[QUOTE="MJC"] I miss the Prelude, Integra type R and Acura CL coupe S type too. You can only buy what Honda now sells.( Wish I could afford a NSX or that the S2000 had a rear seat and useable trunk size ) For a thousand or two more than the price of a 2004 Acura TL you could buy a Infiniti G35 Coupe 6 speed with 280HP, rear wheel drive and a top speed of around 155 mph. I just decided I could make do with a less horsepower, less speed and could better use the 9 or 10 thousand dollars I'd be saving. You really do need to hear the exhaust note from the latest generation Accord Coupe V6 6speed. It has a nice exhaust growl in contrast to a run of the mill Accord auto V6 . It is not as agile as any of the previously mentioned cars or even as nimble as the 1998 Accord Coupe 4cyl 2.3 VTEC 5 speed I once owned. But for the buck it's a decent, quick, fun to drive ride. I'm just beginning to open it up and today I was rewarded by a pleasant tire chirp when I popped the clutch in second. Auto magazine articles say that it should run near mid 14 second quarter miles and I'm guessing top speed is in the 130 to 135 MPH range. The downside to the latest version of Accords is the awful design of the a/c heater controls. And also the build quality isn't on par with Acura or maybe even on par with the quality of the late 80's early 90's Honda's.[/QUOTE] Get the Nav system and the controls are voice activated. Design doesn't much matter.
