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steven2002

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Hi I am considering buying an accord, I have spotted a diesel 2008 2.2es gt manual with 112000 miles on it. Priced around £5900. I have seen the car and it looks pretty good with a few light scratches and the bonnet lightly stone chipped.
So is it around the right money and at that milage would I be getting close to expensive issues?.
I am in northern Ireland and any others advertised seem to be a fair bit more expensive..
Thanks,steven..
 
Hi Steven and welcome,

The Accord is generally a very reliable car, but it needs to have good service history, especially the diesel, if it hasnt been run on the correct 0w/30 low saps oil the DPF (diesel particulate filter) maybe blocked. Check for DPF warning lights on the dash and have a good test drive.
Clutches like a lot of modern diesels are dual mass flywheel ones and can give trouble, check for notchy changes and juddering/slip.
Also check the tyres are all good, the 225/50 17 size are expensive for good tyres, also brakes check they are all good, the rear calipers have a tendency to sieze and ruin the disk and pad, if not cleaned once in a while.
Check also the windscreen side trim recall has been done for free at Honda.

Other than that they are more reliable than the average modern diesel.

Have a read around the 8th gen section also.
 
Thanks,I have been looking through the forum for info.in reality I don't need the diesel with the mileage which it will do.the wife would drive about 15 mile a day and I would only use it infrequently.

Would I be better trying to find a nice petrol version or even a gen7 model to take away the dpf risk and other ***ociated diesel issues?
I started looking for a gen 7 car but as you know every few pound more things get a lot nicer.
Thanks,Steven..
 
If you're not doing the miles I would buy a 2.4 petrol mate
 
Yep all modern diesels will have DPF problems if they dont get enough miles each day.

In contrast the petrol models are almost bombproof if well maintained. Plus you get the great VTEC experience revving it.
 
Cheers folks.I had better not go back for another look as I think I would bring it home!. So now the search moves on to a petrol one.
With the VTEC ones is the thing also good service history needed and just normal general checks or is there anything in particular to look for?
Thanks.
 
richsprint said:
Plus you get the great VTEC experience revving it.
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Really? Can't see the 8th gen being much different to the 7th where the i-VTEC experience is nothing short of completely underwhelming.
 
nick said:
Really? Can't see the 8th gen being much different to the 7th where the i-VTEC experience is nothing short of completely underwhelming.
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I think the VTEC comes in much earlier on the 8th gen, the cams are different too, better engine all round (unless one believes the hype in a certain thread in TA)
 
iVtec system is much more progressive, gives better torque lower down the rev range.
Suggest you drive one sometime Nick.
 
richsprint said:
iVtec system is much more progressive, gives better torque lower down the rev range.
Suggest you drive one sometime Nick.
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I'll try. Can't see it being much different than my 7th gen iVtec I have at the moment though, would be a pleasant surprise if it was. Coming from a Turbo car, torque is not something I've come across in my Honda.
 
^ not sure what Rich means by "progressive". VTEC conventionally implies high-lift cams, high-lift is either in or out above or below a programmed RPM, and the high-lift comes in much sooner on the 8th gen. The VVT component is the continuously variable part, the "i" part of "i-VTEC".
 
^ on the 7th gen the high-lift isn't engaged until 6000 rpm, whereas on the 8th gen it comes in at 5000 I think ....Brett knows because he has an 8th gen. It also has better cams than the 7th gen.
 
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