Twenty-three months, your humble author has hardly anyone in this game auto-journo did - I went out and paid my own money to a fund vehicle mass market, middle-of-the-road. In just seven months, my 2014 Accord Coupe V6 6MT and I made twelve thousand miles. This spring, the pace I put miles on the big Honda slowed considerably as I have hijacked about 7,500 miles of journey to my motorcycle.
Other than an oil change and tire rotation imaginary, the Agreement does not require anything in 2015. Which brings us to January 2016, the 30,000-mile mark, a set of new shoes, and some long-term observations in style.
I bought snow tires for the first time in the winter of 00 when I realized that my new 330i Sport simply could not be operated even visible dusting of snow. In the years that followed, I put snow tires on everything from a Golf in a Phaeton to a S5 to a city car. There were two years when I did not run snow tires. The first was the winter of 2013/2014. My Town Car had ruined one of his Eagle Ultra Grips with misalignment. My friend Goodyear store that would order the replacement had some personal problems and tried to take his own life in December 2013. I am still waiting for him to get his act together, returning to work, and when I ordered my tire 'caught a Sonata in the door January
the second year that I did not run snow tires was last year, because we have a Z51 Tahoe (edit :. Z71 is, of course, Z51 is one of a Corvette) the fleet now and I drove the Agreement if the conditions were bad. I can not express how much I hate driving the Tahoe. It may be useful to collect Christmas gifts:
For me, however, the definition of "Christmas" is "one day, I do not have to drive a truck . "the seats in the Tahoe also have a way of poking me directly in various recently fractured bones Time to get snow tires for the Agreement I bypassed my old friend the Goodyear store -.. he never actually took his life set, losing his wife and children to divorce, then sink into chronic alcoholism - and ordered another winter package rack This time it is on wheels Dunlop Wintersports unnamed "Sport Edition" alloy They.. are clearly the Chinese garbage, but they are light and the rack was sold on steelies. We'll see how they do.
As I prepare to enter my third year with the Agreement, the I pleasant surprise to be already "equity" on the car. KBB think I could sell it for about twenty large, which is more than what I need. Needless to say, this was never the case with the different Phaetons and AMG Benzes and Land Rover littering my driveway throughout the first decade of the millennium
Another pleasant surprise. Nothing is broken. Never in my life have I had a German or Swedish car that was two full years without an unexpected trip to the dealer. The agreement shows no signs require extraordinary measures in the near future. It is always on platelets and original brake discs, although some racetracks journeys left their pretty wobbly. The service counter on the instrument panel calls for a third oil change. I'll skip tire rotation this time - it is on the snow now, and they do not actually perform the last time the service anyway -. Who will my total cost of service for this car somewhere in the range of $ 0 for 35,000 miles
Come spring, however, I will probably replace the three-season tires. Michelin Primacy MXM4 that was supplied as standard on 2014 Accords has considerable fanbase in the Agreement amateur community qu'équipement - many owners of the previous generation car replaced the OEM drivers with Michelin Primacys, leading Honda to provide standard in an impressive example instead of listening to customer demand - but they do not grip the shit. When the soil is wet, which is twice as true, the V-6 turn the tires into oblivion for unexpected situations such as "moderate gas, the second gear, 35 mph" and "up a significant slope." They also managed to find their almost wear bars to 30,000 miles. Look, I own a Porsche 993, the famous Toe Kinematics Miler 4000 Eater of the rear tires, so I understand that the rubber is not always. I not , however, think it is reasonable to obtain either high adhesion or reasonable wear a modern tire. Manage
The OEM wheels also cast aluminum around being both ugly and heavy, so if I have the money, I will share in some of OZ wheels or Enkei take part ahead of the four corners. Also potentially on the agenda: the RV6 J-pipe. Why? Well ...
... or his means, anyway.
As time passes, I feel better and better about your choice of two doors Agreement on four V-6 manual doors that did not exist anyway or four-door Sport Accord which is a wonderful car and perfect for all needs. To begin, the longer doors were very helpful to me as I had a sort of fracture or ligament injury for about six twenty-three months I am the owner of the car. My son, who is six and a half years, and slightly over four feet tall, clambers in and out without difficulty. I had a few different full-sized adults in the back with said progeny for trips of up to four hours without diffculty. I see no reason to buy the sedan, unless you regularly traveling four up.
The V-6, as well, has proven to be completely satisfactory. It has enough power to operate independently of traffic and it appeared about 110 mph with a lot of force (pun intended), which is what I'll do on public roads in my mid-40s unless I my Interceptor or behind the wheel of my fuel economy by 993. mixed use continues to hover in the range of 24-26 mpg; on the highway, it can make a constant 30. It sounds good and, as is always the case, the joy of more than enough power worth the extra expense.
What not I like the cut Marysville built? Well, the paint quality leaves much to be desired, but as a former entrepreneur Honda I knew to go to a variety of reasons, which I am forbidden to discuss a non-disclosure agreement forged steel. The quality of interior materials and is only adequate. Some wear is apparent on plastics and leather. My Audi S5 was far superior in this respect; It also cost about twice as much as the Agreement. The fuel / waste combination safe feels cheap and concerns me with his inconsistency. It's really about it.
To tell the truth, I am so fond of my Honda I dream to replace me. I know. Listen to me. I think there is no way that Honda will offer the V-6 in the 2018 car; it will be another of these disgusting low pressure turbo-fours in the engine compartment then. So if I want to extend my ownership of a V-6 coupe as far into the future as possible, it would be a good idea to replace my current car with 2016, thus reducing the mileage clock at the expense of submission the new Wu-Tang aesthetic grille Agreement. A more likely scenario is that I'll wait until the last V-6 stick-shift coupe is built, then buy one, some time in late 2017, while keeping my current car as a kick-round commuter and first car for my son
I will summarize it like this :. the Accord EX-V6 made the cut 95 percent of the $ 60,000 cut German Indeed, half the price, so that probably lasts twice as long. It's not a perfect car, but it's good enough for the way I live now.
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