Re: Accord questions

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Ah, so that's how people end up with crappy cars. Collect some hearsay and do the minimum amount of the legwork themselves.

So you are saying the Honda Accord is a crappy car? Please give me an example of a good car.

Accord is not bad, obese, but not bad. Camry is. Former coworker's late model CE started to fall apart at 70k miles. Not to mention that the car itself is not good. Same goes for nissan. Same story: another former coworker, late model Nissan Altima: 70k miles and the car starts to go. He also has an older Maxima with 160+k on it though and it seems to hold pretty well. Mazda 626 has Ford automatic transmission (Ford is known for crappy automatics I think).

Sure, Lotus Elise & Exige Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution Mazda RX-8 Civic Si Mazda 3 Dodge Viper Chevy Corvette Acura RSX & TSX

About half of those can seat 4 in some kind of semblance of comfort.

If you look for a more comfortable ride Z350 and G35 are probably not too bad. There is probably more cars in GT category but I don't keep track of those.

others. Better

I've looked at and test driven most of those in the last year. Beauty and practicality are in the eye of the beholder. I would not cons= ider any of them good cars. I should mention that I will not have a little high w= inding 4 cyl with no low end torque and high wear breakdown probability. It will = be used daily in city traffic.

Lotus Elise & Exige - bizarre looking, too small Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution - shoe box, too small Mazda RX-8 - nice but bizarre looking, too small Civic Si - shoe box, too small Mazda 3 - ok but I like the Mazda 6 better Dodge Viper - nice but impractical, looked at one 7-1-06. Chevy Corvette - already had several, want something else Acura RSX & TSX - nice but small, I like the TL better.

Also looked at: Z and G cars - nice, G is a good possibility, waiting on feedback from ni= ssan ng, have not test driven yet. BMW 330 - nice, good possibility Jag XKR - nice but poor reliability Toyota - nondescript generic boxes Audi A4 - high winding 4 Porsche Boxster - too small All the above is a fraction of my "looked at" list.

Did you look at mazdaspeed 6 or you have made your mind and the desire to get a 6 pot boat anchor is cast in stone? Mazda is the only one that offers standard transmission with any powerplant in case you like to row. And according to the reviews their 2.3L 4s are silky smoooth.

mazda, like their ford brethren, use cast iron cranks. that's why their

Whoaaa! There has an Ford equivalent of Mazdaspeed 6? Please let me know which one is that. Last time I checked they were peddling secretary's six packs.

So does Mitsubishi in the Lancer Evolution. I hope you'd agree that both Evolution and Mazdaspeed 6 are way more fun than Accord. Both will leave you high hp per liter s2000 in a straightaway and chances are Evo would obliterate s2000 in twisties as well. Besides, try using higher boost in an aluminum block and see where the engine parts would end up. The rumor is that Evo X has aluminum block (along with a shitload of electronics in the drivetrain). Some people would buy it regardless. I guess it's people like you.

In a non turbo car I think aluminum block makes a lot of sense though.