How many Hondas have you owned?

Howard · Nov 26, 2006

So, how many Hondas have you owned, and which ones would you like to
own?
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Very thought provoking, but here goes.

1971 CB750K1
1974 CB7504
1976 CR125 Elsinore
1983 Accord LX Hatch 5 spd
1986 Accord LX Sedan Auto
1982 Civic Sedan 5 spd
1984 Civic Wagon 2WD 5 spd
1990 Accord EX Sedan auto
1998 Odyssey LX
2000 Prelude 5 spd

I'd like to own an NSX, but too pricey!
Howard

Howard · Nov 26, 2006

So, how many Hondas have you owned, and which ones would you like to
own?
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Very thought provoking, but here goes.

1971 CB750K1
1974 CB7504
1976 CR125 Elsinore
1983 Accord LX Hatch 5 spd
1986 Accord LX Sedan Auto
1982 Civic Sedan 5 spd
1984 Civic Wagon 2WD 5 spd
1990 Accord EX Sedan auto
1998 Odyssey LX
2000 Prelude 5 spd

I'd like to own an NSX, but too pricey!
Howard

Dave Garrett · Nov 27, 2006

Dave Garrett wrote:
I've

I look at autotrader.com and cars .com. Any other sites i should visit?
bob
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autotrader.com is the only one I'm at all familiar with besides eBay.
I've heard other people recommend craigslist, if you have one available
that covers your area - you can see the areas covered in Ohio here:

http://geo.craigslist.org/iso/us/oh

Dave

Dave Garrett · Nov 27, 2006

Dave Garrett wrote:
I've

I look at autotrader.com and cars .com. Any other sites i should visit?
bob
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autotrader.com is the only one I'm at all familiar with besides eBay.
I've heard other people recommend craigslist, if you have one available
that covers your area - you can see the areas covered in Ohio here:

http://geo.craigslist.org/iso/us/oh

Dave

Dave Garrett · Nov 27, 2006

The CBX -- still amazing and the RC 166 ( and I think there was also a 266 6
cylinder) are technical achievements still amazing today.
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The RC174 was the other inline-6 - it had a 297cc engine and raced in
the 350cc class. Check out this article about a guy in the UK who built
a half-dozen exact replicas of the RC174 from scratch, each of which was
sold for close to $500,000!

http://www.motorcyclistonline.com/features/122_honda_rc174_six/

Dave

Dave Garrett · Nov 27, 2006

The CBX -- still amazing and the RC 166 ( and I think there was also a 266 6
cylinder) are technical achievements still amazing today.
Click to expand...

The RC174 was the other inline-6 - it had a 297cc engine and raced in
the 350cc class. Check out this article about a guy in the UK who built
a half-dozen exact replicas of the RC174 from scratch, each of which was
sold for close to $500,000!

http://www.motorcyclistonline.com/features/122_honda_rc174_six/

Dave

Dave Garrett · Nov 27, 2006

Was thinking of the GTV6, I drove the 4-cylinder Alfetta for seven
years, with reasonable reliability - and expensive scheduled service.
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One of my friends bought an Alfetta after I got my GTV6. The Alfettas
were more reliable than the GTV6s, but then again they'd had a lot more
time to develop the engine and transmission, so most of the major
engineering kinks had been worked out by the time the Alfetta came
around.

The Milano Saab-Alfas I never really looked at closely. Dad had a
Saab 93 back when, with the two-stroke engine and suicide doors, sort
of puts a shadow on the name to this day!
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I never could get past the Milano/164 styling, but they certainly had
good power. My local Alfa mechanic used to race a Milano in SCCA's SSGT
class, and it was a real rocket.

Dave

Dave Garrett · Nov 27, 2006

Was thinking of the GTV6, I drove the 4-cylinder Alfetta for seven
years, with reasonable reliability - and expensive scheduled service.
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One of my friends bought an Alfetta after I got my GTV6. The Alfettas
were more reliable than the GTV6s, but then again they'd had a lot more
time to develop the engine and transmission, so most of the major
engineering kinks had been worked out by the time the Alfetta came
around.

The Milano Saab-Alfas I never really looked at closely. Dad had a
Saab 93 back when, with the two-stroke engine and suicide doors, sort
of puts a shadow on the name to this day!
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I never could get past the Milano/164 styling, but they certainly had
good power. My local Alfa mechanic used to race a Milano in SCCA's SSGT
class, and it was a real rocket.

Dave

Joe LaVigne · Nov 27, 2006

Every time I go in for service at my local Honda dealer I look through the
lot and may find one Civic with a manual. Last Sat -- not a one.
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The dealers around here do not have a lot of civic's to begin with. There
are always a few, though, and about half seem to be manual, my guess being
that they probably move a bit more slowly.

There are also plenty of Accord's on the lot, and probably about 10-15% of
them are Manual...

Joe LaVigne · Nov 27, 2006

Every time I go in for service at my local Honda dealer I look through the
lot and may find one Civic with a manual. Last Sat -- not a one.
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The dealers around here do not have a lot of civic's to begin with. There
are always a few, though, and about half seem to be manual, my guess being
that they probably move a bit more slowly.

There are also plenty of Accord's on the lot, and probably about 10-15% of
them are Manual...

Andy & Carol · Nov 27, 2006

Dave Garrett said:

I recently got to thinking about the Hondas I've owned and how the cars
have changed over the years. When I bought my first one, Hondas had a
well-earned reputation for high reliability and economy coupled with
innovative engineering. I still have trouble believing that a top-of-
the-line Civic is now a $20K+ car - it wasn't that long ago that fully-
loaded Accords barely breached that price.

Hondas I've owned:

82 Prelude, bought in late 1986 to replace a '76 Plymouth Duster whose
frame had cracked. I'd gone to a few dealers hoping to find a clean
Civic 1500 S, but there were none to be had, and a salesman convinced me
to test-drive a Prelude instead. An uninsured driver drove right through
a red light in 1990, and I t-boned him at about 30mph, totaling my car
less than a month after I'd had the engine completely rebuilt.

83 Accord sedan - bought for $400 in 1992 when I was short of cash but
also needed a beater for the times when my usual two-wheeled transport
(another Honda, a CB750F) wouldn't suffice. The engine wouldn't rev
above 3000rpm without starting to stutter and then die completely. It
was fine on city streets, but was unsafe to drive on the freeway. Drove
it for about six months as it was and sold it for what I paid for it.

80 Accord sedan - bought in 1993 for $500 for my wife, as a short-term
replacement for her VW Rabbit that was totaled by yet another red-light-
running uninsured driver. I wish I still had this car - it was in that
distinctive shade of light metallic green that was a popular factory
paint color with Hondas then.

86 Accord LXi hatchback - bought in early 1995 for my wife. Owned until
2003 with the only major problem being a broken (5-speed manual)
transmission that required replacement with a rebuilt one. Still ran
well when we sold it, but the AC had quit working a couple of years
previously, and as it was 17 years old she decided she'd rather have a
newer vehicle with fewer maintenance issues.

90 CRX Si - bought in 1993 with roughly 20K miles on it. Still my daily
driver, with just over 126K miles now. Like the 86 Accord, at nearly 17
it's started to have an increasing number of age-related problems that
I'm either going to have to address soon or decide to buy a new car
(probable suspension rebuild, AC quit working a year ago, a couple of
patches of rust on the A-pillar and sunroof, some original rubber parts
decaying, and other cosmetic issues). My favorite out of all the Hondas
I've had.

99 Accord EX V6 sedan - bought in 2003 as a replacement for our 86
Accord. Just recently passed 90K miles, and hope to continue driving it
for many more years (keeping my fingers crossed on the well-known
transmission issues). Plenty of room, very comfortable in the European
sense (stiffer suspension than many other Japanese or American sedans),
more than adequate power for almost every situation.

Hondas I'd like to own: I'd really like to keep the CRX and completely
rebuild it into a serious weekend hot rod (suspension and braking
upgrades and an engine swap for a tuned, naturally-aspirated B-series
motor in the 250HP range). Replacing it for a daily driver would be a
new Fit Sport (the true successor to the older-generation Civics), but I
don't see that happening until the supply increases enough to where
they're commonplace on dealer lots and better deals are being made.

I'd also like to restore a 1st- or 2nd-gen Civic. These used to be
plentiful, but now you hardly ever see one on the street. And every time
I sit in an S2000, I want one, but then reality sets in after I remember
the price tag. Beautiful cars, but like the new Civics, I always start
thinking of what else I could get for the same amount of money or less.

So, how many Hondas have you owned, and which ones would you like to
own?

Dave
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1966 CB 90 MC
1973 CB 160 MC
1974 CB 350 MC
1979 CVCC Civic Hatchback
1996 Accord LX, now belongs to son
1996 Accord LX, daughter
1998 Accord LX self
2005 CRX brother
2006 Pilot, daughter
1995 Honda Helix brother
19?? Honda Reflex brother
2006 Honda Helix, my toy

All excellent products!!!!

Andy & Carol · Nov 27, 2006

Dave Garrett said:

I recently got to thinking about the Hondas I've owned and how the cars
have changed over the years. When I bought my first one, Hondas had a
well-earned reputation for high reliability and economy coupled with
innovative engineering. I still have trouble believing that a top-of-
the-line Civic is now a $20K+ car - it wasn't that long ago that fully-
loaded Accords barely breached that price.

Hondas I've owned:

82 Prelude, bought in late 1986 to replace a '76 Plymouth Duster whose
frame had cracked. I'd gone to a few dealers hoping to find a clean
Civic 1500 S, but there were none to be had, and a salesman convinced me
to test-drive a Prelude instead. An uninsured driver drove right through
a red light in 1990, and I t-boned him at about 30mph, totaling my car
less than a month after I'd had the engine completely rebuilt.

83 Accord sedan - bought for $400 in 1992 when I was short of cash but
also needed a beater for the times when my usual two-wheeled transport
(another Honda, a CB750F) wouldn't suffice. The engine wouldn't rev
above 3000rpm without starting to stutter and then die completely. It
was fine on city streets, but was unsafe to drive on the freeway. Drove
it for about six months as it was and sold it for what I paid for it.

80 Accord sedan - bought in 1993 for $500 for my wife, as a short-term
replacement for her VW Rabbit that was totaled by yet another red-light-
running uninsured driver. I wish I still had this car - it was in that
distinctive shade of light metallic green that was a popular factory
paint color with Hondas then.

86 Accord LXi hatchback - bought in early 1995 for my wife. Owned until
2003 with the only major problem being a broken (5-speed manual)
transmission that required replacement with a rebuilt one. Still ran
well when we sold it, but the AC had quit working a couple of years
previously, and as it was 17 years old she decided she'd rather have a
newer vehicle with fewer maintenance issues.

90 CRX Si - bought in 1993 with roughly 20K miles on it. Still my daily
driver, with just over 126K miles now. Like the 86 Accord, at nearly 17
it's started to have an increasing number of age-related problems that
I'm either going to have to address soon or decide to buy a new car
(probable suspension rebuild, AC quit working a year ago, a couple of
patches of rust on the A-pillar and sunroof, some original rubber parts
decaying, and other cosmetic issues). My favorite out of all the Hondas
I've had.

99 Accord EX V6 sedan - bought in 2003 as a replacement for our 86
Accord. Just recently passed 90K miles, and hope to continue driving it
for many more years (keeping my fingers crossed on the well-known
transmission issues). Plenty of room, very comfortable in the European
sense (stiffer suspension than many other Japanese or American sedans),
more than adequate power for almost every situation.

Hondas I'd like to own: I'd really like to keep the CRX and completely
rebuild it into a serious weekend hot rod (suspension and braking
upgrades and an engine swap for a tuned, naturally-aspirated B-series
motor in the 250HP range). Replacing it for a daily driver would be a
new Fit Sport (the true successor to the older-generation Civics), but I
don't see that happening until the supply increases enough to where
they're commonplace on dealer lots and better deals are being made.

I'd also like to restore a 1st- or 2nd-gen Civic. These used to be
plentiful, but now you hardly ever see one on the street. And every time
I sit in an S2000, I want one, but then reality sets in after I remember
the price tag. Beautiful cars, but like the new Civics, I always start
thinking of what else I could get for the same amount of money or less.

So, how many Hondas have you owned, and which ones would you like to
own?

Dave
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1966 CB 90 MC
1973 CB 160 MC
1974 CB 350 MC
1979 CVCC Civic Hatchback
1996 Accord LX, now belongs to son
1996 Accord LX, daughter
1998 Accord LX self
2005 CRX brother
2006 Pilot, daughter
1995 Honda Helix brother
19?? Honda Reflex brother
2006 Honda Helix, my toy

All excellent products!!!!

Netsock · Nov 27, 2006

1973 CT70 - still have today...licensed and road worthy.
1978 CB750 - sold in 1989.
1989 Nighthawk 650...totaled by some clown who pulled out in front of
me (I had a nasty knee/leg injury).
1990 XR500 - stolen in 1992...not insured, never recovered (grrrrrr).
1990 Accord - sold last year, after my youngest daughter went off to
school.
1992 VF 500 Interceptor - sold in 1994
1994 Accord - best car I ever owned...oldest daughter totaled it in
'05
1995 VFR 1000 - sold in 2000.
1998 Accord - sold in 2004.
2003 Acura TL-S - sitting in the garage right now

Netsock · Nov 27, 2006

1973 CT70 - still have today...licensed and road worthy.
1978 CB750 - sold in 1989.
1989 Nighthawk 650...totaled by some clown who pulled out in front of
me (I had a nasty knee/leg injury).
1990 XR500 - stolen in 1992...not insured, never recovered (grrrrrr).
1990 Accord - sold last year, after my youngest daughter went off to
school.
1992 VF 500 Interceptor - sold in 1994
1994 Accord - best car I ever owned...oldest daughter totaled it in
'05
1995 VFR 1000 - sold in 2000.
1998 Accord - sold in 2004.
2003 Acura TL-S - sitting in the garage right now

Netsock · Nov 27, 2006

Looks like it
had a US-style single red lamp for tail/brake/signal, no?
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Most likely, the rear fog lamp.

Netsock · Nov 27, 2006

Looks like it
had a US-style single red lamp for tail/brake/signal, no?
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Most likely, the rear fog lamp.

Netsock · Nov 27, 2006

1973 CT70 - still have today...licensed and road worthy.
1978 CB750 - sold in 1989.
1989 Nighthawk 650...totaled by some clown who pulled out in front of
me (I had a nasty knee/leg injury).
1990 XR500 - stolen in 1992...not insured, never recovered (grrrrrr).
1990 Accord - sold last year, after my youngest daughter went off to
school.
1992 VF 500 Interceptor - sold in 1994
1994 Accord - best car I ever owned...oldest daughter totaled it in
'05
1995 VFR 1000 - sold in 2000.
1998 Accord - sold in 2004.
2003 Acura TL-S - sitting in the garage right now
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Oh, and my wife's 2003 S2000 - Funest street legal car I have ever
driven.

Netsock · Nov 27, 2006

1973 CT70 - still have today...licensed and road worthy.
1978 CB750 - sold in 1989.
1989 Nighthawk 650...totaled by some clown who pulled out in front of
me (I had a nasty knee/leg injury).
1990 XR500 - stolen in 1992...not insured, never recovered (grrrrrr).
1990 Accord - sold last year, after my youngest daughter went off to
school.
1992 VF 500 Interceptor - sold in 1994
1994 Accord - best car I ever owned...oldest daughter totaled it in
'05
1995 VFR 1000 - sold in 2000.
1998 Accord - sold in 2004.
2003 Acura TL-S - sitting in the garage right now
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Oh, and my wife's 2003 S2000 - Funest street legal car I have ever
driven.

LakeGator · Nov 27, 2006

Hondas we have owned:

1986 Accord sedan LX-i 5 speed
1985 Accord hatchback auto - daughter's first car
1988 CRX-HF for daughter
1989 CRX-si for second daughter
1991 Civic sedan auto for wife
1995 Odyssey LX still used by wife
1996 Acura RL still used by daughter
1999 Accord sedan EX 5 speed still used by me
2000 Accord coupe auto still used by second daughter

All very good cars but the CRX-si was definitely the most fun of the
bunch.

LakeGator · Nov 27, 2006

Hondas we have owned:

1986 Accord sedan LX-i 5 speed
1985 Accord hatchback auto - daughter's first car
1988 CRX-HF for daughter
1989 CRX-si for second daughter
1991 Civic sedan auto for wife
1995 Odyssey LX still used by wife
1996 Acura RL still used by daughter
1999 Accord sedan EX 5 speed still used by me
2000 Accord coupe auto still used by second daughter

All very good cars but the CRX-si was definitely the most fun of the
bunch.

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