We bought an accord hybrid 3 months ago.  It is my wife's car.  I drove it
last night.  I seldom drive it.  It was cold during warm up it rev's quite
high.  Backing out of the garage, you had to be very careful and keep the
foot heavy on the brakes.  I also have a new Odyssey.  Cold starts and
backing out of the garage is not an issue.  I am going to get the Accord
checked but I suspect they will say it is controlled by computer and that is
the way they all are.

The Accord hybrid is a 2005.  The Odyssey a 2006.  The only thing I don't
like about the minivan is the radio.  It sucks.

It is just a matter of sales numbers.  Not that many hybrids have been sold,
so not too many folks have questions to post.
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Alex

Check this.
http://www.greenhybrid.com/

My 05 Accord Hybrid has been a bummer.  It averages 29 MPG, stumbles and
shakes during idle, jerks when accelerating and braking, has a 1-2
second downshift lag, the engine light blinked until a software upgrade,
the lugnuts on one wheel broke, the tire pump sometimes shorts and blows
fuses, it sometimes stumbles when the engine comes out of idle-stop,
climate control is fussy, radio sucks, the electronic noise cancellation
system is better off disabled, and the electric system that makes this
car a hybrid does virtually nothing.

Overall the car feels like an unrefined hack to get a "Hybrid" label.  
It's not the elegance typical of Honda cars; you'd think it was a Ford.  
The milage increases come from Honda's usual engine tricks while the
electrical system does little more than be a large virtual flywheel.  
When the electrical system is active, the car tends to jerk and surge.

I've come very close to starting the lemon law process in the past
because the blinking engine malfunction light couldn't be fixed for
nearly a year.  I might start up the lemon law process still based on
the number of hours my car has spent in shops for repairs.  Honda techs
don't know how to work on the Hybrids so even the most trivial repair
requires one or two full days in the shop.  Technicians are not willing
to troubleshoot problems that would be unacceptable in any other $30000
USD car.

What does work is the basic Accord systems.  Traction control works
great in snow, the interior is comfortable, and the build is mostly
solid.

Which one?  Civic?  Insight?  Accord?

I had an SRS warning light come on in my 2003 Civic Hybrid when it was
about a month old.  Three years and 60,000 miles later, it's been oil
changes and a set of tires.

The postings here go in bursts.  Someone asks a question, FanJet says
hybrids are worthless, and then it dies off again.

You could do a google search here for honda hybrid to get some older
reading material, but I think the Honda Civic Hybrid is so normal that the
only posts of value are how to hook up an MP3 player.

http://townhall-talk.edmunds.com/WebX/.ef86546/ has some postings of
interest, but "Honda Civic Hybrid" has dropped way off in the number of
posts.

I had a 2003 Civic and traded it in on a 2005 Accord.  Love both.  I
wanted to keep the Civic but the wife did not like its feel on the
highway and could not get used to the slipping clutch feel of the CVT.

I live in the south and the Accord gets pretty much the rated mileage
in town (28 to 30), but about 5% under on the highway.  I use cruise
control at all opportunities, which does not provide the best mileage
on the routes I drive.  Drops out of 3-cyl mode just seconds before it
tops the small hills and starts back down.

I have had only two problems.  The Civic was that something came loose
in the battery tray.  It took awhile for them to track it down and
several consultations with the factory to figure out what to do about
it.  The Accord got a punctured Air Conditioning Condensor (aka
radiator) that carried a hefty $750 price tag.  Damage from flying
debris is not covered under the warranty.  Fortunately the
Comprehensive insurance covered it.  ($0 deductible finally paid for
itself).

Both of us love the Accord, with Navigator and XMradio.  Too bad
NASCAR  goes to Sirius next year.  I love the power of the Accord
Hybrid and have soundly dusted a few of the non-hybrid V6's.  There is
no doubt that the Accord is about performance with improved mileage
and the 'faux-ego' of being GREENer ish.  Not many vehicles that can
carry 5 get both its performance and gas mileage.

I wish Honda would give access to the GPS and NEMA data from the
Navigator;  I have to install a separate GPS for the Ham Radio APRS.
I have not tried to do any electrical noise quieting for the Ham, yet.
The 2-meter is ok, but the 70 cm appears to get a lot of converter
noise from the electronics and is un-usable for now.  Don't need it
since I dedicate the second side to the APRS.  The radio is remote
mounted in the trunk.  The car has cabling paths up the driver's side,
even for power all the way to the battery.

I just wish I did not have to trade in the Civc (which I had Leather
interior installed) to get the Accord.

TTFN

(Go Home Depot #20, Tony)  
(Condolences to IRL Paul Dana's friends and family)