Can he stay?
We again pick a car from the used car range that it is not necessarily from looks must have, but for which, no doubt, some feel a great deal of sympathy. This Honda Accord is being advertised as a possible export car, who’s keeping it here?
Where have the times gone of the sympathetic-looking, unpretentious middle class? About 20 years ago there was still a certain modesty and in the 80s it certainly didn’t have to look so exciting. This Honda Accord also proves that, although it was a distinguished appearance in its time. The variant of this generation supplied in America, among others, was even more characteristic, because as a sedan it had a bit of a Prelude-like nose with folding headlights. Here in the Netherlands you could go for the special AeroDeck for a bit more charisma.
We have the sedan here and also in a fairly modest outfit. Gray with steel wheels and no painted bumpers. No fuss. It is an Accord 2.0 EX, without an i-tje behind the 2.0 and therefore still just the 106 hp carburetor version of that block. Open windows? You do that with the window cranks. Air conditioning? Forget it. A skylight? Maybe it’s on your house, but not on this Accord. You can enjoy the sound of the reliable four-cylinder in front of you on the road, because a radio / CD player is still missing. You can also electrically adjust the side mirrors. That again.
You can already hear it, this Japanese is not loaded with luxury, but you will undoubtedly have a nice driving and reliable car with this Accord. It is only important to check the state of rust formation and the possible treatment of the places where rust has already appeared. For example, it seems that the sills have already fallen prey to it, but that work has also been done. All things considered, the asking price of €1,999 is perhaps a bit on the enthusiastic side, although you hardly find such Accords anymore and it can be a nice opportunity for someone who has a soft spot for this model. Do you dare, or do you wave him off wholeheartedly when he goes on the boat to a distant land?
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– Thanks for information from Autoweek.nl