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#14 of 39 Re: yeah, what he said! ;-) [tallman1] by fezo

Feb 01, 2011 (4:59 pm)

Replying to: tallman1 (Feb 01, 2011 2:04 pm)
Gee, makes my 00 Accord EX a rare and no doubt desirable car....

#15 of 39 Re: yeah, what he said! ;-) [fezo] by tallman1

Feb 01, 2011 (6:11 pm)

Replying to: fezo (Feb 01, 2011 4:59 pm)
The EX is still available in a stick but not if you want leather seats (EX-L). And the only way to get a V6 with a stick is to buy a coupe. So sad.
 
I have an 06 EX-L w/navi... very rare.

#16 of 39 Re: yeah, what he said! ;-) [tallman1] by fezo

Feb 01, 2011 (6:45 pm)

Replying to: tallman1 (Feb 01, 2011 6:11 pm)
You have a sedan with a 6 and a stick? I'm jealous!
 
When we bought that 00 Accord we wanted a stick and a sunroof. The EX was the only model with that and included four wheel discs as well. It's up somewhere in the 200k range. My daughter is driving it these days.

#17 of 39 Re: yeah, what he said! ;-) [fezo] by tallman1

Feb 01, 2011 (9:25 pm)

Replying to: fezo (Feb 01, 2011 6:45 pm)
No, I have an I4 with a stick. The model year was 06.
 
Old Accords are great. My son has my old 95 EX with a manual. I think it has about 230k now.

#18 of 39 Re: yeah, what he said! ;-) [tallman1] by fezo

Feb 02, 2011 (8:18 am)

Replying to: tallman1 (Feb 01, 2011 9:25 pm)
Ah! There were a couple of years where you could get a V6 sedan with a manual but they didn't sell at all. I'd have grabbed one if I was in the market at the time.
 
oh, yeah, old Accords are wonderful. My first was an 80 sedan. That funky green that they liked back then.

#19 of 39 Re: yeah, what he said! ;-) [fezo] by tallman1

Feb 02, 2011 (10:46 am)

Replying to: fezo (Feb 02, 2011 8:18 am)
I had some good friends who had one of those green Accords from the 80's. I hated that color. IIRC, the interior was just as green.
 
Honda is putting its money on VCM in the current generation V6 sedan. I don't know if that excludes manuals automatically but that's what they are going with. The coupe doesn't have VCM so the stick is still an option there. Interestingly enough, there is no price break if you get the stick on the V6 coupe but there is on the I4.

#20 of 39 Re: yeah, what he said! ;-) [tallman1] by fezo

Feb 02, 2011 (10:53 am)

Replying to: tallman1 (Feb 02, 2011 10:46 am)
Indeed it had an interior that same green. Looks silly now but at the time I liked it enough. In that same time frame they had a light blue, a tan and a dark red. Since I was buying used and a 4 door Accord was what I wanted I had to go with what it was or wait out another one.
 
Our second Accord, a second generation was a dark blue which was much nicer. I'm betting I'd have gotten 200K out of that one if some old guy hadn't run a stop sign and t-boned me back in 1992. My wife still talks about that car - very fondly.

#21 of 39 Re: yeah, what he said! ;-) [tallman1] by gimmestdtranny

Feb 02, 2011 (11:06 am)

Replying to: tallman1 (Feb 02, 2011 10:46 am)
" Interestingly enough, there is no price break if you get the stick on the V6 coupe but there is on the I4."
 
Are they both 6 speeds? If so, then might be optioned a bit differently? They play around sometimes and you're not suppose to notice.
 
I guess we can now officially refer to the good ol' days of the past.

#22 of 39 Re: yeah, what he said! ;-) [gimmestdtranny] by tallman1

Feb 02, 2011 (11:24 am)

Replying to: gimmestdtranny (Feb 02, 2011 11:06 am)
Are they both 6 speeds? If so, then might be optioned a bit differently? They play around sometimes and you're not suppose to notice.
 
The stick is 6 speeds w/o VCM, the manual is 5 with VCM. Other options are the same. Of course, even at the same price, the manual would be my choice.

#23 of 39 Re: yeah, what he said! ;-) [tallman1] by gimmestdtranny

Feb 02, 2011 (12:04 pm)

Replying to: tallman1 (Feb 02, 2011 11:24 am)
What is VCM? When you said stick, were you referring to the auto? I only ask cuz you said the 5 sp is manual. Sorry I am not up to speed with new Hondas.

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