RE: Honda Accord S | Shed of the Week
Discussion
greenarrow said:
Really nice looking car, the one thing I remember about the 2.4 Accord of this generation is an early new top gear episode around 2002 or 2003 featuring the E type Jaguar, where the Accord was brought along to prove that a common-or-garden saloon was quicker in a drag race than the then 40 year old Jag, which it was, at least on that day.
I remember that one!Click
waltonoftsukuba said:
That's fantastic looking! Seeing one on a 52 plate really drives home the age of the seventh-gen Accord, but what's shocking is how modern it still looks. A colleague of mine had one for quite a while, the only quirk I found was that the speedo and other dials are absolutely enormous!We had one of these generation Accords at work back in their day, as a pool car. It was an estate in black and looked like a hearse on the outside. Interior was pretty high spec from memory with a tan interior and I think leather seats. It was one of the comfiest cars I've ever spent time in, both as a passenger and driver. It ate up the motorway miles.with relaxing ease.
As a point of balance, and having already said I think this is a great Shed, it is also true to say that I ran a diesel one of these for 4 months as a "fill in" between two lease cars (my Mk5 Golf GTi was a long time coming as I factory ordered to get the options I wanted).
Not the type of car I would have chosen but my time with the car showed it to be really, really good at just about everything except ........providing any joy when driving. It was a perfect "fridge" - it just worked, smooth, quiet once engine warm, reasonable MPG, comfy, handled OK in an under-steery kind of way, huge boot (estate) but I certainly didn;t miss it when it went
It is all those things plus Honda quality of engineering and hence reliability (especially a petrol) that make it a great Shed but it will not provide as much fun to drive as the Honda V6 and some others in past weeks. However, for most who want/need a Shed I think function and reliability trump fun
Not the type of car I would have chosen but my time with the car showed it to be really, really good at just about everything except ........providing any joy when driving. It was a perfect "fridge" - it just worked, smooth, quiet once engine warm, reasonable MPG, comfy, handled OK in an under-steery kind of way, huge boot (estate) but I certainly didn;t miss it when it went
It is all those things plus Honda quality of engineering and hence reliability (especially a petrol) that make it a great Shed but it will not provide as much fun to drive as the Honda V6 and some others in past weeks. However, for most who want/need a Shed I think function and reliability trump fun
Levin said:
Bladedancer said:
I quite fancy a different version of this - the Odyssey, especially with AWD, though this guise is rare. Could be a nice school run car.
I'm fairly sure I've seen an Odyssey or a Stream listed for sale on Facebook Marketplace in the past week. If I'm not mistaken it would be in Northern Ireland though. I'm inclined to say it was a Stream, but if you're genuinely up for owning one it might be worth a search in case it's still listed.I'll think about buying one when my wife gets rid of the Zafira.
I've had a 2.2 CDTi Tourer for donkey's years and just cannot justify changing it. As many have commented on here, it still looks fairly modern, has a massive boot for dump runs, strong, smooth engine and is very well screwed together. I've just breached 230k miles and other than routine maintenance, it hasn't put a foot wrong. Handles pretty well too for an estate. One day I know i'll have to change it but seems little point atm.
Cloudy147 said:
We had one of these generation Accords at work back in their day, as a pool car. It was an estate in black and looked like a hearse on the outside. Interior was pretty high spec from memory with a tan interior and I think leather seats. It was one of the comfiest cars I've ever spent time in, both as a passenger and driver. It ate up the motorway miles.with relaxing ease.
Same here. It was a much used, sometimes abused but well liked silver example in my case. One of my colleagues bought it off the company when it was time to retire it and it was still going very strongly a few years later when he left, wouldn't surprise me if he still had it now to be honest.spreadsheet monkey said:
BFleming said:
The Hypno-Toad said:
Just having a quick wander through the net looking at used Accords I came across an 'interesting' one on Autotrader.
A 1987 manual in silver, silver grey velour interior, 37600 miles...... £3000.
Just because something is rare doesn't mean to say its a classic.
Not sure how to reply to this, other than to say thanks for clarifying your stance on the matter. It's not a classic V12-engined Italian thoroughbred, granted, but it is 34 years old, definitely rare, low mileage, looks in ok condition, and will be desirable to anyone into this sort of thing. A 1987 manual in silver, silver grey velour interior, 37600 miles...... £3000.
Just because something is rare doesn't mean to say its a classic.
I'd suggest you avoid the Retrorides forum; they consider anything pre-2001 as qualified, and you would wear out the Yikes emoji almost instantly.
If it was a 1987 Ford Sierra with that mileage it would probably be closer to £5000.
I was sceptical on the way to view, but it really exceeded expectations. It really is extremely clean and drives like a new car.
3 Month Warranty. I have had various quick stuff, couple V8s etc. Just wanted something simpler but still with some character. The market opens up now I am no longer really concerned with RWD and BHP. The local Honda Dealers have been extremely helpful, I'll do all I can do keep her running right.
It was that or a boring econobox, and having a car the same age as me was on my bucket list, and its the silly reasons, The reg plate has the exact postcode of where I grew up, so took that as a bit of a sign and as I said so far its absolutely fantastic.
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