ILX - any comments?

Yah. :)

And with new cars they tend to rate the autos higher on mileage.

Mostly, you just can't get an Accord with a manual, at all on most models, or not with any variety even when they are theoretically offered. I suppose I could try ordering one to spec, I have no idea if Honda even supports that or how long it would take or if I could talk the dealer into a good price on the deal.

Apparently on the ILX when you get the 2.4 engine it *only* comes with a stick.

But geez, the reviews I'm seeing on the ILX are all pretty blah, or worse.

J.

Just like when you get a Civic Si it comes *only* with a stick.

Because they're the same car.

You can put lipstick on a pig, and you can put the Acura symbol on a Civic...

Aha.

The ILX begs for the turbo four from the RDX or whatever it is, or better yet the screamer from the S2000. The Accord 2.4 is no engine for a sports car, not for the Si either.

Also a reworked suspension and a reworked cabin for better visibility, for starters. And whatever else the list is for the base Civics.

J.

Me too. Comfort ride and comfort food.

Only in ponderous stop & go traffic.

"JRStern" wrote

I read the 2013 Accords will have a manual [transmission!] available. Geez, when I first read "you just can't get an Accord with a manual," I thought you were referring to the manual that comes in the glove box...

Accord has always had a manual trans available.

"Elmo P. Shagnasty" wrote

Ah yes, and looking at the Honda site I see that that is in the LX and EX, only. Somewhere I'd read people stinking about no manual transmissions available anymore in Accords... thus my previous comment. Wrong again. ;-)

"Howard Lester" wrote

I should clarify: Only LX and EX offer manuals. LX-P, SE, and any of the EX-L or EX V6's offer automatics only.

Typical dealer in Los Angeles will have 0 or 1 actually in stock, out of dozens. I think last time I bought there were maybe 2 within a fifty miles radius, including what, twenty dealerships?

So "available" is what you make of it.

J.