'89 Prelude Si to '05 Accord LX

Ok, made the jump yesterday - picked up an '05 Accord LX. Coming from an
old '89 Prelude Si, I think I miss driving the Prelude already! But it's
nice to have working a/c again although I'll miss the sunroof Will also
sorely miss the handling of the 'ol Prelude! Starting to feel like an old
fart already....

I asked the salesguy about the break-in oil I've read so much about on here.
He had to check with a mechanic and called me back today - said the oil that
comes with it is regular oil with additives! They no longer use break-in
oil, and to have the first oil change just like the others. Anyone heard
this one before?

Anyway the Accord is a nice car but just big. Keep thinking I should have
gone for the Civic EX - but it was underpowered and the Si was ugly, IMHO.
Mazda 3 w/2.3 engine was nice - but Mazda reliability scared me, along with
the below average dealerships I went to. Amazing how each Mazda dealership
would not negotiate the price of the 3 because they were selling like
"hotcakes", yet - they still had NEW '04 models on their lots! Amazing...

To keep from feeling like an old fart - I picked up the Accord in a 5-speed.
I'm sure it'll be a pain to try and sell later on, but at least I'll enjoy
driving it in the meantime!

-Dave

"Dave L" <davelieuREMOVE DeleteThis @MEyahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Ok, made the jump yesterday - picked up an '05 Accord LX. Coming from an
> old '89 Prelude Si, I think I miss driving the Prelude already! But it's
> nice to have working a/c again although I'll miss the sunroof Will
> also sorely miss the handling of the 'ol Prelude! Starting to feel like
> an old fart already....
>
> I asked the salesguy about the break-in oil I've read so much about on
> here. He had to check with a mechanic and called me back today - said the
> oil that comes with it is regular oil with additives! They no longer use
> break-in oil, and to have the first oil change just like the others.
> Anyone heard this one before?
>
> Anyway the Accord is a nice car but just big. Keep thinking I should have
> gone for the Civic EX - but it was underpowered and the Si was ugly, IMHO.
> Mazda 3 w/2.3 engine was nice - but Mazda reliability scared me, along
> with the below average dealerships I went to. Amazing how each Mazda
> dealership would not negotiate the price of the 3 because they were
> selling like "hotcakes", yet - they still had NEW '04 models on their
> lots! Amazing...
>
> To keep from feeling like an old fart - I picked up the Accord in a
> 5-speed. I'm sure it'll be a pain to try and sell later on, but at least
> I'll enjoy driving it in the meantime!
>
> -Dave
>
Yep - we're old farts. Apparently break-in oil went out sometime in the last
couple decades with improvements in engine manufacturing techniques. The
200K mile engines we have now don't need all the friction fitting.

Mike