Not mine, but it is a project I’m assisting with. A good friend of mine was looking to replace his battered Chevy Cobalt and he wanted something that he could get more fun out of. He also wanted to buy his first stickshift. I was browsing auction listings as I do and I found a 2005 6-6 Accord coupe up in Philadelphia. I was kinda tempted at first, but I already have my 06 sedan.So I told him about it and he ended up snagging it for $950 ($1200 after fees). Catch is we had to drive 3 hours to Philly from just outside DC to pick it up and then hope it made the 3 hours back.
Well we did and it held up very well. It was about half a quart low on oil and a bit low on power steering fluid, but other than a code for the downstream bank 2 oxygen sensor, no issues came up. Keep in mind the car has 272k miles and came from New York (although there’s 0 rust surprisingly).
Since both of us work at a Honda dealership as technicians, we inspected and did some basic services on it immediately after making it back. We changed the oil, did a full brake flush, and a partial coolant service.The oil drain bolt was badly stripped, that was the worst issue we found.But he fixed that using a time sert with a new drain plug. Those are pretty robust in our experience, so it should hold (especially since we actually torque oil drain bolts to Honda specification, ~36 ft-lbs, rather than ramrodding it in like a Quik lube place would).
For other issues, I already mentioned the O2 sensor code. One of the parking brake cables might be stuck, the rear rotors are in need of replacement, the front seat fabric is torn, but that’s really it.
He’s gonna be doing more maintenance over the week. New tranny fluid (swapping the old Honda MTF for GM Synchromesh to prevent the 3rd gear popout these cars get. I did the same on my 06 already), a clutch fluid flush, power steering flush, new wiper blades, new PCV valve, and some other new parts.
