i guess from xcel's experience (and correct me if i'm wrong ur accord is an auto) his starter and 12 volt battery must have been taken a beating! I thought all this time when you start your accord, you'd use the clutch to jump start it.

Hm... maybe honda starters are meant to be used all the time?

i got around 20 km a liter when i drove a civic 5 spd using advanced hypermiler techniques
and now I drive a salvage nwh20 prius that gets almost to 25 km/l with 195,000 km to date.