2005 Accord ... Should I?

hunkman wrote:
> My advice is to take a serious look at the new GM models for a few
> reasons: Honda quality is in a uncontrollable spin due to high
volume
> requirements, GM has been topping quality lists lately, not the
> Japanese makers, Honda insurance rates are skyrocketing due to the
> teens with the civics, GM fuel mileage tends to be better than Accord
> (Malibu, even Impala beats it - both nice cars). Right now GM, not
> Honda is near the top of the quality satisfaction rating. In luxury
> markets this translates to Cadillac stealing top three spots over
> Lexus! Check it out for yourself: http://www.jdpowers.com

Hardly. Caddies are earning good reputations right now, but after a
few years the bells & whistles will start to break as usual. This is
not the price point that was being discussed, in any case. The Buick
Century was turning into quite a reliable car; GM corrected that error
by redesigning or killing it in the last year or so. I forget which.

GM is ****, populated by engineers who are really just bean counters.
There is, and will be, no comparison between a GM (Cadillac or
otherwise) and an Accord after 8 or 10 years of use.

JM

On 5 Feb 2005 13:42:00 -0800, (hunkman) wrote:

>My advice is to take a serious look at the new GM models for a few
>reasons: Honda quality is in a uncontrollable spin due to high volume
>requirements, GM has been topping quality lists lately, not the
>Japanese makers, Honda insurance rates are skyrocketing due to the
>teens with the civics, GM fuel mileage tends to be better than Accord
>(Malibu, even Impala beats it - both nice cars). Right now GM, not
>Honda is near the top of the quality satisfaction rating. In luxury
>markets this translates to Cadillac stealing top three spots over
>Lexus! Check it out for yourself: http://www.jdpowers.com

I hear that the number of defective Oldsmobiles is way down.

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>DaveR > wrote in message >...
>> 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).
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>> 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?