1986 Honda Accord LXi Sedan | Retro Review
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The 3rd Gen Honda Accord is arguably one of the most timeless designs of the 80's...maybe up there with the C4 Corvette. Both are flip up light masterpieces! It seems strange to me now that it would be equally as cool to have either. Certainly an Accord wouldn't turn my head back then like a Corvette always did. That's the magic of looking in the rearview. Be RAD to yourself...and each other! Cheers, Ben.
Show 518 | Original Airdate 3-18-1986
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Who here cares more about the retro reviews than the new cars review?
Perfect for looking used cars, the gen4 Accord review helped me to get my 93 cb3 accord
What I know...New cars are *SHIT* quality...
Retro reviews....Historic proof that nails the point home!
Then why are you here watching this? Duh. Probably drives a VW
That would be me!
Vintage cars are much more interesting in all aspects. I don't know about you guys but mostly of cars nowadays look the same for me. If not for the badges and emblems I couldn't even distinguish them.
Pop up headlights
Legendary reliability
What more could you ask for?!
4 doors
honda: you got it!
Dallas Dash Cam Guy - An Audi?? 🤮😂
old Honda > new Honda. You should also see how thin the gaps and even the panels were in older hondas. Meanwhile, i have seen enormous gaps especially in the new civics and cr-vs and the panels look more uneven. Hope honda eventually wakes up and gets better.
Dallas Dash Cam Guy - Consider yourself lucky.
@@mr75204 Yeah, an 86 Audi was sooooo reliable...
Classic John harping on oil pressure and voltage gauges.
That’s because before the japanese came along, people assume cars normally break down
I mean, he's not wrong.
Doug demuro has the quirks and features JD has the oil pressure and volt gauge
Til this day Honda still doesn’t have oil pressure or voltage gauges that I know of. 😝
@@k9keo so true.
I remember when my parents first got this car it sounded like an electronic motor when accelerating and that distinctive Honda start up sound.. Ahh the good old days
Such an innocent-looking dagger to the heart of General Motors.
Most of the daggers to the heart of GM were self inflicted, with Roger B. Smith’s fingerprints on the handles.
Pontiac had the Grand Am gt
And the pontiac Bonneville ss
Nice cars also
2:00 Wait for it! Wait for it! Here it comes! John's comment about the missing oil pressure and voltage gauges! 😂🤣😂
A man after my own heart...give me more gauges, not fewer.
It's Japanese.... It don't need those gauges.....
It's a family car...why should it need those other gauges?
Loyalmoonie - That’s the same line of thinking that got rid of tachometers for a while - even on manual transmission vehicles.
Speed, RPMs, fuel level, oil pressure and voltage. Every car should display this information.
When I saw the year was 1986 for this one, I did think to myself "I wonder if he'll mention oil pressure and voltage gauges?". I wasn't disappointed! :D
You’d almost have to be old enough to remember when these Accords were still on the road to understand just how wide the gap was between the imports and domestics at this time. The Taurus of course was an exception, but ultimately even the Taurus couldn’t hold a candle to the longevity of the Toyotas and Hondas of this era, and this Accord was no exception. Very well-built cars. Made in Ohio, too.
these cars were good, but it was the 1990 to 1993 accord and 1992 to 1996 camrys that really showed honda and toyota were not fooling around when it came to making quality vehicles. Corsica? Acclaim? Tempo? Yuck!
1965 Chevrolet Impala - Absolutely. The CB7 Accords were (in my opinion) the best Accords ever made. The 1992-1993 models were the ones to get, too. Those came standard with a driver’s front air bag and ditched the automatic seat belts, which many found to be annoying.
I **almost** got a white, ‘92 Accord sedan with a 5-speed as my first car. Almost wish I did... because I’d probably still be driving it!
@@asdfghjqwertyu1858 Even into the early 2000s Honda and Toyota were much more superior. My Dad had a 2001 Accord and my mom had a late 90s Saturn at the time and there was no contest what the better car was. I remember the Focus being the first nice car Ford made during those times but even then that was European designed 😂
It's amazing for me to realize how this '86 vintage car already had modern sport sedan specs like liquid filled engine mounts and double-wishbone suspension all around. I know some mid-grade cars now have active damping but still . Very nicely engineered cars these were indeed.
@@mpa1931 I disagree. By then you had to pick Honda carefully!
Civics around 01-03 are notorious for puking automatic transmissions. V6 Accords of that era also had tons of automatic transmission issues. On higher trim Accords of that vintage the multi-line info displays were prone to failure. Second gen Odysseys suffered automatic transmission problems as well.
These were the cars I grew up seeing all over the roads. It's weird to see one without rust though
Love your channel, keep up the good work!
It really depends on what part of the country you live in CA, NM, AZ cars see very little rust in general.
@@r4mp4g1 I am going on 38 yrs so far!
Went to buy that car in 86.......ended up buying the Honda Prelude instead...
Honda motors were built to outlast the car it was in. This car predates the anti corrosion baths Accords receive during assembly. The Acura Legends from this era were treated.
It was this model Accord that really made Honda a huge player in the midsize car market. I remember when this came out and people I knew that had only ever bought American cars started switching over to imports. It was miles above any other car in its market.
Very nice this Honda Accord 1986, is disponible en version wagon too?
That engine sound 😍 even across a parking lot/garage, you can tell it is a Honda.
As an eight year old boy, I'll never forget the day my dad bought two of these, a 5-spd manual for him and an automatic for my mom. With the pop-up headlights the Accords were on the same level of the Ferraris of the period for me. The 5-spd ending up in my 16-yr old brothers possession and the first technical modifications he did were burn out the clutch and flat-spot all 4 tires. I used to think I had the coolest brother on earth as I rode with him one day, 90mph in a 35mph zone. The stupid things we did as kids are too hard to process nowadays....
Wow!
You were rich!
Our family bought a new Lada 1200 L that year, because we could afford it when we got a chunk of heritage money when gramps passed away...
Oh man I love that 80s/90s Honda classic startup 🥰. Such legendary cars.
My 2020 K20 (not the dumb L15 turbo) Civic still that that wonderful Honda startup noise. :)
The first Honda I ever had was an 87 Honda Civic two door hatchback. The thing drove like a go kart and went forever and I hardly ever needed to fix anything.
This was basically peak Honda! I miss the Honda of the late 80s early 90s.
@Ale Bob Weak CVTs and unreliable turbos are not peak quality, sadly.
@@texan903 Dont forget about the oil dilution problem in their Earthdreams 1.5T engines.
Came here to say this. Sad how far Honda has fallen...
@Ale Bob No, sir, they are not. The gap between them and Toyota has widened a lot.
The late 80s and early 90s was peak Japanese altogether, not just Honda. Heck, they were peak electronics as well.
This was my very 1st car purchase. I got it back in 1997 at a used car lot in my hometown. Mine was an LXi, with the exact same exterior & interior colors as this one, but mine was a 5spd. It sparked my love of the Honda/Acura brand.
I'm actually curious at which point in MW's history did John finally resign himself to the fact that nobody puts Oil Pressure and Voltage gauges in cars anymore. lol
Around 92’-93’. He realized complaining was a lost cause. Lol
garren588 I think it was later than that!
@@roddydykes7053 it probably was. I think around the ‘92-‘93 era, he stopped saying it for every car like he used to and kinda cherry picked which ones to complain about, especially the ones that used to have all the gauges but lost them in their redesigns lol
Haha, he is nothing if not consistent! He’s been in my life for over 40 years now!
I still see these on the road which is amazing because I'm in Canada and we salt our roads.
I also see thr 1987 to 1991 Camrys as well. I miss the old Toyota and Honda.
As much as it rots our cars, the extra flavour makes up for it
These cars don't die. There are still people delivering pizza in them or commuting to their first service sector job like working at a supermarket
It was the first Accord I drove in 1996 ( the ex wifes car ). Since then I have driven Accords for 25 years, up to the last 2017 V6 Touring coupe.
Extremely reliable cars. I love Japanese models from 90's
I had for many years a 97 Civic what a nice car
I had an 87 LXi 5 speed in high school. I loved it
My dad gave me one of these in high school. It was an LX with a 5 speed with 40,000 miles on it. There wasn’t a day in that cars life that it did not see 6000 rpms. I drove it to 200,000 miles and wasn’t a thing wrong with it, then traded it in on 1992 Camaro RS in 1995. I still have the Camaro to this day and there isn’t anything wrong with it either. It’s got close to 200,000 miles on it also.
It is really unbelievable that Honda does not make a better looking car today. This car looked incredible in 1986 and managed to age far better than anything which came after
The new Accords now no more in production
The very newest Accords are sweet-looking and I’m seeing a lot of high-level ones around. I hope Honda’s stubbornness in keeping it in production pays off and keeps at least a few sedans on the market!
Got my first Honda as a 17 year old senior in high school. Bought a 5 year old 1980 Honda Prelude. Have owned nothing but Hondas and Acuras ever since. My current car is my 19th in my lifetime and it's a '20 Honda Accord Touring 2.0T, which I absolutely love! I've owned Preludes, Integras, Accords, TLs, TLXs, and a TSX. Have enjoyed them all.
4:43 Such a beautifully cohesive design. Everything "works" and flows perfectly and the angles are correctly balanced by other angles. Nothing overdone. And those pop-up headlamps which give a sporty allusion to the Prelude. For some reason, Honda kept that full-folding rear seat for decades!
i realise this is an old comment, but i just revived one of these that got accidented and i re-watched...and well.
What i really dont get about the full folding seat is they dont have them in the hatchbacks. The civic hatch and Accord hatch are ither 50/50 or 70/30~ splits during the same years, so it really dosnt compute. Though, the rear seat in the sedan and coupe on the 3g Accord has a lock, so i guess itd be hard to drop the seat in a split unless you used two lock cylenders.. simplicity, i guess
This car is a timeless classic, I see a few of these on the road today in good condition. But most of them are for sale that I be seeing, there coupes and sedans with 5 speed manuals in a DX and LX mid-level, and they want at least $2,500 or more for a 1987- 1989. The 3-door hatchback are pretty hard to find now, but Honda are known for their reliability.
The last really nice condition Accord I saw of this generation was in 2005. It was a 1989 Accord LXi...either coupe or hatchback. I don't recall. It was immaculate inside and out with 239,000 miles on the odometer.
I daily a 1988 Accord Hatchback and I've only seen 2 other hatchbacks and 5 other sedans in the past few years. Very hard to find now.
I own a mint 89 with a 5-speed, wouldn't trade her for the world.
Junk it
Don't listen to that person, keep it and take really good care it.
K24 swappp dat
imagine driving 30 year old clunker economy car and liking it xD
I could afford to buy any car I want, with cash. But I keep my old Honda, yeah imagine that.
I had the exact same Accord (color and all) with a 5-speed. Nice to drive, and handled very well, not to mention utterly reliable.
I loved the steering in that car. Super light when going slow. Then tight and spot on when going down the interstate.
OMG this may be one of my favourite cars and the best Accord of all time. My dad purchased an 87 LX sedan and it was a pure joy to drive - and this was the carbureted 2.0 version! The 12-valve A-series engine had quite the growl and plenty of grunt. What a classic, beautiful design.
This is when the Japanese brands started to eat the USA brands.
The car industry is like slither io
Agree 100%. The eating started in 1986 but rocketed in 1990 with Honda, Nissan, and Toyota coming out with their premium brands.
1985 and older Hondas were not nearly as good as 1986+.
$13,700 in 1986, the MSRP for this loaded LX-i, is $32,535 in 2020. The $18,000 with dealer markup is about $42,750 today. I can't imagine paying a $10,000 premium for an Accord, even a really nice one!
Pretty crazy, right? This was back when Japanese cars were at their peak and regarded as pinnacles of engineering. The Japanese dominated in cars and electronics back then.
Its going on right now with a lot of popular cars though. 10k dealership fees are not uncommon on high demand cars.
@@Namedonelettere Yeah, what seemed silly two years ago when I made that comment became all too real, sadly.
0-60 9.7sec is good for 1986 and that's a automatic, I still remember my uncle got a brand new 87 accord just like this one in a baby blue color he traded in his 84 accord I remember it was brown in color and tan interior, this bring back memories.
The 87 accord i owned, and the 86 my mother owned were both baby blue and the interior was blue too. Other than black or brown/tan interiors, you don't see that nowadays.
My family owned this car once back in 2002. I used to get dropped off or picked from school with it. Bring back memories.
I drove one of these once back then when a co-worker loaned me hers.. I was very impressed!! It was everything I felt a car of this size should be.. I have owned 3 Hondas since.. I was buying German cars for a while but got tired of robbing banks to maintain them!! So, now I'm back home to Honda.. an Accord.
Honestly, I think the Japanese perfected automobiles, in terms of design and reliability in the 90's. These cars were damn near bullet proof. Lexus LS400, Accord, Camry. If you drove these next to the American counterparts, you would see in an instant.
I agree it's been down hill In a lot of ways since then
We had the same problems (😂) with Japanese cars in the UK. How dare they send us these vehicles which, first thing in the morning in a rush to get to work, just ........ started. That ain't how we do things here sonny boy! We have a strike to be late for.
I remember my folks were going to trade in their '84 Prelude for the '86 Accord in this same color. I was so excited! Shockingly, they came home with this new car brand I never even heard of... an '86 Acura Legend LS. 😁
Appropriately named
The LS was famous long before GM got it's mitts on those two letters
Damn I LOVE the Legends. The only Acura I'd buy today if I found it in great condition (or CL type-S 6-speed). I saw a gold 95 4dr at a shop. Owned by the shop owner and of course he won't let it go! I'm not even a fan of gold/tan cars but they look so good on the Legend (and Lexus GS, 1st gen)
oh maaan that's a nice car.. 86 didnt have double wishbone in the rear, yet, but the one im getting is a 90 L, which has them. I cant wait!
@@pigeonpoo1823 Remember when Honda called anti-lock brakes ABL?
Thank you for this. My first car was an 87 LX-i in this same color that my mom passed down to me with 225K miles on the odo. I drove it until 327K miles on the original motor when the automatic transmission finally gave out. I sold it to a friend who put a new transmission in it and drove it to almost 500K miles (still on the original motor). That is, until he wrapped it around a tree.
I miss the 80s and 90s Honda’s I haven’t seen this generation In some years on the road still great reliability
Grew up with a 1989 DX. Loved that car. My dad drove that thing 200,000 miles and it literally never broke. Most reliable car we ever had to this day. And now I have a 2018 Sport 2.0T with a manual!
This is my favorite Honda Accord. Had one in the late 80's. Very comfortable and reliable.
I daily a 1988 Honda Accord Hatchback LX-i 5 speed. Super fun to drive and it still runs great.
0-60 around 9 seconds. Keep in mind that affordable sports cars of this era were in the 7 second range for top spec versions. And many other vehicles were in the 10 to 12 second times.
Imo anything 9 secs or less is fun to drive especially with a light car and manual trans
I'm also old and remember when cars were slow lol
And with the automatic!
9.7s was quick back then. Most cars in that class took 11s+.
My father wouldn't deal with the local Honda dealership for 20 years because of how high they marked this car up back in the day. We wound up with a Celebrity.....joy.......
Probably would've been better off paying the dealer markup than getting a Celebrity.
I'm sorry.. I think sooomebody needs a hug!!.... Now, just you forget about that bad ol' Celebrity monster..!!
Oof, that's brutal...
The Accord was certainly a much better engineered car, but those Celebrities were decent cars and much cheaper. I've seen them with well over 200k miles and still ran well. Definitely not as appealing as the Accord though, then and now in hindsight.
My family had a Celebrity as well and it lasted for years on end no issues until the family friends borrowed it and got rear ended in it finishing it off;(
I always liked the pop up headlight design on that car. I remember back then, my stepmother had a 1988 Acura Legend coupe fully loaded with everything. I have a 2020 Accord EX today, love it.
I love to wake up in the morning and then see a new retro motorweek!
Hoping for another retro livestream one day....
@@MaestroTJS +1 here!
One of the best cars! I still see some on the roads.
You see these with 650k on them or more. Definitely one of the most reliable accords ever made.
Id take this over a new one any day. This is real deal Honda 😉
My mom bought a used lxi in 1993, we had always had chevy sedans. I did not like it at first…but that car made me Honda brand loyal. I’ve only purchased Honda’s since and currently am driving a 2016 civic LX 6 speed. They just don’t quit and even the base models are surprisingly fun.
One of these was my first manual transmission car. Never gave me any problems. Sold it with 280,000 miles on the clock. Really solid car.
I remember one of my family members used to have a 1987 Accord LX-i 4door like the one in the video as her daily driver. It had a power steel sunroof and reddish brown interior with moquette velour upholstery.
I had a neighbor who's Accord fit that description. I remember that reddish brown velour upholstery vividly.
@@jaxandmore440 Wow! The upholstery had a diagonal weave texture.
Pretty sure it was glass (or moon)roofs only by this point.
I wish Honda would go back to this clean, simple styling
I had 1988 3rd generation Accord LX I purchased new when I was stationed in West Germany. My wife and I travel all over Germany on weekends in that car. Shipped it back to U.S. and drove it from Georgia to Ft Hood, Tx. Kept it until 1993 when I traded it in for a 1993 Mazda 929.
Those 929s were beautiful. We had 2 in our family. They drank oil like nobody’s business, though!
My family had one of these. Shaped my opinion of Honda at a young age. Very reliable powertrains, but sub-par quality. My 2001 MDX and 2008 Accord gave me the same experience.
My first vehicle was a 1987 Honda Accord LXi sedan gray on gray, manual transmission. I absolutely LOVED that car and miss it today.
What I wouldn’t give to find one in mint condition. So reliable, decent power, pop up headlights, and highways were a joy to travel interstate at night in the 80’s. The startup sound, the reverse gear sounds…iconic!
I love how they thought it was "pricey"... if they only knew... My dad had an 87' civic that he drove from 1987- 2003. The body was a little rough in the end. But the car still drove well and started EVERY time.
I had 88 model one of the most beautiful design from Honda
I still see these cars along with Toyota and Nissan
They just don't die
They do die, it's just a game of attrition. Wrecks, acts of God, et cetera, et cetera.
@@jaydawg7 That's not really what I meant but ok
In the early 90s I had a 85 accord as my dd as my other car was an IROCZ. I quickly fell in love with that car. I only had it 3 months before I slid on ice and totaled it, but it forever changed my perception of Japanese cars. Not long after, sold the Camaro, bought an Integra and have had at least 1 Honda product since then.
One of my favorite cars. I was a Honda tech when these were still pretty new so I worked on plenty. I have been looking for a nice 1989 LXi for several years now. There's a special edition that came with leather and a unique color that would be the ideal find.
If ever you feel the need to talk about your time working at the Honda dealership tinkering away on 3g Accords i can clear my schedule. Love working on these (most of the time) and i own 3 (but i would not call them "nice", i live up north..)
The car I learned stick on! My dad's 88 LX sedan.
1:59 John: (THE GAUGES) They're clear enough but lacking in both oil pressure and voltage! LOL
It's the well known running gag.
The last Accord to have a carburetor on its standard engine (DX & LX), & the first regular-production Accord to have fuel-injection on its optional engine (this LXi).
My aunt had a 1989 DX 2 door accord with 5 speed manual trans and carb. I remember looking under the hood and seeing an array of vacuum hoses everywhere, which were labeled. The highest number I could find without digging was vacuum hose #60. Still a great car that carried her over 300,000 trouble free miles on the original factory clutch.
Bullet proof..Just make sure you change the Timming belts every 100,000 miles..I drove 1989 honda civic dx with over 400,000 miles.
Civics 88 reliable 10x more than accord all 88 civics where fuel injection only top of the line accord was don’t know why when the accord is the top of the line Honda
My 3 door hatchback Honda Accord LXi has 451,000 miles on the chassis and still takes a daily beating as my pizza delivery car. Most everything works but the AC and being able to do most everything yourself in a couple hours with a basic socket set is actually what makes this now 30+ year old car truly special. Its saved my life, and made me just enough money to live on without being homeless so far. If it goes down, so do I, but with a new cylinder head, suspension and computer, it should be ok for a while longer. I also keep a soldered (fused) main relay for backup in my emergency kit inside the car. And the fuel pump gets replaced every couple years because the rust in my old tank destroys them. Still, even taking constant work and maintenance its been my lifeline for the last 5 years. Its beat up, inside and out but I owe the engineers in japan who made this car, my life.
Would you believe this has always been my dream car? How crazy right? Even as a teen in 1986 when this car came out and my parents had a sporty, 1980 Camaro V-8, I would rather have had this car! Now to this day I have always been on the lookout for a low mileage pristine example of this style, the 1986-1989 Honda Accord! I was THRILLED to see this review added! Just last night believe it or now, I had a dream about my uncle's 1985 Accord he had, the previous body style and how I said to him I wanted his Accord if he sold it as he bought a new style like this 1986..How odd to have that dream last night then to look on YOuTube at 7:45pm and see this review added a few days ago!!???
My first car was a 1987 accord, was in high school and bought it for $2500 from my neighbor in 1994. Definitely a trip down memory lane!!
I remember the first time looking out the front windshield and being gobsmacked be the vast view and not a bit of front hood in sight. It looked like it came from another planet! My only frame of reference was ford country squire station wagons. 🙂
Great cars. Loved the Honda smell. Make sure you change that timing belt or....else
Owned a 88 hatchback, awesome little car
Probably the best generation of Accord ever built. Got to love those pop up headlights and simple design; but I prefer to have the carburetor model for even simpler design.
I remember my neighbors, who was a doctor, his wife always had a new Honda every few years. I remember seeing the pop up headlights and thought they were the coolest thing.
This third gen Accord was the car I grew up with. My grandfather bought an 87 Accord new and sold it to my dad in/around 1990. This ended up as my mom's car while my dad kept his 1987 Honda Civic Wagon. In Canada we had slightly different trim offerings, much like on the 4th gen Accord. I'd love to find one of these today, the top end trim would be incredible if the car was in perfect shape.
Had one of these in the LX configuration as my first car. Carburetors! HAH! Drove it until she fell apart. 89 horsepowers never felt so good.
I think this is my favorite accord body...especially in the two door.
I had this exact car. It had been in a minor fender bender when I got it and had 298kmi. I tossed a fender and headlight cover on it and drove trouble free until 330kmi when sadly rust got to the structural part of the door frame. Such a great car and great memories, this car sparked my love for Hondas. Well older Hondas at least...sadly I wouldn't touch one today.
Also 30+ mpg and we can't get anywhere near that today without going hybrid?!?
Yeah it's the weight, the newer cars have a lot of structural support for safety, you can get in the mid-thirties with a Camry but I understand what you're saying
it is absolutley baffling to see how clean aand shiny that thing is. i've never ever seen one that clean, and i was born in 1983
This is one of my favorite generations of the Honda Accord just because of the cool pop up headlights, aaahh just some childhood nostalgia that’s all too. But who can forget the double wishbone suspension? An industry leader!
I had an '86 DX hatchback with the 5-speed. Great car! So much fun to drive and it handled really well to be honest. I've owned 20 cars over the years and the majority have been Honda, including my current '18 Clarity. Overall, you really cannot beat them.
i had one of these gems years ago in highschool; white with the 5 spd. god i miss selling that car everyday...
Been watching this MW retro cars, and got me an old civic (1990), and I am enjoying it. Now, I am planning to buy a much older one, toyota starlet 1978. It is like a time machine, letting me experience how people during those years driving these retro cars. ☺️
These 3rd (and 4th gen) Accords are my favorite ones.
Mind too. IMO they were the peak of the Honda Accord.
My wife had an 89 LXi. It was a fanstastic car. Super reliable, power everything, great handling, comfy seats, etc. Pop up lights were nice. The rusproofing was not as good as nowadays and the tin worm destroyed it 17 years later. Was sad to see it go.
I still see a great many Honda Civic's/Accords of this era in daily use!!
plus the value of cars from this is RISING RAPIDLY!!
In 86, I was an 18 yr old with a fresh driver's license, and I love this car! The little details of this car were legendary. The thin A-pillars, the large greenhouse, the legible gauges, the seat design, etc. One of my favorites ever!
It’s amazing how every Honda Accords design looks better as they age!
I have an 86 Accord Lx-i hatchback that I am slowly fixing up to form. Cant wait to drive it :)
This car was way ahead of its time back then.
We had a 1986 LXI, blue on blue and a stick. Over 20 years and new 300k miles, the check 3ngine light came on once...at the interval programmed by Honda to go back in for your first valve adjustment. Never came on again. All the original switch gear worked and the only issue was an occasionally leaking sunroof due to debris in the drains. The fuel pump died and instead of swapping it out we sold it and upgraded. Loved that car enough I have also had an 88 4 door LX and an 89 2 door LXI. Quiet, comfy, sporty in corners and 30mpg at 75+ even with over 200k on the odometer.
The only downside to getting my own car as a teenager was I could no longer drive my mom’s 86 Accord LXi. Loved that car!
Love seeing classic videos ! Still see healthy examples of this car in 2020 on the road.
This is possibly the highest water mark for affordable, well-built, decently enjoyable cars. I had an '88 EX-i. Best car ever.
hard to think that this was 34 years ago, the 0-60 of 9.7seconds still beats plenty of modern cars
I bought a mint used 1988 LX-i Manual 5 speed with 88k on it for $500 back in 2001. (Pretty much a gift) I drove it non stop for 6 years and sold it for $1800 with around 220k on it. Never let me down & the AC still worked. This was one solid machine
The crazy thing I see these on the road still
I got a ‘88 LXi (5spd manual) for my HS graduation in ‘94. I had that car for 8 years before I sold it, I regret selling it and still dream of that car.
My first car was a 88 Accord LX. Gold just like this. I miss my gold baby all the time. Super fun to drive and just a beautiful car.
My Dad bought a new 1986 LX. That car is why I'm a car guy today, and still collect and restore older Hondas. So well-made!
better than my 2020 honda civic
Why do you have it
Lmao, good one
@@jebediahspringfield9496 because i heard of the very high reviews and at first the car was pretty good. But now there are rattles everywhere and the car is starting to have build quality issues. Still a good car mechanically, but honda build quality has definetly went downhill even in comparison to my dads 2010 civic.
I remember getting an '87 model in the early 2000s. I sold it super quick! I was still getting calls about the car, even after a month it was advertised in the newspaper.
Oh the sound of that starter. Takes me right back to 1990.
I haven’t seen one in a while here in Iowa. I think more common in rust free belt. It looks kinda like a 4 door prelude lol.
Same platform yeah
Right on! I'm about to drive to the store in my 1988 LX-i. Fuel injected 5 speed 305k. it's my lil $1,000 mini rocketship made in Japan ;) Except they were usually made in Ohio or Mexico.
If you can score one of these dwindling cars for cheap you are being silly not having one as a second fun car...if you can't afford a cheapie used Camaro ;)
I just sold a seniors 1989 Honda Accord LX exactly like one here in same color 4 dr. with 122,000 miles for $3000 in 2020 so they do hold their value.
Very smooth car with a jerky automatic (Toyota is very smooth) but a perfect Honda. Enjoyed this video.