mrogers
05-26-2007, 08:30 PM
Hello everyone, this is my first post! I just picked up my white 2004 Accord EX-V6 sedan today...what a car! It has 31k miles, is just off lease, and is in absolutely flawless shape. Every option except nav. It's exactly what I wanted -- I like 2004 because that's my favorite rear taillights (don't like the all-red of 2005 and I don't like the larger butt of the 2006+ models all that much...but to each their own, I know some people hate the 2003-2005 rear ends), and white was the color I wanted. I don't know why, because I usually don't like white cars, but I just thought the Accord looked so sharp in white.
I got a heck of a deal on it, and drove 250 miles to get it. This is the first car I have bought all by myself, now that I have graduated and have a real job; my past vehicles have been due to my father's generosity. My first car was a 1995 Dodge Intrepid ES that I drove to 142k miles, given to me by my dad in high school, and my previous car (which I now need to sell) was a 1997 BMW 540i, driven to 107k miles, which my dad paid for most of (got it in 2004) as a sort of college present.
Yeah, that's right...I went from a V8 BMW to a Honda Accord, and after driving my new Accord 250 miles home today I don't regret it one bit. The BMW is a heck of a driving machine, that's for sure, but it's also a gas guzzler, a nightmare to maintain, and was starting to have a lot of problems.
I'm amazed at how rock-solid the Accord is. I love driving it. I drive 120 miles a day for my commute, round-trip, so I need a good cruiser for the highway. It's incredibly impressive, and I'm even more impressed with the gas mileage I got on the way home -- 34 MPG!!! (The BMW gets 24-26 hwy, 14 city). That was driving at 75mph almost the whole way. I can't believe I was getting that mileage when the EPA says 30, but I did the math and the numbers don't lie.
I just got back this evening, after dark and in a storm, so no really good pictures yet. Here's some at the dealership though:
http://rogersmj.com/images/accord/2007-05-26/1.jpg
http://rogersmj.com/images/accord/2007-05-26/2.jpg
http://rogersmj.com/images/accord/2007-05-26/3.jpg
http://rogersmj.com/images/accord/2007-05-26/4.jpg
I'm not mod-crazy, but I do have a few plans. Coming this week: 35% tint all the way around, a USA-SPEC iPod integration kit, and the gold emblem kit (every time I see a white Accord with gold emblems, my eyes are drawn to it. The gold doesn't work on all colors, but I sure love it on the white!). That's probably about it for the exterior; I can't justify expenses like rims to myself, let alone my soon-to-be wife. Functional stuff though is A-OK; at some point I will be building a carputer in. I'll be sure to keep a worklog!
I got a heck of a deal on it, and drove 250 miles to get it. This is the first car I have bought all by myself, now that I have graduated and have a real job; my past vehicles have been due to my father's generosity. My first car was a 1995 Dodge Intrepid ES that I drove to 142k miles, given to me by my dad in high school, and my previous car (which I now need to sell) was a 1997 BMW 540i, driven to 107k miles, which my dad paid for most of (got it in 2004) as a sort of college present.
Yeah, that's right...I went from a V8 BMW to a Honda Accord, and after driving my new Accord 250 miles home today I don't regret it one bit. The BMW is a heck of a driving machine, that's for sure, but it's also a gas guzzler, a nightmare to maintain, and was starting to have a lot of problems.
I'm amazed at how rock-solid the Accord is. I love driving it. I drive 120 miles a day for my commute, round-trip, so I need a good cruiser for the highway. It's incredibly impressive, and I'm even more impressed with the gas mileage I got on the way home -- 34 MPG!!! (The BMW gets 24-26 hwy, 14 city). That was driving at 75mph almost the whole way. I can't believe I was getting that mileage when the EPA says 30, but I did the math and the numbers don't lie.
I just got back this evening, after dark and in a storm, so no really good pictures yet. Here's some at the dealership though:
http://rogersmj.com/images/accord/2007-05-26/1.jpg
http://rogersmj.com/images/accord/2007-05-26/2.jpg
http://rogersmj.com/images/accord/2007-05-26/3.jpg
http://rogersmj.com/images/accord/2007-05-26/4.jpg
I'm not mod-crazy, but I do have a few plans. Coming this week: 35% tint all the way around, a USA-SPEC iPod integration kit, and the gold emblem kit (every time I see a white Accord with gold emblems, my eyes are drawn to it. The gold doesn't work on all colors, but I sure love it on the white!). That's probably about it for the exterior; I can't justify expenses like rims to myself, let alone my soon-to-be wife. Functional stuff though is A-OK; at some point I will be building a carputer in. I'll be sure to keep a worklog!