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Car Forum / Honda Cars / February 20062006 Accord EX V-6
To anyone contemplating a new Accord, I have only driven mine a couple of thousand miles, but it has been an absolute joy!! Its very comfortable, has plenty of horsepower, and a 5 speed auto transmission that is a technological wonder - always being in the right gear at the right time. Mileage on trips has run between 28 and 30 mpg. And surprise, surprise, since I figured one would have to be stupid to pay for radio, the XM radio is absolutely great - especially in dead areas where AM/FM are not available. My wife bought the 2005 Hybrid Accord and I a 2006 Odessey. The Accord is nice and the 2006 gains stability control but the 2005 and 2006 Accord is missing auto headlights (2006 has day time running lights), automatic door locking, trunk net, memory seats, power passenger seat and a bunch of other features included in my minivan and in most comparable sedans. My wife wanted a hybrid with little sacrifice of features so the Accord is the only player now but I find it amazing that people still buy the Accord when it is 5 years behind convenience wise. > To anyone contemplating a new Accord, I have only driven mine a couple > of thousand miles, but it has been an absolute joy!! Its very [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > pay for radio, the XM radio is absolutely great - especially in dead > areas where AM/FM are not available. You're right. Probably should have purchased a Mercedes S500 sedan to make sure you get all the goodies. >My wife bought the 2005 Hybrid Accord and I a 2006 Odessey. > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >Accord is the only player now but I find it amazing that people still buy >the Accord when it is 5 years behind convenience wise. > My wife bought the 2005 Hybrid Accord and I a 2006 Odessey. > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Accord is the only player now but I find it amazing that people still buy > the Accord when it is 5 years behind convenience wise. im guessing she did it for the performance aspect? if i was in the market for a hybrid, itd have to be the prius. just to get the "gas face" from all the freeway losers as i cruise the carpool lane :) She just could not stand the Prius. She wanted a regular car. The Accord gives you V8 performance with 4 cylinder economy at a premium price. She had no problems with the latter. >> My wife bought the 2005 Hybrid Accord and I a 2006 Odessey. >> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > for a hybrid, itd have to be the prius. just to get the "gas face" from > all the freeway losers as i cruise the carpool lane :) > She just could not stand the Prius. She wanted a regular car. The Accord > gives you V8 performance Not quite. 7.5 seconds is a good family sedan 0-60 et but the Dodge Charger V8 can do it 2 seconds faster and the C6 Corvette does it 3 seconds faster. The Z06 is faster still. >with 4 cylinder economy www.fueleconomy.gov claims a real-world 29 mpg for the hybrid Accord compared to 35 mpg for the Toyota Corolla. 29 mpg isn't bad but I routinely get 26 mpg out of my C5 Corvette doing commuting (mostly highway) duty. > at a premium price. So long as you get a premium car for the premium price I suppose it's a fair deal. We considered a Charger. We prefer a car with windows. The 29 real world mpg you quote is in mixed driving.... not highway. It also has room for 4 or 5 and a usable trunk unlike a Corvette. >> She just could not stand the Prius. She wanted a regular car. The >> Accord [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > So long as you get a premium car for the premium price I suppose it's a > fair deal. > We considered a Charger. We prefer a car with windows. No sense of adventure? > The 29 real world mpg you quote is in mixed driving.... not highway. So was the Corolla's mpg. It > also has room for 4 or 5 and a usable trunk unlike a Corvette. C5 and C6 Corvettes have considerable cargo room for 2. I don't know 2 or 3 others who would ride with me. Re. Accord V6: lots of reported 30 mpg on the highway without the hybrid's cost or complication. If the 2007 Camry hybrid delivers the advertised 40 mpg, that car may be worth the added expense but we'll see how it does after it arrives. > C5 and C6 Corvettes have considerable cargo room for 2. I don't know 2 > or 3 others who would ride with me. And that, folks, says it all. > Re. Accord V6: lots of reported 30 mpg on the highway without the > hybrid's cost or complication. I can believe that. I had a manual trans 4 cylinder Accord, a 2000, that got me 35mpg--real world--going through the mountains in summer. I don't doubt at all that a modern Accord, even with 6 cylinders, can achieve 30mpg. >> Re. Accord V6: lots of reported 30 mpg on the highway without the >> hybrid's cost or complication. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >I don't doubt at all that a modern Accord, even with 6 cylinders, can >achieve 30mpg. We consistently get 34 mpg with a 2003 Accord V-6 EX on trips from Arizona to Salt Lake City. That includes some city driving in Las Vegas. Mostly 75 mph freeways. Our '99 Accord (same configuration) got 32 mpg under the same conditions. 240 HP vs 200 HP for the '99. Maybe the 5-speed auto makes the difference. >We considered a Charger. We prefer a car with windows. This styling of more modern cars is driving me nuts! I refuse to buy any car in which the size of the windows is so small, that it causes problems with me seeing out of it while driving. Two cars that come to mind are the Nissan Murano and the BMW 3 series. The new generation Accord was smaller in size than the previous generation but not as bad as these cars. I hope this trend dies soon as I hoping to get an Accord on the next redesign in 08. I had rented an Chevy Impala for work and the way the slope of the window was, I had a huge blind spot I couldn't see out of. Nick >The 29 real world mpg you quote is in mixed driving.... not highway. It >also has room for 4 or 5 and a usable trunk unlike a Corvette. [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >> So long as you get a premium car for the premium price I suppose it's a >> fair deal. > This styling of more modern cars is driving me nuts! I refuse to buy any > car in [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Accord on > the next redesign in 08. Nick, didn't you just buy a new car? Since you seem to be rolling in dough, do you care at all about gas mileage or keeping a car running a long time or repairs? You buy new cars every few years because... ? If I may ask. >> This styling of more modern cars is driving me nuts! I refuse to buy any >> car in [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > dough, do you care at all about gas mileage or keeping a car running a > long time or repairs? I don't think this is the same Nick. He posted under "Dr. Nick" and "Nick Vitale". > You buy new cars every few years because... ? If I may ask. This is the first time I've ever gone so long with a car (will be 5yrs in June). I do a lot of driving (I'll roll over 150,000 next week) and don't like having cars with that many miles. This is my first Honda, and while I almost traded it at 95,000 or a BMW, I decided to stick it out and see how long it will last me, or until I get tired of staring at the same dash board whichever comes first. 150k miles in five years. Got it. Though from my reading, piling on a lot of miles in a short amount of time tends to yield more mileage before a car's death, compared to piling on the miles over many years. If you're interested. > "Elle" <honda.lioness@nospam.earthlink.net> wrote >>> This styling of more modern cars is driving me nuts! I refuse to buy any [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > how long it will last me, or until I get tired of staring at the same dash > board whichever comes first. > 150k miles in five years. Got it. Though from my reading, piling on a lot > of miles in a short amount of time tends to yield more mileage before a > car's death, compared to piling on the miles over many years. If you're > interested. Yeah, that's what I hear and what I'm expecting. Commute to main office is 78miles each way, 3-4 days a week. Not buying a new car leaves me money to buy the wife and kids a nicer ride and motorcycle upgrades for me. > 150k miles in five years. Got it. Though from my reading, piling on a lot of > miles in a short amount of time tends to yield more mileage before a car's > death, compared to piling on the miles over many years. If you're > interested. knew a guy who put 160k on his civic in 4 years. >> 150k miles in five years. Got it. Though from my reading, piling on a lot of >> miles in a short amount of time tends to yield more mileage before a car's >> death, compared to piling on the miles over many years. If you're >> interested. > > knew a guy who put 160k on his civic in 4 years. A friend of mine put 230k miles on his '86 Accord in 5 years. Elle, Must be another Nick you are referring to. I have a 95 Integra with 103k miles. Just recently replaced the CV boots and alternator. Nick >> This styling of more modern cars is driving me nuts! I refuse to buy any >> car in [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > >You buy new cars every few years because... ? If I may ask. Nick with the 95 Integra: My mistake. Sorry. > Elle, > > Must be another Nick you are referring to. I have a 95 Integra with 103k > miles. Just recently replaced the CV boots and alternator. > > Nick You're amazed? I don't really like auto locks, don't need to drive with the doors locked, and I'm always scared I'm going to get locked out if the car is running and I get out to scrape the windows (although, it probably wouldn't). I'm the only one who is going to drive it, so memory seats and power passenger seats are meaningless to me. So that essentially leaves a trunk net. I can't see buying a car or not buying a car over a trunk net. Personally, I value the extra 50hp of the Accord V6 versus the Camry V6 more than a trunk net. If you have a family, I can see how some of those features are nice to have, but to others they are meaningless, so don't be so amazed. BTW, are daytime running lights less powerful than the headlights? Can you drive at night with just the daytime lights? Most likely daytime running lights are less powerful though I don't know about the 2006 Accord in particular. Manufacturers tried full power day lite running lights a few years ago and stopped because of complaints. Most cars with daytime running lites have auto lite setting like my Odyssey and switch on fill lights in the dark. I don't know about the 2006 Accord. > You're amazed? I don't really like auto locks, don't need to drive > with the doors locked, and I'm always scared I'm going to get locked [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > BTW, are daytime running lights less powerful than the headlights? Can > you drive at night with just the daytime lights? > Most likely daytime running lights are less powerful though I don't know > about the 2006 Accord in particular. Manufacturers tried full power day > lite running lights a few years ago and stopped because of complaints. Most > cars with daytime running lites have auto lite setting like my Odyssey and > switch on fill lights in the dark. I don't know about the 2006 Accord. We've had DRL's here in Canada since the early 90s, and most of the ones I have seen have worked in one of two ways: 1. Headlights shine at about half the brightness of low beams (the DRL lights could be either the high beam bulbs or the low beam bulbs). 2. The parking lights act as the DRL's. > BTW, are daytime running lights less powerful than the headlights? Can > you drive at night with just the daytime lights? The daytime lights shine at about half the brightness of low beams. Under no circumstances should you rely on them at night. Besides, the rear lights do not light up in daytime mode. In order to get your 28-30 mpg on a V6, I assume you are driving a standard and not an automatic I currently have a 2002 Camry and thinking of getting a 2006 Accord, with an XM radio. I already own a portable one, so the 2nd one would be half price. Is the V6 a more smoother ride than a 4 cyclinder? > To anyone contemplating a new Accord, I have only driven mine a couple > of thousand miles, but it has been an absolute joy!! Its very [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > pay for radio, the XM radio is absolutely great - especially in dead > areas where AM/FM are not available. Au Contraire: I am driving an automatic - of course at this time of year the Air Conditioning is off! >In order to get your 28-30 mpg on a V6, I assume you are driving a >standard and not an automatic [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >> pay for radio, the XM radio is absolutely great - especially in dead >> areas where AM/FM are not available. |
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