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@hughezee Darn, too far north for me. I'm in Dorset! Shame. I rather like the description in one of your testimonials: Stu is like an "Ed China"....he knows everything about everything about our beloved Hondas... @Mangoman Maybe I'm just lucky like that. Shame I'm not lucky in selling my '92 Accord Aerodeck! By the way, your username is familiar, have I seen you on other owners forums?

@Retsof G Heheh. 7 cars run as economically as possible! They're very rarely all on the road at the same time! @hughezee Something I've spotted while browsing the forum is that you offer some parts or repairs - certainly the announcement at the top of the forum would imply this. Is there a thread somewhere showing what you do?

@Retsof G - If the exact right car came up at the right price then I'd take it and worry about selling my other cars later. But it would have to be exactly the right car! Between me and my father we have 7 cars so I'm not in a hurry to buy. @timberwolf - I do worry about the auto box as in my experience of other auto cars, *none* of them have *ever* had a transmission fluid change. Ever. Including a Camry which hadn't had one in over 200,000 miles. But if the service history indicates it's been done regularly and the fluid's a good colour, then I'll take that as a good sign! @hughezee - I'm definitely going to take a look for an oil cooler and filter, thanks. So now it's a bit of a waiting game on many fronts - to sell one or two of my existing cars and to find the right Accord!

Interesting to read other members' views. I've only once bought a car without researching it to some degree first. I want to know the model's history, its positives and its negatives. I want to know what it does well and what I'm going to need to spend on. Owners forums are an absolute godsend which is why I'm here now. MPG is important to some degree - I have to be able to afford to run whatever car I buy, and so far I've been lucky. My FTO gets 25-30mpg, same as the Accord. I had a CRX before that which would get 40mpg which was superb! I don't ask for very high fuel economy, but I do have a bottom limit to what I can afford to run. Certainly I think the Accord Coupe is within my reach. I've seen the blue one one for sale, but I rather fancy a green one. There are two for sale that I can find, one looks good but needs bodywork, and the other looks like it's had a bit of a hard life. Plus from reading here I'm narrowing my requirements - I'd really like a 2001-2 with the last revision of the transmission. I like my cars relatively stock, and I'm no boy racer (any more!) but I think an oil cooler, slightly lowered suspension, a gold badge and some decent alloys wouldn't go amiss. And a good, through service asap. And I agree, the twin exhaust looks superb! Questions - how big of a job is the cambelt, and what are the speakers like? (The head unit isn't a concern, I have a vintage flip-front Kenwood I'll drop in).

@BN Coupe Can you give numbers for your MPG? My LS430 usually sits somewhere between 23 and 28mpg depending on the kind of driving I'm doing - I don't usually use this car for short journeys or journeys where I know I'll be in traffic for most of the journey. @hughezee Thanks for the info on sports mode. Looks like I need to find one with mk3 transmission for the best performance, reliability (assuming good service history) and economy. I like the numbers you've quoted; that's more than enough for me. Is there a thread about your cooler/filter? Did you have to tell your insurance? Anyone want to buy my 1993 Accord Aerodeck?

Thanks for the welcome, guys. I'm surprised at the lack of a Sports/Overdrive button. Excepting my '86 Accord, every Japanese auto I've had has had one, even the Lexus. It's very useful when I want to turn the overdrive off for instant power; pre-empting an overtake, for example. I know I can drop it into D3 to force it to shift down, but I've just got used to using the sports/overdrive button. Also useful for a bit of engine braking. (As an aside, the Sports, or correctly named, "Power" button on the Lexus changes the profile of the gearbox - it downshifts sooner and easier and holds on to gears for longer. If I drop it from "Drive" into "4", then the overdrive is off and it takes off like a bat out of hell. Combine with "sports" suspension mode for even more fun! With sports off, it sets the car up for cruising / comfort driving and doesn't like downshifting unless it really has to. Completely transforms the car). The question about the manual box was me musing about a manual conversion if I ended up with a car with a bad auto box. Question about the sports mode - Googling hasn't really helped me here, and aside from a few mentions on here, there's not much more to be found. Is it a genuine sports mode, or is it the car being more responsive and powerful because of the higher octane fuel? If it's a change in how the ECU allows the car to perform, then does it hit the MPG? Speaking of MPG, what can I expect? Obviously it depends on how it's driven; I tend to drive pretty calmly but I do enjoy a heavy right foot when conditions allow. Late 20ies?

Hello! New member here. I've been considering buying a V6 Accord Coupe. I'll be coming to the Accord from a '95 Mitsubishi FTO, a '93 Accord Aerodeck (which I am trying to sell!) and a Lexus LS430. I've spent some time reading on this and other forums and I think I'm pretty well versed in the transmission problems that affect the Accord Coupe. While I'm looking, would I be correct in thinking that if the car: - has a good service history that indicates the ATF has been changed on schedule, and it's a good colour, then I should be ok as long as I stick to the schedule? - doesn't show in the history that it's been changed, but it's not a bad colour, I should be ok but would be advised to change it at the next service? And if there's no indication in the history that it's been changed and it's not a good colour, I'd be either best off avoiding it, or doing a series of part-changes of the fluid over a few hundred miles until it's a good colour? Worst case, if I end up buying a car with a "bad" box, I can get it rebuilt (presumably along with the torque converter) and that should sort it? I intend on test driving any car I buy until it's hot so I can check the box is in good working order. I'm not looking to buy immediately - I need to sell one, possibly two cars, before I can buy! Couple of questions: - Is there an overdrive / sports button? - Has anyone done a manual conversion?