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Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
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. -- Jim Yanik jyanik at kua.net |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
My first Honda was a 1999 Honda Accord EX V6 Sedan, which I got new and
leased for 3.5 years. My second Honda was a 2002 Honda Civic EX Sedan Auto, which I also leased to replace the Accord 99'. Now I have a 2005 Honda Accord EX Sedan Auto. So far all have been great cars. The 99' Accord had a transmission brake switch problem that had to be replaced 2 times and the car also started to knock at about 36k miles even with using quality fuel. The 2002 Civic had a trunk latch that was defective from the factory and had to be replaced after having had it attempted to be repaired a couple of times. Then soon before I traded it in the complete heating system (fan and all components) had to be replaced due to a major defect. The 2005 Accord has been the best so far. The only thing that was wrong so far is that the console hinge needed to be replaced due to a faulty hinge which made the second level half open at times. Al |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
My first Honda was a 1999 Honda Accord EX V6 Sedan, which I got new and
leased for 3.5 years. My second Honda was a 2002 Honda Civic EX Sedan Auto, which I also leased to replace the Accord 99'. Now I have a 2005 Honda Accord EX Sedan Auto. So far all have been great cars. The 99' Accord had a transmission brake switch problem that had to be replaced 2 times and the car also started to knock at about 36k miles even with using quality fuel. The 2002 Civic had a trunk latch that was defective from the factory and had to be replaced after having had it attempted to be repaired a couple of times. Then soon before I traded it in the complete heating system (fan and all components) had to be replaced due to a major defect. The 2005 Accord has been the best so far. The only thing that was wrong so far is that the console hinge needed to be replaced due to a faulty hinge which made the second level half open at times. Al |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
My first Honda was a 1999 Honda Accord EX V6 Sedan, which I got new and
leased for 3.5 years. My second Honda was a 2002 Honda Civic EX Sedan Auto, which I also leased to replace the Accord 99'. Now I have a 2005 Honda Accord EX Sedan Auto. So far all have been great cars. The 99' Accord had a transmission brake switch problem that had to be replaced 2 times and the car also started to knock at about 36k miles even with using quality fuel. The 2002 Civic had a trunk latch that was defective from the factory and had to be replaced after having had it attempted to be repaired a couple of times. Then soon before I traded it in the complete heating system (fan and all components) had to be replaced due to a major defect. The 2005 Accord has been the best so far. The only thing that was wrong so far is that the console hinge needed to be replaced due to a faulty hinge which made the second level half open at times. Al |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
On Sat, 25 Nov 2006 01:30:14 +0000 (UTC), Tegger <tegger@tegger.c0m>
wrote: >JXStern <JXSternChangeX2R@gte.net> wrote in >news:ap5fm294p4rg7tssb6di3d31fo7q8t877b@4ax.com : > > >> >> Wouldn't mind an RL, especially if they ever drop a V8 into it > > > >Not likely, unfortunately. >http://www.honda-acura.net/forums/ar...hp/t-5007.html Yeah I know already, just sayin'. 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. High gas prices, Honda proud of fleet mileage, RL not selling anyway, NSX forgotten - but it would let Acura hold its head up compared to Lexus and Infiniti, which it really doesn't, right now. Imagine, if you will, the S2000 scaled up to compete with the Z8. They don't have to sell enough to ruin the fleet mileage. >A Honda V8 would be really something, but it looks like they're going to >stall at a 3.5L V6. Too bad. > >I prefer Honda's early-'90s high-tech approach to their current >enviro/safety angle. Just waiting for the Honda Bots http://asimo.honda.com/index.asp?bhcp=1 And Honda Jets http://hondajet.honda.com/ J. |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
On Sat, 25 Nov 2006 01:30:14 +0000 (UTC), Tegger <tegger@tegger.c0m>
wrote: >JXStern <JXSternChangeX2R@gte.net> wrote in >news:ap5fm294p4rg7tssb6di3d31fo7q8t877b@4ax.com : > > >> >> Wouldn't mind an RL, especially if they ever drop a V8 into it > > > >Not likely, unfortunately. >http://www.honda-acura.net/forums/ar...hp/t-5007.html Yeah I know already, just sayin'. 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. High gas prices, Honda proud of fleet mileage, RL not selling anyway, NSX forgotten - but it would let Acura hold its head up compared to Lexus and Infiniti, which it really doesn't, right now. Imagine, if you will, the S2000 scaled up to compete with the Z8. They don't have to sell enough to ruin the fleet mileage. >A Honda V8 would be really something, but it looks like they're going to >stall at a 3.5L V6. Too bad. > >I prefer Honda's early-'90s high-tech approach to their current >enviro/safety angle. Just waiting for the Honda Bots http://asimo.honda.com/index.asp?bhcp=1 And Honda Jets http://hondajet.honda.com/ J. |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
On Sat, 25 Nov 2006 01:30:14 +0000 (UTC), Tegger <tegger@tegger.c0m>
wrote: >JXStern <JXSternChangeX2R@gte.net> wrote in >news:ap5fm294p4rg7tssb6di3d31fo7q8t877b@4ax.com : > > >> >> Wouldn't mind an RL, especially if they ever drop a V8 into it > > > >Not likely, unfortunately. >http://www.honda-acura.net/forums/ar...hp/t-5007.html Yeah I know already, just sayin'. 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. High gas prices, Honda proud of fleet mileage, RL not selling anyway, NSX forgotten - but it would let Acura hold its head up compared to Lexus and Infiniti, which it really doesn't, right now. Imagine, if you will, the S2000 scaled up to compete with the Z8. They don't have to sell enough to ruin the fleet mileage. >A Honda V8 would be really something, but it looks like they're going to >stall at a 3.5L V6. Too bad. > >I prefer Honda's early-'90s high-tech approach to their current >enviro/safety angle. Just waiting for the Honda Bots http://asimo.honda.com/index.asp?bhcp=1 And Honda Jets http://hondajet.honda.com/ J. |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
In article <e9ffm2h1ddvc0f8nu2p2gn7hki05fhikra@4ax.com>,
JXSternChangeX2R@gte.net says... > On Sat, 25 Nov 2006 01:30:14 +0000 (UTC), Tegger <tegger@tegger.c0m> > wrote: > > >JXStern <JXSternChangeX2R@gte.net> wrote in > >news:ap5fm294p4rg7tssb6di3d31fo7q8t877b@4ax.com : > > > > > >> > >> Wouldn't mind an RL, especially if they ever drop a V8 into it > > > > > > > >Not likely, unfortunately. > >http://www.honda-acura.net/forums/ar...hp/t-5007.html > > Yeah I know already, just sayin'. > > 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? I failed to mention that after my Prelude was totaled, I used the insurance money to buy a GTV6. A guy I knew had one, and once I drove it I knew I had to have one. It was a fantastic machine - when it was running. I think it spent more time in the shop than it did on the road, and it was an early model to boot, so it had more than the usual share of Alfa problems. I can't say I didn't know what I was getting into when I bought it, but I'd had enough after a couple of years and sold it after having sunk more money than I care to remember into it. > >A Honda V8 would be really something, but it looks like they're going to > >stall at a 3.5L V6. Too bad. > > > >I prefer Honda's early-'90s high-tech approach to their current > >enviro/safety angle. I used to daydream about what I envisioned as the ultimate Honda: a mid- engine CRX with AWD and a 2-liter V8 that would rev to 10K+rpm. Honda really was a different company back in the days when engineers actually ascended through the ranks to the highest levels of management. Dave |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
In article <e9ffm2h1ddvc0f8nu2p2gn7hki05fhikra@4ax.com>,
JXSternChangeX2R@gte.net says... > On Sat, 25 Nov 2006 01:30:14 +0000 (UTC), Tegger <tegger@tegger.c0m> > wrote: > > >JXStern <JXSternChangeX2R@gte.net> wrote in > >news:ap5fm294p4rg7tssb6di3d31fo7q8t877b@4ax.com : > > > > > >> > >> Wouldn't mind an RL, especially if they ever drop a V8 into it > > > > > > > >Not likely, unfortunately. > >http://www.honda-acura.net/forums/ar...hp/t-5007.html > > Yeah I know already, just sayin'. > > 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? I failed to mention that after my Prelude was totaled, I used the insurance money to buy a GTV6. A guy I knew had one, and once I drove it I knew I had to have one. It was a fantastic machine - when it was running. I think it spent more time in the shop than it did on the road, and it was an early model to boot, so it had more than the usual share of Alfa problems. I can't say I didn't know what I was getting into when I bought it, but I'd had enough after a couple of years and sold it after having sunk more money than I care to remember into it. > >A Honda V8 would be really something, but it looks like they're going to > >stall at a 3.5L V6. Too bad. > > > >I prefer Honda's early-'90s high-tech approach to their current > >enviro/safety angle. I used to daydream about what I envisioned as the ultimate Honda: a mid- engine CRX with AWD and a 2-liter V8 that would rev to 10K+rpm. Honda really was a different company back in the days when engineers actually ascended through the ranks to the highest levels of management. Dave |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
In article <e9ffm2h1ddvc0f8nu2p2gn7hki05fhikra@4ax.com>,
JXSternChangeX2R@gte.net says... > On Sat, 25 Nov 2006 01:30:14 +0000 (UTC), Tegger <tegger@tegger.c0m> > wrote: > > >JXStern <JXSternChangeX2R@gte.net> wrote in > >news:ap5fm294p4rg7tssb6di3d31fo7q8t877b@4ax.com : > > > > > >> > >> Wouldn't mind an RL, especially if they ever drop a V8 into it > > > > > > > >Not likely, unfortunately. > >http://www.honda-acura.net/forums/ar...hp/t-5007.html > > Yeah I know already, just sayin'. > > 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? I failed to mention that after my Prelude was totaled, I used the insurance money to buy a GTV6. A guy I knew had one, and once I drove it I knew I had to have one. It was a fantastic machine - when it was running. I think it spent more time in the shop than it did on the road, and it was an early model to boot, so it had more than the usual share of Alfa problems. I can't say I didn't know what I was getting into when I bought it, but I'd had enough after a couple of years and sold it after having sunk more money than I care to remember into it. > >A Honda V8 would be really something, but it looks like they're going to > >stall at a 3.5L V6. Too bad. > > > >I prefer Honda's early-'90s high-tech approach to their current > >enviro/safety angle. I used to daydream about what I envisioned as the ultimate Honda: a mid- engine CRX with AWD and a 2-liter V8 that would rev to 10K+rpm. Honda really was a different company back in the days when engineers actually ascended through the ranks to the highest levels of management. Dave |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
In article <n2M9h.180$rq2.92@newsfe20.lga>, twaugh5@cox.net says...
> Started in Tokyo in 1967 with a 305cc CL 77 scrambler and replaced it with a > 68 350 I shipped to the States. Remember seeing the CB 750 for the 1st time > in Dec 68 at the Tokyo motorshow -- a real show stopped and amazing for the > time. > 1970 CB 750 (cost less than the Triumph Bonneville I had before which was > stolen by a bunch of local thugs -- Harley riders) > 1973 CB 750 > 1978 750F -- a shared experience I see and also my last motorcycle. I sense a pattern here. :-) I still have my 750F, although it's been in storage for six years and would take some effort to get running again. Yet another project I really need to tackle. It's an '81 that was modified considerably by its previous owner, a roadracer who used it as his streetbike. It has a big- bore kit to punch it out to 836cc, a Kerker 4-into-1, a Corbin Gunfighter seat matching the factory paint colors, tweaked carbs off a 900F with K&Ns, Superbike bars, and probably a bunch of other stuff I'm forgetting right now. By modern standards it's overweight and slow, but it was plenty fast for me when it was my sole transportation for a few years. I still want a CBX - saw this amazing custom one recently in a bike mag: http://www.cycleworld.com/article.as...article_id=221 And if I ever win the lottery, an RC166 - still a near-unsurpassed engineering achievement forty years later, and still the most spine- tingling sound ever to emanate from anything on two wheels. Speaking of engine sounds, Honda's Japanese website has a very interesting section called "The Sound of Honda" where you can listen to many different Hondas (both street and racing, motorcycles and cars) running at speed: http://www.honda.co.jp/SoundofHonda/ Dave |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
In article <n2M9h.180$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 |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
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 |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
In article <Xns9885B29909CD0thefrogprince@69.28.173.186>, usenet2
@DE.LETE.THISljvideo.com says... > In 1971, I bought one of the first Hondas ever imported into the United > States. Most people at that time had never heard of a Honda car. Outside of > California, they were not generally available. > > http://members.cox.net/ljvideo/images/Honda_AN600.jpg > > That car was about $1,300 new. Cool! I forgot about the 600s - I've always been curious about them, even though I'm pretty sure I couldn't fit into one, at 6'1" and 200lbs. Dave |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
In article <Xns9885B29909CD0thefrogprince@69.28.173.186>, usenet2
@DE.LETE.THISljvideo.com says... > In 1971, I bought one of the first Hondas ever imported into the United > States. Most people at that time had never heard of a Honda car. Outside of > California, they were not generally available. > > http://members.cox.net/ljvideo/images/Honda_AN600.jpg > > That car was about $1,300 new. Cool! I forgot about the 600s - I've always been curious about them, even though I'm pretty sure I couldn't fit into one, at 6'1" and 200lbs. Dave |
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