This lagview is of a bit of a different theme. Its not the newest first person shooter, nor a computer or anything like that, this is a car I have recently bought. Normally i wouldn’t bother to “lagview” a car, only reason I am is because of this special group of people we have here. Our first cars were all american cars from the 80′s with a bit of character. We didn’t go the more common route of…. Getting a Honda.

My parents aren’t at all car savvy, however when I was looking for my first car. This whole “Honda” thing was all they’d talk about. Show me this one, show me that one. Honestly, because of this, I didn’t want one. They were rather shocked when i did end up choosing my first car (1985 Chevy Camaro). I’m sure it wasn’t just my parents that wanted me to get a Honda, I heard they were good, reliable, small, easy, safe cars blablabla. Well, I chose a more risque route with my first car and scored great. My 1985 Camaro was great, after 85,000 km she’s still a tickin. But, what if i had gone the Honda route, What did I miss…

While searching Craigslist I picked myself up a 1989 Honda Accord.

But why not a civic? Everyone gets a civic! Its canada’s best small car for a million years in a row blablabla. First of all, Civic is the base model, its a box with a chair and a motor. All these cars have been literally driven into everything, have Hundreds of thousands of K on them (Literally the lowest K one i found was 350ish), Their slow (most of the cheap ones), and their resale price is ridiculous.

Accord was the much better option for me. Lets face it, I’m 21, my friends are all about 20 as well. The accord is spacious enough that i can cram 5 people in there, and I don’t hear bitching. After owning a camaro this is a big plus! I bet colby could sit back there and ALMOST be satisfied, that’s saying alot. The accord, with the added space has the “much” bigger motor compared to the civic. Its a Big Ol’ 2.0Litre. Producing 120hp and 120ft lb torque, And its fuel injected. The accord comes with alot more options standard then the civic, and I really like toys. My car is the top of the line EX-I model. which means it has everything except the spoiler which the EX-R got.

So its bigger, faster than the civic. Its got more features standard, its almost the same car, same design, but its A HELL OF ALOT CHEAPER FOR SOME REASON? Accord has almost no resale value… And i can’t quite figure out why…

I picked up my beast for $650, You cant pick up alot for that cheap, there has to be a list of things wrong. There is, rust everywhere, paint is crap, rear power windows take about 5 minutes to go up and down, passenger side door handle doesn’t wanna stay working. But any car can have these issues. On the whole of things, it feels like a car. Nothing to wrong with it, just old and worn.

So how does it look?  (4/10) It looks like an old White 4 door Honda. We’ve all seen millions, it looks blah. At least it has pop up headlights! It doesn’t disgust me. I’m not embarrassed to drive it around, its just another car on the road.

Performance? (5/10) I rate this in 2 sections, I think every car should be.

-Speed  (6/10), It’s not a fast car, but its not a slow one either. It has 120hp, which isn’t a lot now a days but back when this car was being made it was quite a bit. But were not living in 1989. So this car gets a lower rating, its not FAST. But it can keep up and pass whoever and whenever you like (as long as their not super fast) I haven’t measured this car’s 0-60 yet, because i really don’t care. When i go on the highway i can do 120 before the end of the on ramp, This car will do 180 without much trouble, and it will keep going. But due to losing my license. I don’t want to try. It’s not slow, it’s not fast. Its proper.

-Handling (4/10) This is a hard one to rate, Its front wheel drive, and tet will back me up. Its very different from everything we are used to with our rear wheel drive cars. This car is not light and nimble through tight turns. You can feel how heavy the front is, those tires just don’t wanna take it so tight. However, when conditions are bad. I feel alot more comfortable driving this thing more aggressively and faster than my camaro. The front wheel drive sure feels a lot safer and reassuring. The car is long and wide, front wheel drive. It would be rubbish at anything motorsport. I give it a 4/10 because its safe, again all you need in a car really. Its not a race car.

Interior (7/10) Well what i have is a dry 5 seats, Power windows, power locks, power mirrors, power antenna, power sunroof, cruise control, air conditioning. Its big, and I actually really like how everything is laid out. The dash has a shelf on it to put things on, where stuff actually stays and doesn’t fall. And it has a surface that’s actually really good for writing (hard enough to write on, yet you wont split your head open in case of collision) and its at the perfect angle, not sure if that was thought out or not. Taylor complains about the seats, but honestly if you lean them back like every other stupid kid in a Honda, it feels ALOT better. I now understand why they do that. Its to save their backs from torture. I give it a 7/10, because i like being in the car, The materials aren’t all plastic. You can tell there was some thought involved.

As a first car? (__/10) I cant give this a rating.

Everyone is different.

Cheese, would hate it because he dosen’t like people, so the thought of a spacious car is like hell to Colby.

Tet, would have liked it for its A/C and sunroof, but he would have hated to have me in it, because i would constantly stick my head out the sunroof (however only driver can control sunroof)

Caleb, bought a 93 civic, similar. I think he liked it.

Me, I like it now. I liked the memories i had in my other car more. I loved the looks people gave me in my camaro, I liked the character it had, people loved it, i loved it, it was family to me more then a car. This is just a car, It’s a great car for me. I love loading it full of my friends, blasting around town with my stereo cranked to hell with all windows and sunroof open. being idiots. I love that. Its a form of transportation. I don’t know about you but i made sure my first car was a lot more then just that.

Final Rating (4/10) It’s not bad. But get something that you will Love.

Maybe i’ll add pictures one day, But i don’t see the point. No character. We’ve all seen 1 before. Walk to the store. I’m sure one will pass you.