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  2018 Accord Sport - First 1300 Miles - 2018 Honda Accord
  By John - January 16 - 8:25 am

  After my wifes 1998 MB e320 4-matic dropped a driveshaft (got it repaired) and threw four check engine codes and one catalytic converter code, we knew it was finally time to retire the old gal. We limped the MB into our local Honda dealer the Saturday after Black Friday, and purchased a 2018 Honda Accord 1.5T Sport. I had been researching them for awhile, and had even test drove one while in a different city, and knew that it was the car I wanted. Ive had it now for about a month, and have to say that overall its a great car. Highlights: Honda Sensing is awesome!. Honda has really made the sensing package intuitive and easy to use. Climate Control works well. Integration of Display Audio with the Tachometer screen is very cool. While using Android Auto and Google Maps, the Tachometer will switch to navigation directional arrows with distance to turn about 1/2 mile before you are supposed to turn. You can also have the tach screen display Audio Information, MPG / Range, Maintenance Info, and some other things. Front seats are pretty supportive and comfortable. I drove it on an 8 hour road trip, and found them to be quite comfortable, and im a pretty big guy. Headlights and fog lights work great, and illuminate the night nicely. I even like the Auto high beams, while Ive heard that others just turn them off. Wind noise is non-existent Low lights: 19" low profile tires have quite a bit of road noise, and make the ride harsh (understandable for 19" low Profile tires). I needed to get winter tires anyway, so I took off the 19s and replaced them with 17" wheels and tires from discount tire, and now the ride is much nicer, and even though they are Bridgestone Blizzak winter tires, the ride is quieter. Display Audio has been a problem. I purchased the Sport model over the LX primarily for the Android Auto integration. I was disappointed when driving home from the dealership, the Display Audio System (Android based system) crashed and rebooted itself even without my phone connected to it. Connecting through Android Auto caused more crashes of Display Audio. It was a given, that within the first 5 minutes of driving, that the Display Audio was going to reboot itself. Sometimes it crashed so hard that I had to restart the car to get it to reboot. I tried doing a Factory Data reset of the Display Audio, but it didnt stop the system from doing continuous reboots. Now, a month later, and the Display Audio hasnt crashed for over a week. Im not sure if Honda covertly pushed a software update to my car since I had it connect to my home WiFi whenever it was parked at my home, and i did open a ticket with Honda support. Anyway, the system has now magically healed itself which I find strange, as being an IT guy for the past 30 years, I know that software doesnt heal itself. However, Display Audio is working now, and the Android Auto integration is great. One last low light is the road noise. Its more than i would like, but will say that since I got rid of the 19" tires, the road noise has improved. Overall, probably the best car Ive owned.