markquinton
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Hi all
Went to my local Honda dealer today to try out the rear space in the 8th gen accord and it was better than I remember, i'm 6'4" and need room behind me for a child seat etc. Think I realised that I can actually sit closer to the wheel in the accord than I though without feeling cramped. So on the basis that it may be big enough I've had a look on autotrader and seen a few 2.0 i-vtec accords locally that are quite reasoably priced. Seeing as i only live 3 odd miles from work but do the occasionally long journey around the country for work the petrol might be a good options. However looking at the size of the car and knowing what jap petrol cars are like i'm a little worried that i'm going to have to thrash this engine to get it going, I must admit I hate having to work a car really hard when coming exiting roundabouts on dual carriageways etc
Can anyone give me some idea of what the 2.0 engine is like? Is it hard work? I'm stuggling to get my head around the fact it's SOHC and I know it's not right but it automatically makes me think SLOW!!
Thanks guys
Mark
Went to my local Honda dealer today to try out the rear space in the 8th gen accord and it was better than I remember, i'm 6'4" and need room behind me for a child seat etc. Think I realised that I can actually sit closer to the wheel in the accord than I though without feeling cramped. So on the basis that it may be big enough I've had a look on autotrader and seen a few 2.0 i-vtec accords locally that are quite reasoably priced. Seeing as i only live 3 odd miles from work but do the occasionally long journey around the country for work the petrol might be a good options. However looking at the size of the car and knowing what jap petrol cars are like i'm a little worried that i'm going to have to thrash this engine to get it going, I must admit I hate having to work a car really hard when coming exiting roundabouts on dual carriageways etc
Can anyone give me some idea of what the 2.0 engine is like? Is it hard work? I'm stuggling to get my head around the fact it's SOHC and I know it's not right but it automatically makes me think SLOW!!
Thanks guys
Mark