# Why I love the Honda Accord **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 13, 2002, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-love-the-honda-accord/108838 "2002-05-13T17:08:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-love-the-honda-accord/108838/21 "2002-05-15T15:53:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LolaBaby \* > \*\*Honda=Acura \*\* > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Kru-baby_ > \*\*I bought an Acura (which is a Honda) \*\* Thanks everyone for the heads-up. ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-love-the-honda-accord/108838/22 "2002-05-15T16:48:45Z")
This thread makes me feel so good. I inherited my mom’s 1991 Accord last year, with 107,000+ miles on it. It shakes a bit when you put it in reverse, and last month one of the rear lights burned out, but other than that, it’s fine. I was actually getting worried about it being in such good shape at its age. ("Cars aren’t supposed to last this long, right? It’s going to die any minute, isn’t it? _Isn’t it???_ 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-love-the-honda-accord/108838/23 "2002-05-15T17:41:07Z")
I have a 1992 Honda Civic with 119,000 miles, that is still running fine, but has some exterior damage that I never took care of. BTW…it’s for sale if anyone wants it. I haven’t driven it hardly at all (like 20 miles in the last 8 months), since I got my 2001 Nissan Sentra SE. It was a great little car…did tons of trips between here and Ohio, where my family lives. When I bought my new car, it came down to a new Civic LX or a Sentra SE…both about the same price, but I decided on the Sentra because it had a more powerful engine, a nicer interior, a better sound system, better handling, better brakes…in the end, as much as I wanted to stay with Honda, Nissan just offered me a lot more for the same price…and they make reliable cars too. Jman ---
**Author:** ![Danalan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@Danalan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danalan)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-love-the-honda-accord/108838/24 "2002-05-15T19:03:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by gallows fodder \* > \*\*I was actually getting worried about it being in such good shape at its age. ("Cars aren’t supposed to last this long, right? It’s going to die any minute, isn’t it? _Isn’t it???_ 🙂 ) \*\* I haven’t bought a car with less than 100,000 miles on it in 10 years. They just depreciate too quickly. I figure, if it made it this far, and it’s still in good shape, at least I know it’s not a lemon. Because it’s used, I can usually afford to either pay cash, or get a real short term loan on it. Once it’s paid off, I reduce the insurance coverage to just liability. I save literally thousands of dollars, so I can afford to just buy another car if I need to. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-love-the-honda-accord/108838.md?page=1)