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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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Replying to: gagrice (Mar 27, 2005 11:36 am) |
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Replying to: gagrice (Mar 27, 2005 11:36 am) I have had no complaints yet. I usually get the "ECO" light on most of the time even at low speed 40 MPH or so. It's Honda style. My mechanic confirmed with me one more time that Honda is pretty much easy on fuel consumption yet it delivers great performance. Its "thin" transmission is smoother than that of my kid's Accord 2002 V6 EX 200HP. 7th generation Accord is very nice. The HAH's 255 HP is really something that I care about. I paid a little bit expensive when it was first introduced but it's OK. I surely will buy another HAH in a year or a little bit longer if Honda will not introduce another model that suits my needs. I do need another new car in a year or so. I have never driven it on very long distance trips. But for 32 miles, 80% highway, trips I got 36.5 - 37 MPG easily. My 10 year old 200K miles Accord I4 still gets 27.5 MPG mixed driving (the EPA is 21 - 28) but it burns oil now so I bought another low mile VTEC engine and transmission to put in. Will drive it around for a year or so and buy another brand new...HAH again (I guess). Most men are extremely excited when buying new cars and "inhale" the new car "aroma". My mechanic told me yesterday most men are crazy about cars and...many of them are womanizing while most women are "insane" with shopping. It is my mechanic's point so please do not argue with me. |
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