[TriLUG] [way OT] new auto recommendations

[Pete Soper]

On 11/02/2014 10:46 PM, Don Jerman wrote:
> "The Accord [...] will eventually grow too large and expensive to survive"
>
> Eventually the Accord will shed its outer layers and implode, briefly
> outshining the Ford Galaxy before turning into a white smart car, or
> possibly a brown Fit.

Good one. I had a '78 Accord, the 2nd model year. It was a very small 
hatch back and subjectively smaller than the Civic hatchback I'm 
remembering from the mid-90s.
But a few years BA (Before Accord) I saw a Honda in California and 
thought "got to have one of those!". Absolutely fabulous. It was an 
impossibly small hatchback that in my mind's eye made a Fit look like a 
stretch limo. Seriously, it was the size of the original Morris Mini 
(not the BMW version sold in this country). I vaguely recall something 
suggesting a 600cc engine. When the Accord happened I spent a year 
screwing around 'cause I was making the transition from big corporation 
to local area startup and then got the '78. That was a wonderful car. I 
gave it to my dad while I was courting with the first Acura Legend, then 
got it back and drove it until the wheels fell off while the wife drove 
the Legend.

-Pete
>
> On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 10:24 AM, Igor Partola <igor at igorpartola.com> wrote:
>
>> Yeah, I'd say an Accord is a full size sedan these days. American cars (and
>> yes these are American cars) get larger in the later model years. The
>> Accord may have started out as a compact car, but it is now full size. It
>> will eventually grow too large and expensive to survive, and the Civic will
>> take its place. In turn, the Fit will grow larger, and replace the Civic,
>> and a new model will show up.
>>
>> This can also be seen in the [Corolla, Camry, Avalon] to [Yaris, Corolla,
>> Camry, Avalon] transition.
>>
>> Igor
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