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Hello Tim, Fxtool, other HAH's owners and everybody: I finished 71% of my first gas tank at 340 miles today (mixed of highway and city driving, more driving in cities): My manually calculated MPG: 28.04355. Digital calculated MPG on dash: 29.2. When I took delivery of this HAH, I did not even care to test drive it. Just came to the dealer, signed the paperwork and drove my HAH away. Because I have owned so many Honda and was strongly convinced I would be very happy with every single detail of the HAH as I used to be happy with Honda autos and motorcyles in the last 40 years. Now, my assumption holds very true. Everyday is my Honda day (specifically Everyday is my HAH day). Everything from my HAH fits me real well and meets my best requirements and satisfaction. Its robust 255 true HP has been under my right foot sensitively. The steering wheel is so solid that I feel it really nice and precise inside my palms, the seats hug me real nice and comfortably. When it stops the engine is completely quiet that gives me a funny feeling when looking at other cars tiredly roaring and exhausting carbon monoxide. I love the real feeling at the HAH's gas engine with plenty of power yet the running engine is so quiet, very sensitive and so responsive. Handling is very precise. I got good road feel. It runs confidently and strongly with its real power with no efforts to beat any hills or tough road conditions. However, this early morning the weather was cold about 30 something, the NAVI. was a bit confused and it appeared not to take my voice commands to the radio channels very accurately. I am not sure on this. Must track on this issue before calling the dealership. Probably I will remove my parking sticker (on a piece of paper) I put on the rear dash under the rear windshield to see if the problem can be fixed that way. But, in the afternoon, on the way home, probably it is warmer, my voice commands to the radio were executed very accurately. Absolutely, no problems with the Navi. system. Likes: Everything inside and outside the HAH. Honda has never disappointed me so I have kept buying Accord after Accord from Honda. Love the 8 airbags, the powerful engine, good feeling with a great Accord V6, etc. Dislikes: High MSRP that I had to pay to the dealership to buy it. But, newly-introduced, hot, high performance and sophisticated HAH cannot be bought at cheap price for now. It is OK with me. My nephew bought a small Benz C class, 4 engines, 189 HP, with no NAVI at $35K something out the door. Now he plans to hire somebody to add in the Navi. Good luck to this young guy. The other young female friend just bought an Acura TL 2004, with no Navi. at $35K out the door. Good luck to her too. My wife got mad with me last night and copied (cat) somebody's curse at me:" You are so sick with cars why dont you sleep with cars? ". In fact, my HAH still smells brand-new. I love that "brand-new car aroma". Therefore, I can "sleep" inside it if I need to. My HAH is a real great piece of engineering and also a very nice piece of arts. I have been very happy with it for sure.
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Replying to: viet (Jan 12, 2005 7:22 pm) Your HAH sounds excellent , I am glad you are enjoying it. I am currenlty looking for a high mpg car with manual shift. I think the HAH would be my choice with a 5-speed or a wide ration 6-speed. It seems that Honda/Acura when going from 5-speed to 6-speed keeps the end ratios the same; I would rather have a very tall gear instead. Concerning your nephew's GPS an excellent aftermarket GPS is the Garmin 2610 or 2620. The 2610 is fully poratable and can go in any car. The 2620 has "dead reckoning" and requires profession installation. Again congratulations on your car. With your mileage, it sounds like you are still driving like you did before; that is good. Some hybrid owners seem to cahnge thier driving style dramatically after getting thier hybrid just to see how high of Mpg they can obtain. I myself am looking for a sphisticated high mpg commuter car. Thanks, MidCow |
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The HAH is a thrill and also a saving vehicle. My son always sneaks in my secret place to get my HAH's key to drive it ocasionally even though he gets his own new Accord V6 EX. I love my HAH and I do owe Honda engineers my great appreciation and my big thanks for their great intelligence and for their outstanding and innovative Honda automobiles. I met and talked at length with my specialist/ mechanic today. He insisted that the Accord V6 outscores the Camry V6, the Maxima and even the BMW 3 and may be BMW 5 series in terms of handling on hilly, winding highways, gas saving, "THE COMFORTABLE SEATS", acceleration, comfort, quality, low maintenance cost, durability, reliability, etc. One guy indicated that after he had sat on an Accord's driver seat and test drove it he felt so in love with the seat and bought that Accord immediately. All I can say the HAH is an agressive monster on the road. All it does is to accelerate and speed up real fast. If one wants a great sport car (disguised as an innocent sedan) instead of buying an epxensive Corvette or a Mustang GT, etc. the HAH may be his/ her good choice.
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Replying to: viet (Mar 26, 2005 9:50 pm) As far as the HAH being a performance car, it is definitely a league or 2 below the cars you mention. The HAH can certainly keep up with traffic, but unless you do some heavy modifications, you'll never see 1 at any sort of track. You can dream it is an aggressive monster, just like people dream their Highlander will eat up the Baja. Enjoy the car for what it is, a decent mid-size car that's good, (but not exceptional at that price) in many categories. |
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Replying to: viet (Mar 26, 2005 9:50 pm)
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Replying to: falconone (Mar 27, 2005 7:40 am) Performance Mileage Comfort/Space Handling Gizmos Style Price..not so much..
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Replying to: azhah (Mar 27, 2005 10:18 am) |
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Replying to: gagrice (Mar 27, 2005 10:58 am) |
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Replying to: viet (Mar 27, 2005 11:23 am) Have you had a chance to take any long cross country trips in your new HAH yet? Be sure and give us the rundown when you do.
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