How goes it fellow Accord owners? Have owned my at the time slightly used ‘20 Sport since mid August of ‘21. Previous to this I had a ‘20 Civic Si that I purchased prior to moving back stateside while living in Japan mid November ‘19. This car was totaled by a completely inattentive driver who hit me at about 50mph while I was about to make a left hand turn, zero brake usage by said driver.
Anyways, going back to Japan and moving back, I almost was going to pick up a new RDX A-Spec SHAWD, but at the last moment chose the Si as I still do prefer a manual. I didn’t chose the CTR as I just don’t care for how it looks and the 2 door coupe just owns it in the looks department for myself and it had a slight resemblance to my very first new car purchase way back when to a ‘03 DC5R Teggy. So with that, not a big fan of sloppy seconds as most people do not really take care of their vehicles and are just an appliance for them, but with Honda discontinuing the Si coupe and the manual Accord going bye bye, I luckily found a low mileage Accord about 26 miles from me. It was the color (or lack of color) I prefer for my Honda vehicles and manual so I jumped on it even before any sort of insurance compensation.
Have been able to use some of my parts from the Si on it, some suspension bits, brakes, my seats and rails, steering wheel and the handful of wheel sets.
Prior to even taking delivery of the Accord, purchased a FlashPro (unable to use one from the Si) and pretty much the whole gamut of PRL pieces (minus E setup). Still waiting on the down pipe as when PRL announced the GESI version, asked for my order to change to it. Hopefully that arrives in the next week or 2 so I can get it, the Ti inlet and MHI turbo on.
It is a fun car to drive, but being 3298lbs stock, it was practically 600lbs more than the Si and is definitely felt when driving, plus the lack of even a band aid helical LSD from Honda, it has so much more to give when that is eventually rectified. The chassis, a lengthened Civic chassis with beefier underpinnings does feel more stable as should be the case with a slightly longer wheelbase. Currently I have shaved about 220lbs from it and would love if I could get it to right at 3000. I’m sure the majority probably wouldn’t care for mine as a daily driver, but it represents me and pretty much how all my Honda vehicles have ended up or came from the factory as…2 seater.
More in the pipeline eventually I suppose.
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Anyways, going back to Japan and moving back, I almost was going to pick up a new RDX A-Spec SHAWD, but at the last moment chose the Si as I still do prefer a manual. I didn’t chose the CTR as I just don’t care for how it looks and the 2 door coupe just owns it in the looks department for myself and it had a slight resemblance to my very first new car purchase way back when to a ‘03 DC5R Teggy. So with that, not a big fan of sloppy seconds as most people do not really take care of their vehicles and are just an appliance for them, but with Honda discontinuing the Si coupe and the manual Accord going bye bye, I luckily found a low mileage Accord about 26 miles from me. It was the color (or lack of color) I prefer for my Honda vehicles and manual so I jumped on it even before any sort of insurance compensation.
Have been able to use some of my parts from the Si on it, some suspension bits, brakes, my seats and rails, steering wheel and the handful of wheel sets.
Prior to even taking delivery of the Accord, purchased a FlashPro (unable to use one from the Si) and pretty much the whole gamut of PRL pieces (minus E setup). Still waiting on the down pipe as when PRL announced the GESI version, asked for my order to change to it. Hopefully that arrives in the next week or 2 so I can get it, the Ti inlet and MHI turbo on.
It is a fun car to drive, but being 3298lbs stock, it was practically 600lbs more than the Si and is definitely felt when driving, plus the lack of even a band aid helical LSD from Honda, it has so much more to give when that is eventually rectified. The chassis, a lengthened Civic chassis with beefier underpinnings does feel more stable as should be the case with a slightly longer wheelbase. Currently I have shaved about 220lbs from it and would love if I could get it to right at 3000. I’m sure the majority probably wouldn’t care for mine as a daily driver, but it represents me and pretty much how all my Honda vehicles have ended up or came from the factory as…2 seater.
More in the pipeline eventually I suppose.
