Honda Accord Coupe...What to know...

[Nufy]

Sons Jeep is sold...Now he wants a car...

I managed to talk him out of lancers / used subies and we are now looking at later model Accords.

So...

2009 is and up...

V6 or 4 cyl.

Manual Preferred...

What should I be looking out for when checking used.

Thanks.

[rage2]

https://forums.beyond.ca/threads/403...Golf-R-thread)

[Darkane]

The mythical 6-6. Is your son a race car driver??

[jwslam]

I just sold my i4 m5
I did a decent amount of research on the 08-12's.
Don't quote me on these "facts".
-They all burn oil. Nothing can be done about it. There's supposed to be a "recall" where they reprogram the ECU but that just lessens the problem, but still will burn. Specifically if you're hitting VTEC all the time.
-The i4 is a timing chain, and v6 is a belt.
-There are minor differences over the years. the 10-12's is when bluetooth started becoming standard, but will only take phone calls not music.
-There are a few kits out there for an aftermarket stereo but I didn't tackle it personally as it would make the dashboard completely weird. (google for pics). The stock stereo is tied into the screen along with temperature controls so that makes things messy. Things get worse if you get one with a factory nav because there's 2 screens.
-Stupid easy to wire in a backup camera. I did it myself.
-Tires: the TPMS will only store 1 set of sensors so be prepared to deal with this when swapping to winters. I just lived with the sensor error every winter season, but that also meant I couldn't disable the VSA

Overall, very happy with this car for the 6 years I owned it. But I also babied it and only put on 30k.

[tonytiger55]

The 4 cylinder has a timing chain (K Series engine).
They all burn oil. This is normal, just don't let it go too low at it will stretch the chain.

[Nufy]

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The mythical 6-6. Is your son a race car driver??

LOL...I was wondering if this would come up.

[Nufy]

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https://forums.beyond.ca/threads/403...Golf-R-thread)

Jesus...thats one hell of a pissing match...

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The 4 cylinder has a timing chain (K Series engine).
They all burn oil. This is normal, just don't let it go too low at it will stretch the chain.

Oil burn as in visible out the exhaust...

I had an Accord "S" hatch back way back in the day that had bad valve seals. Would smoke like a coal engine on start-up.

[killramos]

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The mythical 6-6. Is your son a race car driver??

Takes a big man to handle that savage ride.

[triplep]

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Takes a big man to handle that savage ride.

Got an 05 6-6..... its a fun little NA car especially when it puts out 240hp and 220 ft/lbs at the wheels. Probably the max for it since its FW and has limited traction.

[killramos]

Man that thread was gold... when did @Sugarphreak start sanitizing his post history?

Vancouver is getting to him.

[speedog]

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Man that thread was gold... when did @Sugarphreak start sanitizing his post history?

Vancouver is getting to him.

It looks like he cleaning everything out. Odd.

20 something thousand posts and most of them appeared to have been sanitized. Why?

[ExtraSlow]

A few old time beyonders have done that. Not sure why. Maybe they plan to run for prime minister?

[killramos]

Social media can really bite a guy in the ass these days

I wonder what @rage2 and @kenny ‘s rate is to sanitize all your posts with a script. Could be good money in it rather than wiping 20,000 posts manually.

[rage2]

There’s no point. We won’t scrub quotes. Anyone can make a script to do it himself. Even if we broke our own rules and did that for someone, web archive would still have everything.

I do wonder what happened with SP. Someone dox’d him here?

[Tik-Tok]

Wasn't he having a bit of trouble with some asshat troll in the US, with his racing numbers? I wonder if buddy took it to the next level.

[killramos]

Just hoping it’s nothing serious...

[Nufy]

Thoughts on this one ?

https://www.kijiji.ca/v-view-details...equestSource=b

[Skrilla]

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Holy shit I forgot about this, the mother of derailing. Had to give it a re-read, I almost forgot how "race filters" can make family cars into monsters. My wife had one of these 6-6 accords, was nice to drive long distance, never had any issues with it, and I doubt you could go wrong.

[Xtrema]

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Wasn't he having a bit of trouble with some asshat troll in the US, with his racing numbers? I wonder if buddy took it to the next level.

Wow.

[jwslam]

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Thoughts on this one ?

https://www.kijiji.ca/v-view-details...equestSource=b

Per another thread, the general consensus would be to avoid based on the NE address. But here's my analysis.

-Pricing is on the higher end. I think by about $9k is where it should be at.
-Per above, the 6-6 will have a timing belt, so need to see if it was done (probably not, based on mileage). Similarly because it's a manual ask about the clutch.
-It comes with 2 sets of rims/tires, and you can see in the dashboard pic that there is a TPMS issue with tire pressure. Remember to check if both sets have TPMS.
-Per my comment above, this is the 2 screen Navi model, so an after market stereo needs to be looked at to make sure you get your temp controls right. This car has built in bluetooth but it'll be for calls only.
-The lowered car makes it a f*cking snowplow. Consider whether this will be an issue and ask for original springs?
-wtf is "10k firm OBO"
-I think I've seen this one reposted a few times since I was selling in July looking at comparables.