Greetings from a hot and sandy Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates.

Well, not an Accord owner yet, but have put a deposit down for the new 2007 3.0l V6 Accord. Delivery should be in about a months time. If you think that is bad, the wait for a Civic is 3 months.

Not new to Honda as I previously owned this: Its a Civic Type R, 2.0l, 200bhp. Great, great car, but sadly it was just not cutting it as my daily drive, which is circa a 260km round trip, most of which is highway! She was sold last moth.
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I also currently have this sitting in the garage as well, but she too is soon to be sold. Awesome car, but again, not good for daily drive and not fair to be putting that kinda mileage on her daily. So, as I said, she is being sold as well.

This is my pride and joy (no offence to the Honda, but I have owned this from new and spent approx US$10K on mods):
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Sorry for the long post, but I am looking forward to getting the Accord. I think it will suit what I am looking for. Test drive was last night and i really enjoyed it. Our model has 275bhp, but sadly, it is not the Coupe (we don't get them here) and yes, Auto! hahahahahaha

First thing I will be doing is changing the ICE in the car. Already got components and a sub lined up. Amps are sitting in the flat awaiting a car to install them in. So I will be checking out what people have done.

Also, lined up will be some 17" rims. Those may be slightly later.

Hope my welcome and stay is a happy one on these boards.

I may ask a lot of questions, I hope I get some usefull help and answers.

Cheers peeps.

 

Mmmmmmmmmmmm, how do I get pics to post up, have I missed something? [:-]

 

You click the "Click here to upload!" link at the bottom of the message box then you put your pic in one of the boxes then check the box at the bottom of the message box that says Embed picture in post.

 

Actually the better way to attach them to the board, as opposed to the uploading them, which I find annoying to click through.. Just click the "image" button that's between the list and code buttons above where you enter text, then put the link for your pictures between the Image tags that it places in your post.

Btw, I LOVE your Z man. Good luck with the accord purchase! I think you guys get better options on the Hondas then we do here. I want a Pajero Soooooo bad..

 

Thanks for the warm welcome.

You want a Pajero? Landcruiser/Prado would be far, far better.

 

welcome to the forum...what made you decide to change to the accord? just wanted a more pratical car?

 

Yes, thats exactly right. Doing approx 260km every day is not healthy in a 350Z, in terms of km's on the car (really will lower re-sale) and cost of fuel (its cheap, but filling up every second day is not fun). The Type r was the same!

I have hired a 2.4l Accord and so far have been impressed with the fuel consumption.

 

oh in that case I would have just kept driving the Z unless gas consumption is a really major concern.........cars are to expensive to change on a regular basis anymore...lol..I had a 98 accord that I got rid of becuase the transmission was unreliable.......

 

NICE CARS AND GOOD CHOICE WITH THE HONDA...

 

just out of curiousity about how much does a gallon (or liter for that matter) of fuel cost? (in US $)