an increasing number of age-related problems that
> I'm either going to have to address soon or decide to buy a new car
> (probable suspension rebuild, AC quit working a year ago, a couple of
> patches of rust on the A-pillar and sunroof, some original rubber parts
> decaying, and other cosmetic issues). My favorite out of all the Hondas
> I've had.
>
> 99 Accord EX V6 sedan - bought in 2003 as a replacement for our 86
> Accord. Just recently passed 90K miles, and hope to continue driving it
> for many more years (keeping my fingers crossed on the well-known
> transmission issues). Plenty of room, very comfortable in the European
> sense (stiffer suspension than many other Japanese or American sedans),
> more than adequate power for almost every situation.
>
> Hondas I'd like to own: I'd really like to keep the CRX and completely
> rebuild it into a serious weekend hot rod (suspension and braking
> upgrades and an engine swap for a tuned, naturally-aspirated B-series
> motor in the 250HP range). Replacing it for a daily driver would be a
> new Fit Sport (the true successor to the older-generation Civics), but I
> don't see that happening until the supply increases enough to where
> they're commonplace on dealer lots and better deals are being made.
>
> I'd also like to restore a 1st- or 2nd-gen Civic. These used to be
> plentiful, but now you hardly ever see one on the street. And every time
> I sit in an S2000, I want one, but then reality sets in after I remember
> the price tag. Beautiful cars, but like the new Civics, I always start
> thinking of what else I could get for the same amount of money or less.
>
> So, how many Hondas have you owned, and which ones would you like to
> own?
>
> Dave

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tww wrote:

> Every time I go in for service at my local Honda dealer I look through the
> lot and may find one Civic with a manual. Last Sat -- not a one.

When I bought my Civic last month, there was a 2002 Acura RSX sitting next
to it at the dealer. I had a quick peak inside it, and to my surprise it
was an automatic! I don't think I have ever seen an automatic RSX or
Prelude, even though I know it was available.