Couldn't have said it any better. You came onto a car forum, so obviously you are a person who puts much consideration into their car. If you consider yourself a "driver" as Accord9200 put it, then you will not be disappointed in the Accord. There are times that I race around in my Accord and push it very hard, and then there are times that I baby it and try to get as much out of a tank of gas as I can. No matter how you drive it, it is a great car. I know someone who owns an older Accord. She does no maintenance at all on that car, not even oil changes. It has to be horrible for the car, and she will probably eventually break down some day, but the point is that the car still runs. And it runs well, too. These cars are very hardy.