Nothing- Car had been great from day 1- all I have done so far is change the oil at 6700 miles.
Car is great. I have the 4 cylinder with 160 hp and it accelerates really nice- The 5 Speed automatic is as smooth as silk. Great ergonomics. The car comes loaded with 6 disk in dash cd player, 4 wheel disk brakes, brake force distribution. I got the leather option, with navigation system and XM radio- wish honda gave you a choice- would rather have Sirius- although I hear that they are merging so maybe I will be able to listen to Howard Stern again soon. The engine is the 2.4 liter inline 4 and is really smooth- although at times when you turn on the ac you will feel and hear a certain shudder- supposedly that is normal with these cars- not a major deal breaker, but just there. Car is seriously comfortable drove to Virginia and Florida on separate vacations and no major ergonomic issues or discomfort. Seats are great- they came heated- Only caveat is the paint- Whatever you do get a bra- the paint chips really easily from road debris.
Hello.
I am looking to replace my Audi A6 next spring (nothing wrong with it - 130,000 miles and doing fine. Just can't hack premium gas and 22 mpg on my 75 mile round trip commute) and am seriously looking at the Accord coupe. Can I ask what your mileage has been in real world driving? I like the idea of 34 mpg hwy (claimed) with the 4 banger, but just wanted to hear from someone who is living with the car.
I also understand Honda is going to introduce a new model for the Accord coupe in '08, so another reason to see what they come up with, although I'm not sure yet if they'll offer the 4 cyl. motor in the '08.
The car gets about 25 mpg combined city/highway in real world driving. If you drive on the highway regularly your mileage will be at least 30mpg real world driving.
The government hosts this web site where drivers can record what real world MPG they get with their cars ("shared MPG estimates") :
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/mpg/MPG.do?action=browseList.
Since every person submitting data isn't a scientist or engineer they may not calculate correctly, and they drive differently, so the numbers vary. But if you look over 15-25 numbers you can get an idea.
My accord paint is also deteriorating du to the debris from the roads.
Honda, Toyota and Scion (a Toyota subsidiary) all seem to have major problems with poor paint and paint that easily peels. Having clear coat sprayed on does NOT help, as it is the underlying factory paint that flakes off, and the clear coat simply flakes off with it in many cases.
I live in the UK, and have a UK-spec Accord Executive with a diesel engine, which gives me about 48mpg on average. And I need it, since diesel costs me £1.07 for a UK gallon, which equates to about $9. Unleaded petrol is about £1.04 a gallon.
Won't be long until these prices appear on pumps in the USA, time for you guys to start thinking about getting more economical cars... and I can recommend the Accord diesel, but is it even available in the USA?
Unfortunately Honda has not yet released a diesel vehicle of any kind here in the U.S., but they apparently have plans to offer the North American Accord with one, starting with the 2009 model year.
From what I understand, the diesel Accord's release has been delayed by difficulties in meeting newer U.S. emission standards for diesel engines. If not already, Honda will likely have these problems overcome, shortly, I expect.
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