Honda Accord (1994-98)

I'd like to get started on this little journey by dispelling a few myths. Myth 1: Honda Accords are old men's cars Myth 2: Hondas are boring Myth 3: Honda Accords are only good for ferrying the family about. In order, then: #1) I am not old-I just look that way due to a hard life! #2) The Total Cup 1997 was won by Rob Gravett in-a Honda Accord! Additionally, Accords were 5th and 6th in the British Touring Car Championships in 1997, 3rd in 1998, 4th in 2000 etc etc. Honda also make F1 engines for 2 teams; Jordan and BAR AND Honda build the utterly beautiful 276 bhp NSX. #3) I don't have to ferry my family about very often ...  Read the complete review

I would never have intentionally gone out and bought a Honda. However, some kind soul had smashed into my dear old Passat and written it off for me, I was 1 week overdue with my second child and in desperate need of a car as we live out in the sticks with no public transport. So having scoured the local papers my hubby spotted the local auction was on the next day. In the list of cars was a Honda Accord Aerodeck. What’s one of those, I thought! A quick scan through the pile of car magazines found me a picture. Not too bad. So hubby was duly despatched to the auction to try and purchase said car. After all, I reasoned, if I didn’t like it I could ...  Read the complete review

I am one of those awkward people who has to have an automatic car, which is very limiting on choice. I also want an estate for the two large dogs. But I want decent performance, comfort and fuel economy. With my Honda Accord Aerodeck 2.2i ES I get everything but the fuel economy. Sadly, I have been very disappointed in the economy - we get about 23mpg on average, although it is almost always short journeys. Our diesel automatic Audi A4 gets to go on any long journeys as it rewards us with 50mpg. Apart from the fuel (which sadly can be a big thing) the car is wonderful. Ours is pretty old - an M reg - and has done 81,000 miles, and it's great to ...  Read the complete review

Having your car broken into can be a complete nightmare; having to arrange repairs, trying to remember what's been stolen, lying awake for nights afterwards... This happened to me recently but had it not been for some of the features of the Accord, it would have been a lot worse. Most modern cars now have a 'handy' boot release lever in the passenger compartment but when someone breaks in, the contents of your boot are also available to them. Honda thought of this (I can't say if anyone else had, it was the first I'd seen it) and provided a lock on the lever. As I had had this locked, he/she/it didn't have the easy access they may have ...  Read the complete review

I owned a 1990 Honda Accord a couple of cars ago so this seemed to be the natural progression. The British-built '95 car isn't as well built or reliable as the previous Japanese one but it's still far superior to any of its rivals (Mondeo, Vectra, Cavalier etc.) Speaking of reliability it's had a few problems, the electric window switch pack literally blew up - apparently because of the previous owner's dodgy attempts at repairing the wiring. The fuel injection system had a bad earth which caused the car to fail to start when the weather was cold or very wet, without the help of a hairdryer. The cruise control doesn't work. The seat adjuster (for ...  Read the complete review