$7500 for an 06 6-6 Coupe? That sounds like a good deal; what are the details?
Accidents? Family-friend? Auction? Repairs?
It had the famous #5 spark plug incident. Person traded it in and bought....a Ford! The Ford dealer took the Accord over to the Honda dealer down the street and the Honda dealer put in a brand new head, machined everything, AND did the timing belt. Gave a 1 year warranty on everything too. What Honda did NOT do was repair the ever so tiny "bump" in the hood from when the #5 spark plug hit it at who knows what speed. That was "body work"- and was not done by Honda nor anyone else.
The car has 4 new Michelin tires on some el-cheapo aftermarket wheels. Also, the car has quite a few stone chips in the front, several shopping cart dings on each side, but a mint interior.
The Ford dealer wanted to get rid of it because to them it was damaged goods or perhaps they did not know what they really had. So during the test drive, and with the Ford dealer's permission, he drove it to Honda down the street and paid $80 out of pocket for a 1 hour Honda evaluation- in writing, of everything right/wrong with the car.
He picked it up last week. I drove it over the weekend and was absolutely blown away. I am not exaggerating. I am coming from my 4 cylinder so I knew I would have more power- but it had power EVERYWHERE. The 6 speed manual shifted so smoothly and effortlessly I had to look down a couple of times to make sure I was in gear before I let the clutch out.
He drives 90% highway and already reported 31 mpg- and he drives like a pimp hunting down money- very aggressively and fast.
What he does not like is the tire/wheel combo. I have had Michelin in certain applications, but it seems these new Michelin Primacy (I think they are 80,000 mile tires) are hard as a rock. I showed him some threads here about reducing tire pressure, etc but he has got to swap them out- too punishing.
The car was a 2 owner, is Silver Alabaster and is not a trailer queen- but is "rare", performs beautifully (except the hard as rock tires), and is a Honda! So he will get new wheels (looking on Craigslist for Acura TL 17" 5 spoke) and new tires, probably replace the front bumper (stone chips) and repair/paint the hood. That little "bump" is tiny, but your eyes are drawn to it.
The funny thing is when he was walking around the car looking at it at the Ford dealer, he called me up and I got into it with the Ford dealer because they kept trying to tell me it was the #3 spark plug, and I kept telling the guy it was the #5- not a big deal, but just pointed it out. He thought I was an idiot and I knew he was wrong- so he retrieved the Honda receipt and sheepishly said, "Well, who cares which number it was?".
Sorry for the long post- but I would buy one in a minute if the price/condition was right. And yes, I might pay a slight premium because it is a nice combo- but I would NOT pay more because it was "rare".
