New Accord Coupe owner. First time posting a picture so hope it works.

Added a spoiler and 17" Honda Rims.

Sweeet car, I wish I had one. How's the low end torque? Can you pull real nicely on the highway in 6th?

Thanks - I traded in a 2003 Mustang GT for this car and it is just as fast as the GT but much nicer.

Originally posted by DesertDogs
Thanks - I traded in a 2003 Mustang GT for this car and it is just as fast as the GT but much nicer.

Wow that's saying a lot for me right there, I always thought the Mustang GT (V8 I assume?) had real strong low end torque.

Welcome, DesertDogs! Looks good!

Are you also on the Pilot forum? We barely are... There's a few Accord/Pilot combo owners here.

:)

welcome to the boards!! :)

nice car!! :D

I joined the Pilot board last year before we bought our Pilot. Great boards!!

I am so happy with Honda. I was going to buy a 350Z but the salesman was an idiot and the dealership acted like they didn't want to sell me a car so I went to Honda. I am really glad I did. I think I got a better car for less money.

We have a 350Z on the block....a friend of our son's...been in the shop a few times, but I don't know the details....

We also went on the Pilot board early...actually before there WAS a Pilot board! We were one of the first before the Pilots were out. Did our homework for several months, then bought one in Aug of '02. No regrets!

The Accord is funner to drive!

Where abouts in AZ are you? I have family in PHX & Laveen. My mom used to live in Mesa, but moved to NV. We were stationed in D-M AFB in Tucson in '76. That's where kid #1 was born. We lived in PHX briefly in '79-'80....been in CA ever since. This is where we're both from. For some odd reason my family migrated that why after I was grown...:confused:

We are located in Yuma, AZ on the border of AZ, CA, and Mexico. Very nice here except in the summer when it gets into the 120s.

i may have missed this, but is your coupe a 6spd or automatic? :)

My Coupe is an Automatic - I got tired of shifting.

My mom used to go to Yuma all the time...we haven't been there. In fact, we haven't been to AZ for 6 years! Getting the timing just right is hard....miss the snow between here & there, but not hit those nasty 100+ temps....Been to PHX when it was 117... not fun!

Anasia's just jealous... she broke her Accord coupe!:D Well, SHE didn't, but it's going to be a little while more before she's got it back..... so forgive her drool!!:joker:

Originally posted by princess
Anasia's just jealous... she broke her Accord coupe!:D Well, SHE didn't, but it's going to be a little while more before she's got it back..... so forgive her drool!!:joker:

yep, i'm jealous!!! i miss my car!!!! i have a one track mind right now! ;) i'm going through withdrawal! :eek:

(hopefully it's only another week and i'll have my car back....)

Originally posted by DesertDogs
My Coupe is an Automatic - I got tired of shifting.


hehe! i've only been shifting for 4 months! i can't wait to get my stick back! the automatic camry is driving me nuts-or should i say, putting me to sleep?? :D

Hey DesertDog,luv your ride esp the 17" wheels you threw on,,,any setback changing over from the 16's (mpg) or notice any decrease in taken off from stand still :cool:

6Shooter - I put the 17" wheels on right after I bought it so don't know what the difference is. I just filled up today and my average MPG was 26.2. I think that is pretty good. I still have the 16" wheels and tires that I am trying to sell locally but can't seem to find a buyer. Guess I need to try something else.

:eek: ,26 not bad,,,I guess thier is a different.I'm getting 30.5 with 16",,I was really thinking about getting the 17" to..
but my daily comute is 84 miles round trip so I have to think hard now on the switch,,,thanks bud

i dont think wheels will affect your MPG very much, if at all.

Originally posted by VTECaddict
i dont think wheels will affect your MPG very much, if at all.

I don't think so either. I only have 1000 miles on the car so I would think the MPG should continue to increase.

Originally posted by VTECaddict
i dont think wheels will affect your MPG very much, if at all.

I think they do but it's just a guess. More liekly it's the tires. After I replaced my Yokohama A550H's with Michelin X-Radials (that were 10mm wider), my gas mileage dropped 1-2MPG. The car also felt a bit harder to get off the line. The tire doesn't grip particularly well though, so I think it's due to increased weight.

Originally posted by BenjiBoy650
I think they do but it's just a guess. More liekly it's the tires. After I replaced my Yokohama A550H's with Michelin X-Radials (that were 10mm wider), my gas mileage dropped 1-2MPG. The car also felt a bit harder to get off the line. The tire doesn't grip particularly well though, so I think it's due to increased weight.

Benji gets the prize!!!! It is the tires!! New tires have more rolling resistance than worn tires. That is another reason why when you buy a new car it will have under 9/32" tread, If you go to a wider profile you will lose MPG to a greater extent(larger contact patch=greater rolling resistance)..

When you put a larger size tire you also tend to drive a little harder to "test the limits" of your car..
Matching the EPA ratings of any vehicle is tough to do..

Wait until several people have the Hybrids for a year and start complaining about MPG figures they are coming up with.
Its all about driving style and other conditions(weather,wind, rain, snow, etc).
My fuel economy has dropped 1-2 MPG with the installation of my snow tires...and I have been guilty of staying in the throttle a little more than normal also.

Hello All, just a little bit of info

Now, lets explore a scenario where a High Performance replacement radial tire has a whopping 20% increase in rolling resistance over a low rolling resistance Original Equipment standard passenger radial. To calculate the potential change in mpg resulting from using the High Performance tires in place of the Original Equipment tires, we would multiply the tire's percentage of influence in the vehicle's overall resistance (15% in the city and 25% on the highway) times the High Performance tires' 20% increase in rolling resistance.

If the vehicle equipped with standard Original Equipment low rolling resistance passenger tires normally provided 25 mpg in the city and 30 mpg on the highway, installing tires with 20% greater rolling resistance would only drop fuel mileage by a calculated 3% (to 24.25 mpg) in the city, and a calculated 5% (to 28.5 mpg) on the highway. While this is a measurable difference, it probably isn't much more of an influence on real world fuel economy than being stuck in rush hour traffic a couple of times a week or being stopped at every red light instead of continuing through a string of green lights.

Additionally, the easiest way to reduce rolling resistance to enhance fuel economy is to make certain that the tires are properly inflated. A vehicle that requires its tires to be inflated to 35 psi (based on the vehicle's tire placard) will have an increase in rolling resistance of approximately 12.5% if the tires are allowed to become underinflated to just 28 psi. Therefore, maintaining the vehicle manufacturer's pressure recommended for light load and heavy load conditions may almost be as important as the tires being used.

Originally posted by 6SHOOTER
Hello All, just a little bit of info

Now, lets explore a scenario where a High Performance replacement radial tire has a whopping 20% increase in rolling resistance over a low rolling resistance Original Equipment standard passenger radial. To calculate the potential change in mpg resulting from using the High Performance tires in place of the Original Equipment tires, we would multiply the tire's percentage of influence in the vehicle's overall resistance (15% in the city and 25% on the highway) times the High Performance tires' 20% increase in rolling resistance.

If the vehicle equipped with standard Original Equipment low rolling resistance passenger tires normally provided 25 mpg in the city and 30 mpg on the highway, installing tires with 20% greater rolling resistance would only drop fuel mileage by a calculated 3% (to 24.25 mpg) in the city, and a calculated 5% (to 28.5 mpg) on the highway. While this is a measurable difference, it probably isn't much more of an influence on real world fuel economy than being stuck in rush hour traffic a couple of times a week or being stopped at every red light instead of continuing through a string of green lights.

Additionally, the easiest way to reduce rolling resistance to enhance fuel economy is to make certain that the tires are properly inflated. A vehicle that requires its tires to be inflated to 35 psi (based on the vehicle's tire placard) will have an increase in rolling resistance of approximately 12.5% if the tires are allowed to become underinflated to just 28 psi. Therefore, maintaining the vehicle manufacturer's pressure recommended for light load and heavy load conditions may almost be as important as the tires being used.

Good points:thmsup:

There are so many factors that can have an affect on MPG.
Consider the road surface, asphalt , concrete, cross hatched concrete etc etc they all have different abrasive factors and they will vary with temp and cleanliness. Alignment can also affect. (For all those folks who swear by alignments with every tire change)
So many variables that it will make your head spin..
If we all drove the same car with all the same specs and lived in a sealed unchanging environment, you would still have the driver
variable.:scratch:

But bottom line tire change will affect MPG!!

:notworthy ,,you the man I1