Should be collecting my 1st Honda tomorrow

[steve bowen]

Hope it'll be as reliable etc as Honda's reputation leads me to believe.

Great value as well.

1999 V reg Accord 1.8 Vtec S 50,000 Full service history and only £3400

..... I was supposed to get it last week but the clowns at the dealership lost the keys..

[BURNIE]

Welcome Steve im sure it will be !! My first was a 1978 civic,then a 79Accord,86 Accord aerodeck, 00 s2000, civic type R,05 S2000 and the worst as been the latest!clutch and gear box plus roof leaks but i love them!!

[havoc]

Low mileage for a '99 Accord! Sounds promising.

Should be well-built but expect the usual things to be wearing after 7 years...they're better built than most of the competition, and well-engineered, but things wear out even on Hondas.

[steve bowen]

yes hoping it should be a good buy. I still have not collected it as although it now has new keys the immobiliser is still immobilising the car.. so Hondas putting a new immobiliser in it, so I'm told I can collect it tomorrow evening.. hopefully. In all fairness they have now TAXed it and given us 7 days free insurance and given it a full service.

[steve bowen]

Well finally actually got it this morning and I'm very pleased the interior could fool you into thinking its a brand new car on the forecourt, body is 99% perfect just one scratch on the front bumper. No rattles or untoward noises of any sort, when at idle you can't even hear the engine, when flooring the throttle it pulls smoothly to the red line, only notice a slight extra pickup of pace when the VTEC comes on cam. Gear box is as perfect and close as every other Japanese car I've had. Compairing it to same age Foci etc I test drove its leaps and bounds ahead in every conceivable way.

A happy new Honda owner

[Burnie]

Welldone mate hope it goes and lasts well for you!!

[steve bowen]

Cheers

Had a nice suprise today as well, changed the insurance over from the old car and got an £18 refund