Total greed....

I had a pre-order on a 2006 Civic, and went into the dealer to see if it was on the water yet from Japan, and they offered me the last 2005 Accord on the lot, at a deep discount that ended up being only $2k more than the Civic would have been.

We already had the one Civic Hybrid so I was pretty well sold on the gas savings and PZEV emissions rating. But the Accord was a lot bigger, nicer, faster (while STILL beating all hekk out of the BMW 325 I was trading in, for both fuel economy AND horsepower.)

So it drives like the BMW did, I only have to fill it up every two weeks, and it's all hidden behind an ingenious "Mom Sled" disguise!

I just wish it had the big Harmon-Kardon speaker system (sigh)