How do you like the Accord hybrid? How is it on long road trips? Any issues? Are the seats comfortable and supportive? I assume this is a EX or EX-L?
We are looking to get one just like that but a year or two newer and interested in your experience with it. Thanks!
How do you like the Accord hybrid? I would say 10/10, but I say 8/10 because the driver seat is not very comfortable for me. But I love this car! It shines in gas savings as mileage. Only another hybrid can compare with it in getting the most mileage out of a tank of gas. I often hypermile and get 50mpg to over 60mpg. My best tank of gas, I got 66mpg and got 810 miles out of the small 12.8 gallons tank. No other non-hybrid vehicle car can come close to that.
How is it on long road trips? 8/10. The car is smooth and stable with not much wind noise on long road trips. Saldy, the driver seat is not very comfortable for me. Many others complain too about it on the Accord forum, but there are some who say the seat is just fine for them. I drive permanently with a tempur pedic pillow on my seat. It improves my sitting position and comfort on long road trips.
Any issues? ZERO. This car is flawless and absolutely perfect for what it is. A gas saving commuter that can haul a family on road trips. Next month would make it 3 years since I bought this car. I have taken it to the dealership only once and that was for its first oil change. My car now has 102,500 miles and has not been to the dealership ever since. I do my own maintenance and keep the car in excellent shape.
Are the seats comfortable and supportive? 8/10. Nope the driver seat is not good at all for me. There are some others on the Accord forum who say the same. But there are also some people who say they have no problems with the driver seat. Maybe mine is because I have the base model. But as for all the passenger seats, I do not think they have any problems at all.
I assume this is a EX or EX-L?
Mine is the base model. It is not EX or EX-L. I bought the base model which is the cheapest one. I bought this car brand new on October 3, 2020 for $25,100 (I took a 5 year loan but paid it off in 14 months) drive out. That includes tax, title and license and asking the dealership to upgrade my seats to leather seats from Katzkin. Best valued brand new car I have ever bought. I owned a 2012 QX56 for 7 years before I bought this Accord. In the first 5 years of ownership, my QX cost me $20,000 in extended warranty cost and out of pocket expenses. Just after 6 months of me buying my QX, I took it offroading in the mountains in Colorado and beat it hard on the trails. I broke parts on the front suspension. I came back and took it for repairs and my bill was $10,000. I am not kidding you. I paid only $1,200 out of pocket. Extended warranty paid for the damages I caused.
We are looking to get one just like that but a year or two newer and interested in your experience with it.
My experience with my Accord is that I would gladly buy another one if I needed to or wanted to upgrade this one. The car has been flawless to me. I feel as if the car is maintenance free.
If I were you, I would buy the brand new body style which comes with the improved hybrid sytem which makes the Accord drive like an electric vehicle.
I have gone and driven the new body style Accord 2 times now at the dealership and the driver seat is better than in the one I own.
Best things about my Accord;
I hypermile and get excellent gas mileage.
Brakes on this car would not need to be changed until well over 200,000 miles.
It does not have a traditional transmission. This car is compared to the Koenigsegg Regera with no transmission. That means a lot for me to hear that.
Cost of maintenance is very cheap, especially if you do it at home.
I keep it top notch and maintain it very well.
I am on my 3rd set of brand new tires.
I change my own oil at different intervals. I have changed it after 3,000 miles and I recently changed it after 14,000 miles.
The car is not fast but it is peppy.
I found out that the car can hanlde its own too, very well offroad like I just did taking it on the Dalton Highway. I am very proud of that accomplishment because I was very hard on this car on that bad road with all those sharp rocks and stones all the way. I paid for it with a flat tire at the end of the trip when I was getting into Deadhorse, Alaska. I was sad when it happened but to be honest, it made for a great story and a great memory in the end because of the people who came to my rescue. I did not have to lift a finger to fix anything. Amazing truckers appeared immediately from nowhere and offered to fix my flat for me. They did it completely for free and even refused to take anything I offered them as a thank you. I did not do a single thing but watch and fly my drone. It was an amazing experience I will never forget. There are some very good people out there!
