DaveR wrote:
> My lease is nearly up on my 2002 Accord. I've been leasing accords
for
> 8 years now. But this last one had some issues ... it needed a new
> transmission (and even the new one is showing some early symptoms of
> trouble). The brakes also wore down at about 25K, earlier than any
> other Accord I have owned (though I can't be sure it wasn't my
> driving).
>
> I've been a loyal Accord driver for many years ... any reason not to
> consider the 2005 model? Has Honda finally fixed the Accord
> transmission problems?

The early pad wear (on the rears) is a common complaint with the
current model, but partially is determined by driver habits. On the
other hand, it's easy to fix and the dealer has to make money from
something. Just another small part of car ownership. I had an '90
Integra that made it 105,000 miles on all the original pads, though.
Nice. My gf (now wife) also had a '90 Integra, but she burned through
pads every 30,000.

They've probably got the tranny problem licked too. Reportedly the
2006 mid-model change will revise quite a bit of the exterior -- that
would dampen my interest somewhat, but if your lease is up, ya gotta do
something regardless.

JM