Accord bites the dust

Get an 02 EX. That's the last year of that generation, and that was a fantastic car.

Thanks. I will investigate that possibility.

Elliot Richmond Itinerant astronomy teacher

I have an '02 4cyl and, while a great trouble free car, it's a dog in terms of power...

I had an 00 Accord 4 cylinder, and it was a fantastic car with PLENTY of power.

'Course, I outfitted mine properly: with a manual transmission.

In addition, that baby got 35mpg in the dead of summer on a road trip, AC on full blast, going through the mountains.

rubbish. either there's something wrong with it or you don't know how to drive. either way, fix the problem.

Nothing wrong - mine is a 5 speed.

You're 35mpg is horse s*it, though.

How so? I get almost 30mpg out of an '01 V6 with automatic.

Nope. It happened on the way out, so I made sure to measure on the way back.

Damn. What a car.

Well, until Ernst & Young can audit your mileage, I'm still calling horse s*it. A road trip - through the mountains - AC on full... up hill BOTH ...

"It happened on the way out" - so you knew it happened on the way "out". How? If you only measured it on the way *back* ...?

Get real. I like my Accord, but I'm not delusional.

I believe him. I routinely got 33mpg with a '93 Accord automatic.

How so? Because I don't believe his story, that's how so. Just because you *almost* get 30 mpg (what's *almost* 30mpg? 25? 29? 22? What?) doesn't mean jack in relation to someone else getting X+ mpg with their car.

Good for you - on road trips through the Swiss f-ing alps with the AC on? No?

Consistently in the mid 29's is almost 30. Sometimes 29.2, sometimes 29.8. That's with a V6 with an auto. It's entirely believable to get 35 with an i4 manual.

Yes, it does mean jack when comparing the 2 cause almost 30 on the car that is known to consistently get worse mileage means better mileage is to be expected form the other one.

Well, I happen to work for EY. Maybe someone can lend me theirs and I'll test the i4/manual for a month on my 75 mile each way commute.

I'll let you drive you mine - I've got an 02 with the F23A1 engine. I've got just under 50,000km on it (30,860mi).

Next time you're near Halifax, NS, Canada (eh!) I'll gladly lend you my car.

Sure it does. If an 01 V6 automatic trans car gets 30, it's well within his realm of believability that a 4 cylinder manual trans car gets 35 in the same circumstances.

It happened. Get over it.

Why does it bother you that this happened?

No, I stopped after the mountains to get gas. I routinely check my mileage every time. I saw 35...and decided that I really should make double sure to check on the way back, to see if that was a fluke or not.

And it happened on the way back, too.

Your mother didn't breast feed you or something.

"realm of believability" ?? You serious? Either it *does* or it *doesn't*. Believability has nothing to do with it. But FWIW, I don't believe it.