2008 Honda Accord EX from North America - Comments

"I do not plan on any more issues with new Hondas."

Me either. After our last Honda totally disintegrated right after the puny warranty expired, we switched to Ford and GM. I DEFINITELY don't plan on any more problems with Honda!!

These comments have strayed far from the original review here.

Now it has turned into a debate about the "million mile club".

please, enough is enough - what's next with you guys, a debate about the "mile high club"?

Get back to car reviews, please.

I see in car shows many great old domestic restored trucks that still have great frames, sheet metal that will last many generations. The flimsy import trucks I have seen have severe rusting and not worthy of engine transplants etc. when they commence burning and losing oil.

I just bought a 1998 Corvette C5 Convertible; great drivetrain, fun to drive, bulletproof drivetrain that is like new and just won my first car show in it. I am averaging 21 MPG on my dash display with 28-30 MPG on trips. Pretty astounding with 365 HP on tap... actually closer to 400 with intake change and new stainless exhaust.

I am a big fan of the newest Chevrolet V8's in my Silverado and SUV as well. The SUV gets the worse mileage and the highest insurance rates out of the bunch. The Corvette is now actually the economy car of the 3... on a trip not much less than a Civic!

Insurance $700 a year, no accidents, points, being older and all the safety features. The overdrive barely idles at the limit. I am taking it to Bowling Green to see if the masses there are complaining driving all the newer and older Corvettes from Chevrolet.

I love driving and have never become complacent, focusing on owning nicer driving, fun to own and great durable models. I like the 100,000 mile warranty on new models, and expect little issues if any on my 11 year old well maintained one.

Here's a more personal take on how buying Japanese cars hurts U.S. citizens. This is a direct quote taken from today's (July 21, 2009) edition of USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/2009-07-20-gmtown_N.htm

"April and Rick Allison lost their jobs stamping out doors and other car parts. They plan to leave to find work.

Their departure means their landlord, Angelo Sorrenti is worried about HIS business, so he's holding off on buying a new truck.

That hurts Graham's Auto Mall, which has laid off sales manager Steve Brown.

Now Brown can't make his regular contribution to the United Way.

The United Way has reduced donations to charities such as Friendly House's after-school and summer program for low income children.

Friendly House is increasing its summer day camp fees. single mom Pamela Hall worries if that keeps up, her 9-year-old daughter Courtney will have to stay home."

This is the THIRD such article about a U.S. owned car plant closing in a major newspaper in the past 7 days. Now what was that about "It doesn't matter if you buy a Japanese car?" I bet it matters to THESE PEOPLE.

I'm sorry these people have lost their jobs. However, when I am making a long-term purchase, I must consider what is best for my pocketbook, not Rick Allison or anyone else's employment status. Sorry. Nice try.

It's a very sad comment on our country when our own citizens brazenly say "I don't care about anyone else, I'm paying $5000 more for an inferior product" and deliberately put our own workers out of work. Enjoy your Honda while it lasts. My Ford will be running for hundreds of thousands of miles after the Honda you sent your money to Japan for is rusting in a junk yard.

10:31 please read the previous comment once again. You commented on only 1 affected and I maintain somewhere you may be affected as well. It may not seem at all significant that you bought a new import. Right now any high ticket order lost for any import product in this economy is a loss.

I wish everyone in America to prosper. Having that attitude enabled me to attain frequent raises, promotions, not ever being downsized and my full pension, employer matching, stock etc. You can buy whatever you want and not have to overextend yourself with housing etc. If you are young today, later you may wish otherwise, and if your 401K alone is enough for you alone, great. I feel bad for many that are affected and may have to work til 75.

If your employer is reducing employees, giving unpaid furlough, required absences, reducing your benefits and eliminating pensions, it's time to reduce 700,000 jobs lost a month.

I bought new domestics came from a time when I made good income for many years and will continue from keeping my employer profitable. I remember in my town there were only a few new car dealers, no internet shopping and everyone locally benefited. The standard of living was good and most were living well. There were also a few used car lots and I mainly ordered new cars and waited. I could live not pulling any internet sale from my town 300 miles away. If you wanted any appliance, you went to a local store. They also serviced them in house. They were repairable not throwaways from mass merchants or internet. There were 2 vacuum models in a store, a Hoover and a Eureka, the rest door to door then. Now there are 50 brands.

Drive around and see all the local industry lost. You could work one company that prospered and retire with a pension. Now it's fast, cheap and immediate. I am wrapping up now with my work career. I may not be around in 30 years to see if my theory proves true. If you think your major import purchase does not matter in this stagnant economy... way it out when you retire. I say it does matter.

"It's a very sad comment on our country when our own citizens brazenly say "I don't care about anyone else, I'm paying $5000 more for an inferior product" and deliberately put our own workers out of work. Enjoy your Honda while it lasts. My Ford will be running for hundreds of thousands of miles after the Honda you sent your money to Japan for is rusting in a junk yard."

Please do not misinterpret what others are saying. When or IF I pay $5000 more for a product, it has always been superior. These companies are putting themselves out of work, not the consumer, so I do not feel bad. That Ford of yours can be totaled so you do not know how many miles it will run. Our 1991 Honda lasted 301K before my daughter who had taken it to college let it run slap out of oil. Otherwise, it'd still be on the road. My 1987 Nissan Maxima enjoyed 353K miles until being totaled. My 1996 GMC pickup lasted 225K miles under my ownership. However, you can best believe it was having problems LONG before that. The last 55K or so miles were nothing but trouble, and for some reason even I fail to understand, I kept hanging onto a vehicle that was falling apart as it was on the highway.

I can see using an unemployment benefit from your domestic employer that is losing prosperity to pay for a new small import. Quality also mean quality of life... thousands are really struggling and the standard of living is being reduced it seems. It's not just the automotive industry, it's throughout the system. My library is open 3 days a week now... our mailman even complained today about upcoming cutbacks. They do not make cars... but they buy vehicles, buy electric etc.

Drive a new small import... it may be one day that you pull into your domestic employer that pays you wages with some news that will not be very welcome. It has happened already to many members of my family far removed from any apparent automotive industry. I maintain buying and not caring has an impact in 2009... losses that may never return.

I will spend my hard earned money in the way that best serves my family, nobody has the right to tell me otherwise.

I drive a Jeep, but if I chose to drive an import, that is my right as an American.

Some want to preserve quality of life and decent standard of living. That's a right as well but requires a group effort. Not an individual choice I got fed up on being burned having low resale over carfax reporting all my major import repairs. My right was to quit buying so left.

Agreed 100%. I have NEVER had a costly repair with an import, with my 1987 or my 2004. The 1987 was perfect for over twenty years.

"I drive a Jeep, but if I chose to drive an import, that is my right as an American."

This is true. Just as it is your right as an American to walk by a starving child, look out your window and watch your neighbors being evicted because their domestic auto-related jobs were lost, or root for another country to invade us. We have lots of freedoms. Some are hurting us.

I took another friend who drives an Accord out today to test drive a new 2010 Fusion. While riding with him I explained how buying domestics helps 90% of our citizens in auto related jobs in the U.S., and how buying a Honda, Toyota or Nissan helps only 10% or so of that same group. He had no idea, and thanked me for sharing the truth with him. Like most Americans he had been brainwashed with the line that "Honda is made here" without ever being told just how FEW people they actually employ. He is trading for a beautiful red Fusion SEL V-6. He said it makes his Accord feel like driving a tin can. I have to agree.

19:20.

Everything you say may be true. Then again it may not be. However, I must make purchases I feel are wise at the present time. I cannot live today counting on retiring in 30 years or even being alive for that matter. If I have had better luck with imports and you have better luck with domestics, let it be. Please do not try to direct where I should spend my money.