Faults:

Nothing ever went wrong with the car! It was the best car I have ever owned in my life.

General Comments:

It only required regular maintenance.

Incredibly economical. Best mpg was 35.7 at around if speed kept under 70 mph.

Fabulous seats with lumbar support and great lateral support too.

Quiet, good handling and drop dead reliability.

I moved to Germany when the car was already almost ten years old. I then began to abuse the car regularly on the autobahn.

For about 70000 miles I drove it very hard. (from 116000 to almost 176000 miles.) Even with it's age and high mileage, it never failed me in spite of repeated long trips at speeds where I routinely buried the speedometer at 130 mph.

It was adequately powered and still very economical. It had a 16 gallon tank and so had a range of 560 miles on one tank of gas!

I'd still have it if an idiot hadn't wrecked it.

Faults:

Engine oil leaks fixed three times in 150000 kms. Leather seats is getting ripped off.Driver's side power window module failure.

General Comments:

Amazing handling, more than 800km per tank on a trip to Philadelphia, Just an amazing reliability.

Faults:

Lower ball joints seem to wear out easily.

The brakes seem undersized for the performance of the car.

Oil pan leaks a little, along with the rear seal.

General Comments:

At 193,000 plus miles, the engine and transmission seem to be in perfect running condition.

The power steering that self adjusts to road speed, takes awhile to get used to.

Seats are somewhat firm, but OK, lot's of visibility in general. And a great highway high speed cruiser.

Faults:

The rack and pinion needed replaced, several mufflers and exhaust components have been replaced. Rust is a major problem on the rear quarter-panels. I just had to redo the transmission and clutch. The power window motor burned out and I have a power steering leak.

General Comments:

Despite the problems I love this sport coupe and am in the process of restoring it.

Faults:

The original alternator finally went bad in the early part of 2002 161000 miles.

Original Distributer cap cracked at 163000 miles.

I have had to replace one CV joint on the drivers side.

Original clutch starting to slip at 165,320 miles. That's pretty good.

General Comments:

This car has been amazing. Things break on cars so that's just a part of life. Every thing that has gone bad on this car has made it well beyond the 160,000 mile mark and I don't know another car that could have made it this long. Over all The 1989 Honda accord is selling for cheap and will last you a life time.

Faults:

Split CV boot.

Driver's power window stopped working.

Several coolant problems: replaced thermosensor (for fan) twice, and had some kind of coolant manifold split and leak (may have been my fault from putting in double-diluted antifreeze and corroding the system).

Front seat side bolstering torn internally, leaving wire bars against fabric. Upholstery still intact. May not be a problem if you're less fat than I am.

Battery died.

Headlights replaced twice (they seem to have a very fixed service life: both times, one headlight died, then its twin died within a couple of weeks).

Radio broke.

General Comments:

I bought this car new in 1989, and it served me well for thirteen years. Aside from routine maintenance (including two timing belt replacements), the only money I spent on the car is listed above, and comes to about $2000, nearly all of it in the last couple of years.

I didn't rate dealer service, because I never visited the dealer after buying the car. The car buying experience was OK.

I sometimes wish I had spent the extra money and bought the fuel-injected model, but that is my only regret with the car. The manual transmission is delightful, and with regular maintenance, 200,000 miles on the engine is no stretch at all.