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Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
"Jim Yanik" <jyanik@abuse.gov> wrote in message news:Xns9885DE9393B8Fjyanikkuanet@129.250.170.86.. . > 1974 Civic CVCC,used > > 1977 Accord HB,new;had paint blister problem,also wiped a cam lobe and not > covered under warranty,IMO,it should have been covered. > > 1982 Accord HB,new > > 1986 Prelude SI,new great car,paint did not last long under the Florida > sun;clearcoat degraded fast. > > 1990 Prelude SI,140HP motor(not the lesser SI2.0 motor),new;damaged by hail > and never the same after > > 1994 Integra 3drHB GSR,new. both rear side window frames(trim) warped > outward at rear corner;looks to be common,after examining other Integras. > > > I wish Honda had not stopped making the Prelude,the last model was nice. > > Currently,Honda/Acura makes NO auto that I would own. Manuals are tough to find. Should imagine you would have to special order one. > > -- > Jim Yanik > jyanik > at > kua.net |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
"Jim Yanik" <jyanik@abuse.gov> wrote in message news:Xns9885DE9393B8Fjyanikkuanet@129.250.170.86.. . > 1974 Civic CVCC,used > > 1977 Accord HB,new;had paint blister problem,also wiped a cam lobe and not > covered under warranty,IMO,it should have been covered. > > 1982 Accord HB,new > > 1986 Prelude SI,new great car,paint did not last long under the Florida > sun;clearcoat degraded fast. > > 1990 Prelude SI,140HP motor(not the lesser SI2.0 motor),new;damaged by hail > and never the same after > > 1994 Integra 3drHB GSR,new. both rear side window frames(trim) warped > outward at rear corner;looks to be common,after examining other Integras. > > > I wish Honda had not stopped making the Prelude,the last model was nice. > > Currently,Honda/Acura makes NO auto that I would own. Manuals are tough to find. Should imagine you would have to special order one. > > -- > Jim Yanik > jyanik > at > kua.net |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 22:23:27 -0600, Dave Garrett <dave@compassnet.com>
wrote: >> Of course I once lusted after a six-cylinder Alfa. Then they went and >> built (eg, imported) one, and I wouldn't touch it. WTH, my Accord I4 >> puts out more horsepower than that old 3-liter Alfa. Tech. > >GTV6, Milano, or 164? Was thinking of the GTV6, I drove the 4-cylinder Alfetta for seven years, with reasonable reliability - and expensive scheduled service. The Milano Saab-Alfas I never really looked at closely. Dad had a Saab 93 back when, with the two-stroke engine and suicide doors, sort of puts a shadow on the name to this day! J. |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 22:23:27 -0600, Dave Garrett <dave@compassnet.com>
wrote: >> Of course I once lusted after a six-cylinder Alfa. Then they went and >> built (eg, imported) one, and I wouldn't touch it. WTH, my Accord I4 >> puts out more horsepower than that old 3-liter Alfa. Tech. > >GTV6, Milano, or 164? Was thinking of the GTV6, I drove the 4-cylinder Alfetta for seven years, with reasonable reliability - and expensive scheduled service. The Milano Saab-Alfas I never really looked at closely. Dad had a Saab 93 back when, with the two-stroke engine and suicide doors, sort of puts a shadow on the name to this day! J. |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 22:23:27 -0600, Dave Garrett <dave@compassnet.com>
wrote: >> Of course I once lusted after a six-cylinder Alfa. Then they went and >> built (eg, imported) one, and I wouldn't touch it. WTH, my Accord I4 >> puts out more horsepower than that old 3-liter Alfa. Tech. > >GTV6, Milano, or 164? Was thinking of the GTV6, I drove the 4-cylinder Alfetta for seven years, with reasonable reliability - and expensive scheduled service. The Milano Saab-Alfas I never really looked at closely. Dad had a Saab 93 back when, with the two-stroke engine and suicide doors, sort of puts a shadow on the name to this day! J. |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
Waiving the right to remain silent, Grumpy AuContraire
<Grumpster@GrumpyvilleNOT.com> said: > In late 1969, I headed a photographic expedition to Micronesia and a > Honda 600 was our rental unit in Palau for six weeks. Couldn't kill it > despite it had no brakes for nearly the entire time! I bet it had the chain drive. That wasn't allowed in the US, or the car might have been imported here earlier. We had to wait for a real drive train. -- Larry J. - Remove spamtrap in ALLCAPS to e-mail "I've come here to enjoy nature. Don't talk to me about the environment!" - 'Denny Crane' |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
Waiving the right to remain silent, Grumpy AuContraire
<Grumpster@GrumpyvilleNOT.com> said: > In late 1969, I headed a photographic expedition to Micronesia and a > Honda 600 was our rental unit in Palau for six weeks. Couldn't kill it > despite it had no brakes for nearly the entire time! I bet it had the chain drive. That wasn't allowed in the US, or the car might have been imported here earlier. We had to wait for a real drive train. -- Larry J. - Remove spamtrap in ALLCAPS to e-mail "I've come here to enjoy nature. Don't talk to me about the environment!" - 'Denny Crane' |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
Waiving the right to remain silent, Grumpy AuContraire
<Grumpster@GrumpyvilleNOT.com> said: > In late 1969, I headed a photographic expedition to Micronesia and a > Honda 600 was our rental unit in Palau for six weeks. Couldn't kill it > despite it had no brakes for nearly the entire time! I bet it had the chain drive. That wasn't allowed in the US, or the car might have been imported here earlier. We had to wait for a real drive train. -- Larry J. - Remove spamtrap in ALLCAPS to e-mail "I've come here to enjoy nature. Don't talk to me about the environment!" - 'Denny Crane' |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
Larry in AZ wrote: > > Waiving the right to remain silent, Grumpy AuContraire > <Grumpster@GrumpyvilleNOT.com> said: > > > In late 1969, I headed a photographic expedition to Micronesia and a > > Honda 600 was our rental unit in Palau for six weeks. Couldn't kill it > > despite it had no brakes for nearly the entire time! > > I bet it had the chain drive. That wasn't allowed in the US, or the car > might have been imported here earlier. We had to wait for a real drive > train. > > -- > Larry J. - Remove spamtrap in ALLCAPS to e-mail > Could well be since it was an air cooled motorcycle engine.. JT |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
Larry in AZ wrote: > > Waiving the right to remain silent, Grumpy AuContraire > <Grumpster@GrumpyvilleNOT.com> said: > > > In late 1969, I headed a photographic expedition to Micronesia and a > > Honda 600 was our rental unit in Palau for six weeks. Couldn't kill it > > despite it had no brakes for nearly the entire time! > > I bet it had the chain drive. That wasn't allowed in the US, or the car > might have been imported here earlier. We had to wait for a real drive > train. > > -- > Larry J. - Remove spamtrap in ALLCAPS to e-mail > Could well be since it was an air cooled motorcycle engine.. JT |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
Larry in AZ wrote: > > Waiving the right to remain silent, Grumpy AuContraire > <Grumpster@GrumpyvilleNOT.com> said: > > > In late 1969, I headed a photographic expedition to Micronesia and a > > Honda 600 was our rental unit in Palau for six weeks. Couldn't kill it > > despite it had no brakes for nearly the entire time! > > I bet it had the chain drive. That wasn't allowed in the US, or the car > might have been imported here earlier. We had to wait for a real drive > train. > > -- > Larry J. - Remove spamtrap in ALLCAPS to e-mail > Could well be since it was an air cooled motorcycle engine.. JT |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
Dave Garrett wrote:
> I recently got to thinking about the Hondas I've owned and how the > cars have changed over the years. When I bought my first one, Hondas > had a well-earned reputation for high reliability and economy coupled > with innovative engineering. I still have trouble believing that a > top-of- the-line Civic is now a $20K+ car - it wasn't that long ago > that fully- loaded Accords barely breached that price. > > Hondas I've owned: > > 82 Prelude, bought in late 1986 to replace a '76 Plymouth Duster whose > frame had cracked. I'd gone to a few dealers hoping to find a clean > Civic 1500 S, but there were none to be had, and a salesman convinced > me to test-drive a Prelude instead. An uninsured driver drove right > through a red light in 1990, and I t-boned him at about 30mph, > totaling my car less than a month after I'd had the engine completely > rebuilt. > > 83 Accord sedan - bought for $400 in 1992 when I was short of cash but > also needed a beater for the times when my usual two-wheeled transport > (another Honda, a CB750F) wouldn't suffice. The engine wouldn't rev > above 3000rpm without starting to stutter and then die completely. It > was fine on city streets, but was unsafe to drive on the freeway. > Drove it for about six months as it was and sold it for what I paid > for it. > > 80 Accord sedan - bought in 1993 for $500 for my wife, as a short-term > replacement for her VW Rabbit that was totaled by yet another > red-light- running uninsured driver. I wish I still had this car - it > was in that distinctive shade of light metallic green that was a > popular factory paint color with Hondas then. > > 86 Accord LXi hatchback - bought in early 1995 for my wife. Owned > until 2003 with the only major problem being a broken (5-speed manual) > transmission that required replacement with a rebuilt one. Still ran > well when we sold it, but the AC had quit working a couple of years > previously, and as it was 17 years old she decided she'd rather have a > newer vehicle with fewer maintenance issues. > > 90 CRX Si - bought in 1993 with roughly 20K miles on it. Still my > daily driver, with just over 126K miles now. Like the 86 Accord, at > nearly 17 it's started to have an increasing number of age-related > problems that I'm either going to have to address soon or decide to > buy a new car (probable suspension rebuild, AC quit working a year > ago, a couple of patches of rust on the A-pillar and sunroof, some > original rubber parts decaying, and other cosmetic issues). My > favorite out of all the Hondas I've had. > > 99 Accord EX V6 sedan - bought in 2003 as a replacement for our 86 > Accord. Just recently passed 90K miles, and hope to continue driving > it for many more years (keeping my fingers crossed on the well-known > transmission issues). Plenty of room, very comfortable in the European > sense (stiffer suspension than many other Japanese or American > sedans), more than adequate power for almost every situation. > > Hondas I'd like to own: I'd really like to keep the CRX and completely > rebuild it into a serious weekend hot rod (suspension and braking > upgrades and an engine swap for a tuned, naturally-aspirated B-series > motor in the 250HP range). Replacing it for a daily driver would be a > new Fit Sport (the true successor to the older-generation Civics), > but I don't see that happening until the supply increases enough to > where they're commonplace on dealer lots and better deals are being > made. > > I'd also like to restore a 1st- or 2nd-gen Civic. These used to be > plentiful, but now you hardly ever see one on the street. And every > time I sit in an S2000, I want one, but then reality sets in after I > remember the price tag. Beautiful cars, but like the new Civics, I > always start thinking of what else I could get for the same amount of > money or less. > > So, how many Hondas have you owned, and which ones would you like to > own? > > Dave My first was a 1982 Prelude.....forget the color but was kinda red.....off the showroom floor, manual shift. 2nd was a 1991 Red Civic SI Hatchback...also manual. 3rd 1996 Red Civic EX 2dr with auto....arthritis in knees and wrists did me in for manuals. 4th 2007 Blaze Orange FIT sport auto......I love it! The only used car I ever bought was a 1965 Ford Mustang...2dr manual in 1972....it was green. I loved the Prelude the most and if they had stayed with that model design would still be buying em ;-) Donna |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
Dave Garrett wrote:
> I recently got to thinking about the Hondas I've owned and how the > cars have changed over the years. When I bought my first one, Hondas > had a well-earned reputation for high reliability and economy coupled > with innovative engineering. I still have trouble believing that a > top-of- the-line Civic is now a $20K+ car - it wasn't that long ago > that fully- loaded Accords barely breached that price. > > Hondas I've owned: > > 82 Prelude, bought in late 1986 to replace a '76 Plymouth Duster whose > frame had cracked. I'd gone to a few dealers hoping to find a clean > Civic 1500 S, but there were none to be had, and a salesman convinced > me to test-drive a Prelude instead. An uninsured driver drove right > through a red light in 1990, and I t-boned him at about 30mph, > totaling my car less than a month after I'd had the engine completely > rebuilt. > > 83 Accord sedan - bought for $400 in 1992 when I was short of cash but > also needed a beater for the times when my usual two-wheeled transport > (another Honda, a CB750F) wouldn't suffice. The engine wouldn't rev > above 3000rpm without starting to stutter and then die completely. It > was fine on city streets, but was unsafe to drive on the freeway. > Drove it for about six months as it was and sold it for what I paid > for it. > > 80 Accord sedan - bought in 1993 for $500 for my wife, as a short-term > replacement for her VW Rabbit that was totaled by yet another > red-light- running uninsured driver. I wish I still had this car - it > was in that distinctive shade of light metallic green that was a > popular factory paint color with Hondas then. > > 86 Accord LXi hatchback - bought in early 1995 for my wife. Owned > until 2003 with the only major problem being a broken (5-speed manual) > transmission that required replacement with a rebuilt one. Still ran > well when we sold it, but the AC had quit working a couple of years > previously, and as it was 17 years old she decided she'd rather have a > newer vehicle with fewer maintenance issues. > > 90 CRX Si - bought in 1993 with roughly 20K miles on it. Still my > daily driver, with just over 126K miles now. Like the 86 Accord, at > nearly 17 it's started to have an increasing number of age-related > problems that I'm either going to have to address soon or decide to > buy a new car (probable suspension rebuild, AC quit working a year > ago, a couple of patches of rust on the A-pillar and sunroof, some > original rubber parts decaying, and other cosmetic issues). My > favorite out of all the Hondas I've had. > > 99 Accord EX V6 sedan - bought in 2003 as a replacement for our 86 > Accord. Just recently passed 90K miles, and hope to continue driving > it for many more years (keeping my fingers crossed on the well-known > transmission issues). Plenty of room, very comfortable in the European > sense (stiffer suspension than many other Japanese or American > sedans), more than adequate power for almost every situation. > > Hondas I'd like to own: I'd really like to keep the CRX and completely > rebuild it into a serious weekend hot rod (suspension and braking > upgrades and an engine swap for a tuned, naturally-aspirated B-series > motor in the 250HP range). Replacing it for a daily driver would be a > new Fit Sport (the true successor to the older-generation Civics), > but I don't see that happening until the supply increases enough to > where they're commonplace on dealer lots and better deals are being > made. > > I'd also like to restore a 1st- or 2nd-gen Civic. These used to be > plentiful, but now you hardly ever see one on the street. And every > time I sit in an S2000, I want one, but then reality sets in after I > remember the price tag. Beautiful cars, but like the new Civics, I > always start thinking of what else I could get for the same amount of > money or less. > > So, how many Hondas have you owned, and which ones would you like to > own? > > Dave My first was a 1982 Prelude.....forget the color but was kinda red.....off the showroom floor, manual shift. 2nd was a 1991 Red Civic SI Hatchback...also manual. 3rd 1996 Red Civic EX 2dr with auto....arthritis in knees and wrists did me in for manuals. 4th 2007 Blaze Orange FIT sport auto......I love it! The only used car I ever bought was a 1965 Ford Mustang...2dr manual in 1972....it was green. I loved the Prelude the most and if they had stayed with that model design would still be buying em ;-) Donna |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
Dave Garrett wrote:
> I recently got to thinking about the Hondas I've owned and how the > cars have changed over the years. When I bought my first one, Hondas > had a well-earned reputation for high reliability and economy coupled > with innovative engineering. I still have trouble believing that a > top-of- the-line Civic is now a $20K+ car - it wasn't that long ago > that fully- loaded Accords barely breached that price. > > Hondas I've owned: > > 82 Prelude, bought in late 1986 to replace a '76 Plymouth Duster whose > frame had cracked. I'd gone to a few dealers hoping to find a clean > Civic 1500 S, but there were none to be had, and a salesman convinced > me to test-drive a Prelude instead. An uninsured driver drove right > through a red light in 1990, and I t-boned him at about 30mph, > totaling my car less than a month after I'd had the engine completely > rebuilt. > > 83 Accord sedan - bought for $400 in 1992 when I was short of cash but > also needed a beater for the times when my usual two-wheeled transport > (another Honda, a CB750F) wouldn't suffice. The engine wouldn't rev > above 3000rpm without starting to stutter and then die completely. It > was fine on city streets, but was unsafe to drive on the freeway. > Drove it for about six months as it was and sold it for what I paid > for it. > > 80 Accord sedan - bought in 1993 for $500 for my wife, as a short-term > replacement for her VW Rabbit that was totaled by yet another > red-light- running uninsured driver. I wish I still had this car - it > was in that distinctive shade of light metallic green that was a > popular factory paint color with Hondas then. > > 86 Accord LXi hatchback - bought in early 1995 for my wife. Owned > until 2003 with the only major problem being a broken (5-speed manual) > transmission that required replacement with a rebuilt one. Still ran > well when we sold it, but the AC had quit working a couple of years > previously, and as it was 17 years old she decided she'd rather have a > newer vehicle with fewer maintenance issues. > > 90 CRX Si - bought in 1993 with roughly 20K miles on it. Still my > daily driver, with just over 126K miles now. Like the 86 Accord, at > nearly 17 it's started to have an increasing number of age-related > problems that I'm either going to have to address soon or decide to > buy a new car (probable suspension rebuild, AC quit working a year > ago, a couple of patches of rust on the A-pillar and sunroof, some > original rubber parts decaying, and other cosmetic issues). My > favorite out of all the Hondas I've had. > > 99 Accord EX V6 sedan - bought in 2003 as a replacement for our 86 > Accord. Just recently passed 90K miles, and hope to continue driving > it for many more years (keeping my fingers crossed on the well-known > transmission issues). Plenty of room, very comfortable in the European > sense (stiffer suspension than many other Japanese or American > sedans), more than adequate power for almost every situation. > > Hondas I'd like to own: I'd really like to keep the CRX and completely > rebuild it into a serious weekend hot rod (suspension and braking > upgrades and an engine swap for a tuned, naturally-aspirated B-series > motor in the 250HP range). Replacing it for a daily driver would be a > new Fit Sport (the true successor to the older-generation Civics), > but I don't see that happening until the supply increases enough to > where they're commonplace on dealer lots and better deals are being > made. > > I'd also like to restore a 1st- or 2nd-gen Civic. These used to be > plentiful, but now you hardly ever see one on the street. And every > time I sit in an S2000, I want one, but then reality sets in after I > remember the price tag. Beautiful cars, but like the new Civics, I > always start thinking of what else I could get for the same amount of > money or less. > > So, how many Hondas have you owned, and which ones would you like to > own? > > Dave My first was a 1982 Prelude.....forget the color but was kinda red.....off the showroom floor, manual shift. 2nd was a 1991 Red Civic SI Hatchback...also manual. 3rd 1996 Red Civic EX 2dr with auto....arthritis in knees and wrists did me in for manuals. 4th 2007 Blaze Orange FIT sport auto......I love it! The only used car I ever bought was a 1965 Ford Mustang...2dr manual in 1972....it was green. I loved the Prelude the most and if they had stayed with that model design would still be buying em ;-) Donna |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
On Sat, 25 Nov 2006 10:02:16 -0500, tww wrote:
>> Currently,Honda/Acura makes NO auto that I would own. > > Manuals are tough to find. Should imagine you would have to special order > one. Every dealer around here generally has a full assortment of models with a manual tranny... I can't think of anything that I looked at this June, on the lot, that didn't have something close to it in a manual. Joe |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
On Sat, 25 Nov 2006 10:02:16 -0500, tww wrote:
>> Currently,Honda/Acura makes NO auto that I would own. > > Manuals are tough to find. Should imagine you would have to special order > one. Every dealer around here generally has a full assortment of models with a manual tranny... I can't think of anything that I looked at this June, on the lot, that didn't have something close to it in a manual. Joe |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
On Sat, 25 Nov 2006 10:02:16 -0500, tww wrote:
>> Currently,Honda/Acura makes NO auto that I would own. > > Manuals are tough to find. Should imagine you would have to special order > one. Every dealer around here generally has a full assortment of models with a manual tranny... I can't think of anything that I looked at this June, on the lot, that didn't have something close to it in a manual. Joe |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
"Joe LaVigne" <jlavigne@hits-buffalo.com> wrote in message news:ekbd5m$dfi$1@news.datemas.de... > On Sat, 25 Nov 2006 10:02:16 -0500, tww wrote: > > >> Currently,Honda/Acura makes NO auto that I would own. > > > > Manuals are tough to find. Should imagine you would have to special order > > one. > > Every dealer around here generally has a full assortment of models with a > manual tranny... > > I can't think of anything that I looked at this June, on the lot, that > didn't have something close to it in a manual. > > Joe Every time I go in for service at my local Honda dealer I look through the lot and may find one Civic with a manual. Last Sat -- not a one. |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
"Joe LaVigne" <jlavigne@hits-buffalo.com> wrote in message news:ekbd5m$dfi$1@news.datemas.de... > On Sat, 25 Nov 2006 10:02:16 -0500, tww wrote: > > >> Currently,Honda/Acura makes NO auto that I would own. > > > > Manuals are tough to find. Should imagine you would have to special order > > one. > > Every dealer around here generally has a full assortment of models with a > manual tranny... > > I can't think of anything that I looked at this June, on the lot, that > didn't have something close to it in a manual. > > Joe Every time I go in for service at my local Honda dealer I look through the lot and may find one Civic with a manual. Last Sat -- not a one. |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
"Joe LaVigne" <jlavigne@hits-buffalo.com> wrote in message news:ekbd5m$dfi$1@news.datemas.de... > On Sat, 25 Nov 2006 10:02:16 -0500, tww wrote: > > >> Currently,Honda/Acura makes NO auto that I would own. > > > > Manuals are tough to find. Should imagine you would have to special order > > one. > > Every dealer around here generally has a full assortment of models with a > manual tranny... > > I can't think of anything that I looked at this June, on the lot, that > didn't have something close to it in a manual. > > Joe Every time I go in for service at my local Honda dealer I look through the lot and may find one Civic with a manual. Last Sat -- not a one. |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
Counting Honda motorcycles 31
10 cars 21 motorcycles Dave Garrett wrote: > I recently got to thinking about the Hondas I've owned and how the cars > have changed over the years. When I bought my first one, Hondas had a > well-earned reputation for high reliability and economy coupled with > innovative engineering. I still have trouble believing that a top-of- > the-line Civic is now a $20K+ car - it wasn't that long ago that fully- > loaded Accords barely breached that price. > > Hondas I've owned: > > 82 Prelude, bought in late 1986 to replace a '76 Plymouth Duster whose > frame had cracked. I'd gone to a few dealers hoping to find a clean > Civic 1500 S, but there were none to be had, and a salesman convinced me > to test-drive a Prelude instead. An uninsured driver drove right through > a red light in 1990, and I t-boned him at about 30mph, totaling my car > less than a month after I'd had the engine completely rebuilt. > > 83 Accord sedan - bought for $400 in 1992 when I was short of cash but > also needed a beater for the times when my usual two-wheeled transport > (another Honda, a CB750F) wouldn't suffice. The engine wouldn't rev > above 3000rpm without starting to stutter and then die completely. It > was fine on city streets, but was unsafe to drive on the freeway. Drove > it for about six months as it was and sold it for what I paid for it. > > 80 Accord sedan - bought in 1993 for $500 for my wife, as a short-term > replacement for her VW Rabbit that was totaled by yet another red-light- > running uninsured driver. I wish I still had this car - it was in that > distinctive shade of light metallic green that was a popular factory > paint color with Hondas then. > > 86 Accord LXi hatchback - bought in early 1995 for my wife. Owned until > 2003 with the only major problem being a broken (5-speed manual) > transmission that required replacement with a rebuilt one. Still ran > well when we sold it, but the AC had quit working a couple of years > previously, and as it was 17 years old she decided she'd rather have a > newer vehicle with fewer maintenance issues. > > 90 CRX Si - bought in 1993 with roughly 20K miles on it. Still my daily > driver, with just over 126K miles now. Like the 86 Accord, at nearly 17 > it's started to have an increasing number of age-related problems that > I'm either going to have to address soon or decide to buy a new car > (probable suspension rebuild, AC quit working a year ago, a couple of > patches of rust on the A-pillar and sunroof, some original rubber parts > decaying, and other cosmetic issues). My favorite out of all the Hondas > I've had. > > 99 Accord EX V6 sedan - bought in 2003 as a replacement for our 86 > Accord. Just recently passed 90K miles, and hope to continue driving it > for many more years (keeping my fingers crossed on the well-known > transmission issues). Plenty of room, very comfortable in the European > sense (stiffer suspension than many other Japanese or American sedans), > more than adequate power for almost every situation. > > Hondas I'd like to own: I'd really like to keep the CRX and completely > rebuild it into a serious weekend hot rod (suspension and braking > upgrades and an engine swap for a tuned, naturally-aspirated B-series > motor in the 250HP range). Replacing it for a daily driver would be a > new Fit Sport (the true successor to the older-generation Civics), but I > don't see that happening until the supply increases enough to where > they're commonplace on dealer lots and better deals are being made. > > I'd also like to restore a 1st- or 2nd-gen Civic. These used to be > plentiful, but now you hardly ever see one on the street. And every time > I sit in an S2000, I want one, but then reality sets in after I remember > the price tag. Beautiful cars, but like the new Civics, I always start > thinking of what else I could get for the same amount of money or less. > > So, how many Hondas have you owned, and which ones would you like to > own? > > Dave -- Tp, -------- __o ----- -\<. -------- __o --- ( )/ ( ) ---- -\<. -------------------- ( )/ ( ) ----------------------------------------- No Lawsuit Ever Fixed A Moron... |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
Counting Honda motorcycles 31
10 cars 21 motorcycles Dave Garrett wrote: > I recently got to thinking about the Hondas I've owned and how the cars > have changed over the years. When I bought my first one, Hondas had a > well-earned reputation for high reliability and economy coupled with > innovative engineering. I still have trouble believing that a top-of- > the-line Civic is now a $20K+ car - it wasn't that long ago that fully- > loaded Accords barely breached that price. > > Hondas I've owned: > > 82 Prelude, bought in late 1986 to replace a '76 Plymouth Duster whose > frame had cracked. I'd gone to a few dealers hoping to find a clean > Civic 1500 S, but there were none to be had, and a salesman convinced me > to test-drive a Prelude instead. An uninsured driver drove right through > a red light in 1990, and I t-boned him at about 30mph, totaling my car > less than a month after I'd had the engine completely rebuilt. > > 83 Accord sedan - bought for $400 in 1992 when I was short of cash but > also needed a beater for the times when my usual two-wheeled transport > (another Honda, a CB750F) wouldn't suffice. The engine wouldn't rev > above 3000rpm without starting to stutter and then die completely. It > was fine on city streets, but was unsafe to drive on the freeway. Drove > it for about six months as it was and sold it for what I paid for it. > > 80 Accord sedan - bought in 1993 for $500 for my wife, as a short-term > replacement for her VW Rabbit that was totaled by yet another red-light- > running uninsured driver. I wish I still had this car - it was in that > distinctive shade of light metallic green that was a popular factory > paint color with Hondas then. > > 86 Accord LXi hatchback - bought in early 1995 for my wife. Owned until > 2003 with the only major problem being a broken (5-speed manual) > transmission that required replacement with a rebuilt one. Still ran > well when we sold it, but the AC had quit working a couple of years > previously, and as it was 17 years old she decided she'd rather have a > newer vehicle with fewer maintenance issues. > > 90 CRX Si - bought in 1993 with roughly 20K miles on it. Still my daily > driver, with just over 126K miles now. Like the 86 Accord, at nearly 17 > it's started to have an increasing number of age-related problems that > I'm either going to have to address soon or decide to buy a new car > (probable suspension rebuild, AC quit working a year ago, a couple of > patches of rust on the A-pillar and sunroof, some original rubber parts > decaying, and other cosmetic issues). My favorite out of all the Hondas > I've had. > > 99 Accord EX V6 sedan - bought in 2003 as a replacement for our 86 > Accord. Just recently passed 90K miles, and hope to continue driving it > for many more years (keeping my fingers crossed on the well-known > transmission issues). Plenty of room, very comfortable in the European > sense (stiffer suspension than many other Japanese or American sedans), > more than adequate power for almost every situation. > > Hondas I'd like to own: I'd really like to keep the CRX and completely > rebuild it into a serious weekend hot rod (suspension and braking > upgrades and an engine swap for a tuned, naturally-aspirated B-series > motor in the 250HP range). Replacing it for a daily driver would be a > new Fit Sport (the true successor to the older-generation Civics), but I > don't see that happening until the supply increases enough to where > they're commonplace on dealer lots and better deals are being made. > > I'd also like to restore a 1st- or 2nd-gen Civic. These used to be > plentiful, but now you hardly ever see one on the street. And every time > I sit in an S2000, I want one, but then reality sets in after I remember > the price tag. Beautiful cars, but like the new Civics, I always start > thinking of what else I could get for the same amount of money or less. > > So, how many Hondas have you owned, and which ones would you like to > own? > > Dave -- Tp, -------- __o ----- -\<. -------- __o --- ( )/ ( ) ---- -\<. -------------------- ( )/ ( ) ----------------------------------------- No Lawsuit Ever Fixed A Moron... |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
Counting Honda motorcycles 31
10 cars 21 motorcycles Dave Garrett wrote: > I recently got to thinking about the Hondas I've owned and how the cars > have changed over the years. When I bought my first one, Hondas had a > well-earned reputation for high reliability and economy coupled with > innovative engineering. I still have trouble believing that a top-of- > the-line Civic is now a $20K+ car - it wasn't that long ago that fully- > loaded Accords barely breached that price. > > Hondas I've owned: > > 82 Prelude, bought in late 1986 to replace a '76 Plymouth Duster whose > frame had cracked. I'd gone to a few dealers hoping to find a clean > Civic 1500 S, but there were none to be had, and a salesman convinced me > to test-drive a Prelude instead. An uninsured driver drove right through > a red light in 1990, and I t-boned him at about 30mph, totaling my car > less than a month after I'd had the engine completely rebuilt. > > 83 Accord sedan - bought for $400 in 1992 when I was short of cash but > also needed a beater for the times when my usual two-wheeled transport > (another Honda, a CB750F) wouldn't suffice. The engine wouldn't rev > above 3000rpm without starting to stutter and then die completely. It > was fine on city streets, but was unsafe to drive on the freeway. Drove > it for about six months as it was and sold it for what I paid for it. > > 80 Accord sedan - bought in 1993 for $500 for my wife, as a short-term > replacement for her VW Rabbit that was totaled by yet another red-light- > running uninsured driver. I wish I still had this car - it was in that > distinctive shade of light metallic green that was a popular factory > paint color with Hondas then. > > 86 Accord LXi hatchback - bought in early 1995 for my wife. Owned until > 2003 with the only major problem being a broken (5-speed manual) > transmission that required replacement with a rebuilt one. Still ran > well when we sold it, but the AC had quit working a couple of years > previously, and as it was 17 years old she decided she'd rather have a > newer vehicle with fewer maintenance issues. > > 90 CRX Si - bought in 1993 with roughly 20K miles on it. Still my daily > driver, with just over 126K miles now. Like the 86 Accord, at nearly 17 > it's started to have an increasing number of age-related problems that > I'm either going to have to address soon or decide to buy a new car > (probable suspension rebuild, AC quit working a year ago, a couple of > patches of rust on the A-pillar and sunroof, some original rubber parts > decaying, and other cosmetic issues). My favorite out of all the Hondas > I've had. > > 99 Accord EX V6 sedan - bought in 2003 as a replacement for our 86 > Accord. Just recently passed 90K miles, and hope to continue driving it > for many more years (keeping my fingers crossed on the well-known > transmission issues). Plenty of room, very comfortable in the European > sense (stiffer suspension than many other Japanese or American sedans), > more than adequate power for almost every situation. > > Hondas I'd like to own: I'd really like to keep the CRX and completely > rebuild it into a serious weekend hot rod (suspension and braking > upgrades and an engine swap for a tuned, naturally-aspirated B-series > motor in the 250HP range). Replacing it for a daily driver would be a > new Fit Sport (the true successor to the older-generation Civics), but I > don't see that happening until the supply increases enough to where > they're commonplace on dealer lots and better deals are being made. > > I'd also like to restore a 1st- or 2nd-gen Civic. These used to be > plentiful, but now you hardly ever see one on the street. And every time > I sit in an S2000, I want one, but then reality sets in after I remember > the price tag. Beautiful cars, but like the new Civics, I always start > thinking of what else I could get for the same amount of money or less. > > So, how many Hondas have you owned, and which ones would you like to > own? > > Dave -- Tp, -------- __o ----- -\<. -------- __o --- ( )/ ( ) ---- -\<. -------------------- ( )/ ( ) ----------------------------------------- No Lawsuit Ever Fixed A Moron... |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
tww wrote:
> Every time I go in for service at my local Honda dealer I look through the > lot and may find one Civic with a manual. Last Sat -- not a one. When I bought my Civic last month, there was a 2002 Acura RSX sitting next to it at the dealer. I had a quick peak inside it, and to my surprise it was an automatic! I don't think I have ever seen an automatic RSX or Prelude, even though I know it was available. |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
tww wrote:
> Every time I go in for service at my local Honda dealer I look through the > lot and may find one Civic with a manual. Last Sat -- not a one. When I bought my Civic last month, there was a 2002 Acura RSX sitting next to it at the dealer. I had a quick peak inside it, and to my surprise it was an automatic! I don't think I have ever seen an automatic RSX or Prelude, even though I know it was available. |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
tww wrote:
> Every time I go in for service at my local Honda dealer I look through the > lot and may find one Civic with a manual. Last Sat -- not a one. When I bought my Civic last month, there was a 2002 Acura RSX sitting next to it at the dealer. I had a quick peak inside it, and to my surprise it was an automatic! I don't think I have ever seen an automatic RSX or Prelude, even though I know it was available. |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
Joe LaVigne <jlavigne@hits-buffalo.com> wrote in
news:ekbd5m$dfi$1@news.datemas.de: > On Sat, 25 Nov 2006 10:02:16 -0500, tww wrote: > >>> Currently,Honda/Acura makes NO auto that I would own. I meant they make no vehicle that I want to own as an only car. Maybe a S2000 if I could afford a 2nd car. >> >> Manuals are tough to find. Should imagine you would have to special >> order one. > > Every dealer around here generally has a full assortment of models > with a manual tranny... > > I can't think of anything that I looked at this June, on the lot, that > didn't have something close to it in a manual. > > Joe > -- Jim Yanik jyanik at kua.net |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
Joe LaVigne <jlavigne@hits-buffalo.com> wrote in
news:ekbd5m$dfi$1@news.datemas.de: > On Sat, 25 Nov 2006 10:02:16 -0500, tww wrote: > >>> Currently,Honda/Acura makes NO auto that I would own. I meant they make no vehicle that I want to own as an only car. Maybe a S2000 if I could afford a 2nd car. >> >> Manuals are tough to find. Should imagine you would have to special >> order one. > > Every dealer around here generally has a full assortment of models > with a manual tranny... > > I can't think of anything that I looked at this June, on the lot, that > didn't have something close to it in a manual. > > Joe > -- Jim Yanik jyanik at kua.net |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
Joe LaVigne <jlavigne@hits-buffalo.com> wrote in
news:ekbd5m$dfi$1@news.datemas.de: > On Sat, 25 Nov 2006 10:02:16 -0500, tww wrote: > >>> Currently,Honda/Acura makes NO auto that I would own. I meant they make no vehicle that I want to own as an only car. Maybe a S2000 if I could afford a 2nd car. >> >> Manuals are tough to find. Should imagine you would have to special >> order one. > > Every dealer around here generally has a full assortment of models > with a manual tranny... > > I can't think of anything that I looked at this June, on the lot, that > didn't have something close to it in a manual. > > Joe > -- Jim Yanik jyanik at kua.net |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
Dave Garrett said
> So, how many Hondas have you owned, and which ones would you like to > own? Hmmm .... 1977 Civic Wagon (hatchback) 1981 Accord Hatchback 1982 Accord Hatchback (to replace the '81 that I totalled) 1985 Accord Sedan 1988 Prelude 1995 Odyssey (the 4-door model) 2003 Accord EX-V6 Coupe (still own ... and my favorite of all) Casey |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
Dave Garrett said
> So, how many Hondas have you owned, and which ones would you like to > own? Hmmm .... 1977 Civic Wagon (hatchback) 1981 Accord Hatchback 1982 Accord Hatchback (to replace the '81 that I totalled) 1985 Accord Sedan 1988 Prelude 1995 Odyssey (the 4-door model) 2003 Accord EX-V6 Coupe (still own ... and my favorite of all) Casey |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
Dave Garrett said
> So, how many Hondas have you owned, and which ones would you like to > own? Hmmm .... 1977 Civic Wagon (hatchback) 1981 Accord Hatchback 1982 Accord Hatchback (to replace the '81 that I totalled) 1985 Accord Sedan 1988 Prelude 1995 Odyssey (the 4-door model) 2003 Accord EX-V6 Coupe (still own ... and my favorite of all) Casey |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
> So, how many Hondas have you owned, and which ones would you like to > own? Very thought provoking, but here goes. 1971 CB750K1 1974 CB7504 1976 CR125 Elsinore 1983 Accord LX Hatch 5 spd 1986 Accord LX Sedan Auto 1982 Civic Sedan 5 spd 1984 Civic Wagon 2WD 5 spd 1990 Accord EX Sedan auto 1998 Odyssey LX 2000 Prelude 5 spd I'd like to own an NSX, but too pricey! Howard |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
> So, how many Hondas have you owned, and which ones would you like to > own? Very thought provoking, but here goes. 1971 CB750K1 1974 CB7504 1976 CR125 Elsinore 1983 Accord LX Hatch 5 spd 1986 Accord LX Sedan Auto 1982 Civic Sedan 5 spd 1984 Civic Wagon 2WD 5 spd 1990 Accord EX Sedan auto 1998 Odyssey LX 2000 Prelude 5 spd I'd like to own an NSX, but too pricey! Howard |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
> So, how many Hondas have you owned, and which ones would you like to > own? Very thought provoking, but here goes. 1971 CB750K1 1974 CB7504 1976 CR125 Elsinore 1983 Accord LX Hatch 5 spd 1986 Accord LX Sedan Auto 1982 Civic Sedan 5 spd 1984 Civic Wagon 2WD 5 spd 1990 Accord EX Sedan auto 1998 Odyssey LX 2000 Prelude 5 spd I'd like to own an NSX, but too pricey! Howard |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
In article <45683531$0$13683$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>,
rgstroud@neo.rr.com says... > Dave Garrett wrote: > I've > > been monitoring eBay for some time to see what shows up there > > I look at autotrader.com and cars .com. Any other sites i should visit? > bob autotrader.com is the only one I'm at all familiar with besides eBay. I've heard other people recommend craigslist, if you have one available that covers your area - you can see the areas covered in Ohio here: http://geo.craigslist.org/iso/us/oh Dave |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
In article <45683531$0$13683$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>,
rgstroud@neo.rr.com says... > Dave Garrett wrote: > I've > > been monitoring eBay for some time to see what shows up there > > I look at autotrader.com and cars .com. Any other sites i should visit? > bob autotrader.com is the only one I'm at all familiar with besides eBay. I've heard other people recommend craigslist, if you have one available that covers your area - you can see the areas covered in Ohio here: http://geo.craigslist.org/iso/us/oh Dave |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
In article <45683531$0$13683$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>,
rgstroud@neo.rr.com says... > Dave Garrett wrote: > I've > > been monitoring eBay for some time to see what shows up there > > I look at autotrader.com and cars .com. Any other sites i should visit? > bob autotrader.com is the only one I'm at all familiar with besides eBay. I've heard other people recommend craigslist, if you have one available that covers your area - you can see the areas covered in Ohio here: http://geo.craigslist.org/iso/us/oh Dave |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
In article <xTY9h.204$rq2.198@newsfe20.lga>, twaugh5@cox.net says...
> > "Dave Garrett" <dave@compassnet.com> wrote in message > news:MPG.1fd1868387a1853698a122@207.14.116.130... > > In article <n2M9h.180$rq2.92@newsfe20.lga>, twaugh5@cox.net says... > > > > > Started in Tokyo in 1967 with a 305cc CL 77 scrambler and replaced it > with a > > > 68 350 I shipped to the States. Remember seeing the CB 750 for the 1st > time > > > in Dec 68 at the Tokyo motorshow -- a real show stopped and amazing for > the > > > time. > > > 1970 CB 750 (cost less than the Triumph Bonneville I had before which > was > > > stolen by a bunch of local thugs -- Harley riders) > > > 1973 CB 750 > > > 1978 750F -- a shared experience I see and also my last motorcycle. > > > > I sense a pattern here. :-) > > > > I still have my 750F, although it's been in storage for six years and > > would take some effort to get running again. Yet another project I > > really need to tackle. It's an '81 that was modified considerably by its > > previous owner, a roadracer who used it as his streetbike. It has a big- > > bore kit to punch it out to 836cc, a Kerker 4-into-1, a Corbin > > Gunfighter seat matching the factory paint colors, tweaked carbs off a > > 900F with K&Ns, Superbike bars, and probably a bunch of other stuff I'm > > forgetting right now. By modern standards it's overweight and slow, but > > it was plenty fast for me when it was my sole transportation for a few > > years. > > > > I still want a CBX - saw this amazing custom one recently in a bike mag: > > > > http://www.cycleworld.com/article.as...article_id=221 > > > > And if I ever win the lottery, an RC166 - still a near-unsurpassed > > engineering achievement forty years later, and still the most spine- > > tingling sound ever to emanate from anything on two wheels. Speaking of > > engine sounds, Honda's Japanese website has a very interesting section > > called "The Sound of Honda" where you can listen to many different > > Hondas (both street and racing, motorcycles and cars) running at speed: > > > > http://www.honda.co.jp/SoundofHonda/ > > > > Dave > > > The CBX -- still amazing and the RC 166 ( and I think there was also a 266 6 > cylinder) are technical achievements still amazing today. The RC174 was the other inline-6 - it had a 297cc engine and raced in the 350cc class. Check out this article about a guy in the UK who built a half-dozen exact replicas of the RC174 from scratch, each of which was sold for close to $500,000! http://www.motorcyclistonline.com/fe...nda_rc174_six/ Dave |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
In article <xTY9h.204$rq2.198@newsfe20.lga>, twaugh5@cox.net says...
> > "Dave Garrett" <dave@compassnet.com> wrote in message > news:MPG.1fd1868387a1853698a122@207.14.116.130... > > In article <n2M9h.180$rq2.92@newsfe20.lga>, twaugh5@cox.net says... > > > > > Started in Tokyo in 1967 with a 305cc CL 77 scrambler and replaced it > with a > > > 68 350 I shipped to the States. Remember seeing the CB 750 for the 1st > time > > > in Dec 68 at the Tokyo motorshow -- a real show stopped and amazing for > the > > > time. > > > 1970 CB 750 (cost less than the Triumph Bonneville I had before which > was > > > stolen by a bunch of local thugs -- Harley riders) > > > 1973 CB 750 > > > 1978 750F -- a shared experience I see and also my last motorcycle. > > > > I sense a pattern here. :-) > > > > I still have my 750F, although it's been in storage for six years and > > would take some effort to get running again. Yet another project I > > really need to tackle. It's an '81 that was modified considerably by its > > previous owner, a roadracer who used it as his streetbike. It has a big- > > bore kit to punch it out to 836cc, a Kerker 4-into-1, a Corbin > > Gunfighter seat matching the factory paint colors, tweaked carbs off a > > 900F with K&Ns, Superbike bars, and probably a bunch of other stuff I'm > > forgetting right now. By modern standards it's overweight and slow, but > > it was plenty fast for me when it was my sole transportation for a few > > years. > > > > I still want a CBX - saw this amazing custom one recently in a bike mag: > > > > http://www.cycleworld.com/article.as...article_id=221 > > > > And if I ever win the lottery, an RC166 - still a near-unsurpassed > > engineering achievement forty years later, and still the most spine- > > tingling sound ever to emanate from anything on two wheels. Speaking of > > engine sounds, Honda's Japanese website has a very interesting section > > called "The Sound of Honda" where you can listen to many different > > Hondas (both street and racing, motorcycles and cars) running at speed: > > > > http://www.honda.co.jp/SoundofHonda/ > > > > Dave > > > The CBX -- still amazing and the RC 166 ( and I think there was also a 266 6 > cylinder) are technical achievements still amazing today. The RC174 was the other inline-6 - it had a 297cc engine and raced in the 350cc class. Check out this article about a guy in the UK who built a half-dozen exact replicas of the RC174 from scratch, each of which was sold for close to $500,000! http://www.motorcyclistonline.com/fe...nda_rc174_six/ Dave |
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