2004 Honda Accord Type S from South Africa - Comments

Nothing.

The engine has no torque; you have to rev it to the redline all the time.

Heavy fuel consumption.

Reliable car, but horrible to drive.

Comfortable to sit in, but not a drivers car.

Poor resale value.

Not recommended, buy German; BMW, Audi or Mercedes.

I disagree with you. In the US, Honda is always one of the top resale value manufacturers. Good reliability. I have owned 2 Hondas and I am very happy with my purchases. Honda might not be flashy/showy cars, like German manufacturers. However, German brands such as Mercedes, BMW, Audi and etc... are over priced and simply over rated. Plus reliability is always poor. If I have a lot of money, I will (for sure) consider buying Germans, but also consider, Lexus, Acura and Infiniti because they are very nice cars as Mercedes, etc...

"I disagree with you. In the US, Honda is always one of the top resale value manufacture. Good reliability."

I disagree with YOU. If you factor in the outrageous sale price of Hondas, you LOSE more on a Honda in three years than on most domestics. I ran the figures for a friend who was looking for a car last year. Based on purchase price and resale value after 3 years, he was $1500 better off buying a comparably equipped Ford Focus than a Honda Civic. He bought the Focus and loves it.

As for reliability, putting in a new transmission every 30,000 miles on the Honda gets tiresome. Our Honda was retired to a junk yard with less than 100,000 miles on it. A number of our domestics have gone 3 times that far with less than $500 in total repairs.

Worse resale ever for us was. A 2002 Acura TL Type S with 40000 miles. We got less than a third of price new. We had trans replacements that hurt us at resale time, showing them on Carfax issues. Took a beating, pretty black and garage kept, but it showed on the Carfax report

Resale values are highly subjective. If you sell a vehicle yourself, you always come out far better than the ridiculous wholesale prices offered by dealers. Dealers give virtually nothing regardless of what you are trading. Our best return on a vehicle was an absolutely immaculate Dodge truck that was sold after 5 years for 90% of the original purchase price. The worst was a Honda.