RE: Shed Of The Week: Honda Accord Coupe
Discussion
ZesPak said:
This, imagine it's a Mercedes/BMW from the same vintage in this condition...
It's no sports car, but at this price it seems like a stonkin' bargain imho.
##It's no sports car, but at this price it seems like a stonkin' bargain imho.
Exactly. Sadly the usual car snobs and people who gestate cliches are happier to state the 'blue rinse brigade' type crap.
This is a stonking car for the money.
Started seeing a few of these around london over the past year or so. All sporting huge wheels, dark windows and lots of beady things hanging from the rear view mirror.
i think when the car was new you'd have to be mad to buy one considering its h badged contemporaries. Integra type r, prelude Vti and accord type r in saloon form all very capable cars and probably more economical and reliable with there H and B series engines.
as far as wafting is concerned I would have thought a legend would be a better choice.
i think when the car was new you'd have to be mad to buy one considering its h badged contemporaries. Integra type r, prelude Vti and accord type r in saloon form all very capable cars and probably more economical and reliable with there H and B series engines.
as far as wafting is concerned I would have thought a legend would be a better choice.
I've had mine for several years and just had the cambelt done. When I bought my Coupe it replaced a Rover Sterling with the 2.7 Honda engine. I had a stainless exhaust fitted straight away and a service, and in the 20k miles since, I have had two sets of front tyres. The 3 litre engine is powerful after all.
My wife loves it and loves the sound. I think it's the best value car I've ever had (and this is my 34th different car since 1977). It is a tourer and designed for fat yanks, but who cares? It has a massive boot, comfy seats and is nice and quiet - I can hear my exhaust throbbing nicely. I dreaded one appearing in Shed as I like anonymous bargains. But I don't imagine they will rocket in price. The best kept secret? Possibly.
My wife loves it and loves the sound. I think it's the best value car I've ever had (and this is my 34th different car since 1977). It is a tourer and designed for fat yanks, but who cares? It has a massive boot, comfy seats and is nice and quiet - I can hear my exhaust throbbing nicely. I dreaded one appearing in Shed as I like anonymous bargains. But I don't imagine they will rocket in price. The best kept secret? Possibly.
dull dull dull just desperately dull. Arthur Putey's car.
i think Honda lost its way when the old man passed away. Soichiro Honda was a great engineer and a remarkable man with an amazing vision, and when he left for the great racetrack in the sky, it seems like the company entered a terminal depression.
over here in the Great White North (and in our little neighbour to the south) there isn't a single Honda that makes one think, that sounds cool, or i'd love to try that. having had to rent one or two of the recent civic range, i can tell you they are nasty, cheap cars with no engineering gusto or driving pleasure. cars made for a price for people who only want to get from A to B in the most uninteresting, tedious and painful (terrible seats) way possible. just bleaghhh.
maybe the upcoming NSX will reinvigorate them, but i'm sceptical.
i think Honda lost its way when the old man passed away. Soichiro Honda was a great engineer and a remarkable man with an amazing vision, and when he left for the great racetrack in the sky, it seems like the company entered a terminal depression.
over here in the Great White North (and in our little neighbour to the south) there isn't a single Honda that makes one think, that sounds cool, or i'd love to try that. having had to rent one or two of the recent civic range, i can tell you they are nasty, cheap cars with no engineering gusto or driving pleasure. cars made for a price for people who only want to get from A to B in the most uninteresting, tedious and painful (terrible seats) way possible. just bleaghhh.
maybe the upcoming NSX will reinvigorate them, but i'm sceptical.
These are really pretty cool cars, although there will be a few haters out there. I'm not sure about "...The original belt only needs changing every 100K miles...". My own understanding is that it's much safer changing at 100,000km, or 5 years maximum between new belts. Also, I seem to remember that the JDM Honda Vigor is a bit narrower than the versions sold in the US and UK.
Shed is correct about the current US spec Accord coupe with the 3.5 litre V6. I've got a (slightly mental) scots friend in Houston with one (unusually with a 6 speed manual). They go extremely well and over there you can get one new for about $27,000 (18K quid) drive away!
Shed is correct about the current US spec Accord coupe with the 3.5 litre V6. I've got a (slightly mental) scots friend in Houston with one (unusually with a 6 speed manual). They go extremely well and over there you can get one new for about $27,000 (18K quid) drive away!
Honda Accords always make me think of one of my lecturers at university.
He provided the token business lectures to the automotive engineering courses and he had a very high opinion of himself. One day someone asked him what car he drove and he replied in his best South Wales baritone "Honda coupe ... 3 litre" as if it were a gold-plated Maybach that ran on crushed unicorn horn. Ever since then the Accord has been synonymous in my mind with smug, slightly delusional Welshmen.
He provided the token business lectures to the automotive engineering courses and he had a very high opinion of himself. One day someone asked him what car he drove and he replied in his best South Wales baritone "Honda coupe ... 3 litre" as if it were a gold-plated Maybach that ran on crushed unicorn horn. Ever since then the Accord has been synonymous in my mind with smug, slightly delusional Welshmen.
Edited by Chris71 on Friday 20th March 17:09
I bought one of these over a CLK. I liked it: comfortable, quick enough (mine was a 2 litre) and my first experience of heated seats. I really, really liked it, and only sold it to buy a special E46. I echo the U.S. comments though: waftier by far than the W124 coupe I run now, and not in a good way when the roads weren't straight as a die.
But it did grow on me in a big way. Best 4 cylinder engine I've had the pleasure of running. Looked different, and the most reliable, painless to own car I've ever had. I'd have another.
The previous shape was a better looker, I'll admit, but this was a gem (horses for courses: I wad a student).
I would have no hesitation in recommending a good one: the thinking man/woman's luxury coupe, if that is the genre that cruises down your motorway.
And for people like me, a big coupe is a special thing. I'm glad I experienced this flavour.
But it did grow on me in a big way. Best 4 cylinder engine I've had the pleasure of running. Looked different, and the most reliable, painless to own car I've ever had. I'd have another.
The previous shape was a better looker, I'll admit, but this was a gem (horses for courses: I wad a student).
I would have no hesitation in recommending a good one: the thinking man/woman's luxury coupe, if that is the genre that cruises down your motorway.
And for people like me, a big coupe is a special thing. I'm glad I experienced this flavour.
That's so dull. I'm sure it's an excellent bulletproof shed but I just couldn't bring myself to read the article. Life's too bloody short. And I know that's utterly missing the point of a shed.
I'd rather be stranded on the hard shoulder bonnet open and engine bay steaming in the driving rain, squinting hatefully at a rusty old Alfa Romeo.
It's just.....too dull. Even for a shed. But you absolutely rightly had to cover it and I know that.
I'd rather be stranded on the hard shoulder bonnet open and engine bay steaming in the driving rain, squinting hatefully at a rusty old Alfa Romeo.
It's just.....too dull. Even for a shed. But you absolutely rightly had to cover it and I know that.
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