rev up your engines now over the past 41 years Americans have bought more than 13
million honda accords so there's definitely something behind them and
and as I've talked to before Honda makes great engines this little four-cylinder
engine can run forever Honda is the number one manufacturer of internal
combustion engines in the world they make very good angeles particularly once
made it to a 5-speed automatic and i know i've warned people about honda
automatic transmissions having problems in the past
this particular one to 2012 it's a 5-speed automatic it's got good response
and a highway like I said when it's up into fifth gear you can get thirty four
thirty five miles a gallon and yeah it's iffy in town you're only gonna get about
22 miles a gallon cause it sacrifices gas mileage in town for really zippy
acceleration now if you were thinking about purchasing an accord either used or new
my advice stick to the four-cylinder engine it's got plenty of
power plenty of that but if you're a speed demon go ahead and buy the v6 it's
got a lot more horsepower honda makes very good v6 engines do but of course
you're gonna get worse fuel economy there's twice as many moving parts and a
v6 as there isn't a straight floor so as they do wage repairs are gonna be more
expensive on a v6 then on a 4 cylinder now just like the competitors Camry
they got a lot of room and I'm they're a little bit sporty or inside the backs
got plenty of room yes cause the trunk it goes and goes and goes it's even got a
cute little portal so you can get inside okay you just have to get something for
the kids in the back open it up and there's the trunk
overall it's a very well-thought-out car and just like the Toyota Camry
hey they start every time then when you put them in gear they're pretty quiet
cars even those this one is dirty I have to say they're more stylish than the Camrys are and if
you really want a sports sedan get one with a standard transmission since they
sold so many millions of them here in the United States aftermarket parts of
good quality are also available parts don't cost a fortune to fix these things
if they do break down you can get radiators, air-conditioning
compressors, starters lots of quality parts and a reasonable price far away
from the Honda dealer because there's a lot of them out there millions and
millions a lot of people still own them for decades hundreds and hundreds of
thousands of miles so there's a really good aftermarket form I've had dozens of
customers with Honda Accords and I never had one of those customers end up saying
oh that was a lament they were all either extremely happy with the car or
satisfied with the quality of what they got for what they paid and as you can
see when you step on the gas they get up and go if I wanted a fast driving
cornering car I'd prefer an accord to a Camry and yes as I mentioned before
Honda's had problems over the years with their automatic transmissions but
realize Honda designs its own transmissions they almost always perfect
their imperfections they don't show the baby out with the bathwater like say
Chrysler Fiat Chrysler they're always trying different transmissions in their
cars somebody makes it does another company makes it does another company
makes it and then yet another company makes their transmission just keeps
throwing the designs aware and saying oh let's try this new one and then you got
problems new technology generally always has faults and yes Honda's had some
problems with oil dilution in their modern turbocharged GDI gasoline engines
see how I'm does work I'm sure they'll figure that out and it won't have in the
future there I blame a modern trend of all manufacturers going to smaller and
smaller engines putting gasoline direct engine throwing a turbocharger on to get
a lot of power out of a tiny engine yes they're gonna wear out faster yes
they're gonna have problems like gasoline making it past the piston rings
getting into the oil diluting it and causing excess of engine wear so in this
respect if you're buying say a 2020 Honda Accord I would say don't buy the
1.5 liter buy the 2-liter engine so far it's had no problems with oil
dilution realize that sometimes you can go too small you want a sporty sedan you
don't want to get one with the smallest engine hey a 2-liter engine isn't a
gigantic engine but it's got a lot more power
last longer odds are it's gonna have the less problems in the long run so now you
know a little bit more about Honda accords a long series of sports sedans and it's
pretty much been perfected over time the Japanese way you want something that has
a nice history behind it but there upgrade that but they do it gradually
and they rarely have problems they're a fun vehicle to drive there's always that
fun factor when you combine fun with reliability hey you can't beat that, so
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