driving an 8th gen accord 2.4 for 6 years now,still being fully service by honda,absolutely satisfy with the ownership,didn't gave me any problem at all
compare to camry,accord is more exciting to drive,body control is exceptional,handling is quite sharp by D segment standards, but there's a few thing
1) suspension set up is quite hard,i reduce my tire pressure to 2.1 bar(factory spec 2.2 bar) and it helps a lot
2) you'll need to rev the nuts outta this engine to get real power,the vtec kick in at 4200 rpm and thats where the power came in a big way,luckily it comes with paddle shifter which i uses a lot
3) fuel economy is ok for long distance,average 11.5-12.5km/l,city driving is another story..i have other car for that
4) parts are abundant and cheap,just search lazada and mudah for reference,even taobao had lotsa parts for this car but you won't need it much,other than regular services,in this 6 years i only need to change 2 rear wheel bearing which cost me 200 bucks each and that's all

This post has been edited by Valentino46: Dec 28 2018, 06:19 AM

fuel consumption is actually the best among D segments back in it's days when tested by paultan, the article still on paultan website, it's the best when compare against Camry and teana.
equipment wise 8th accord is quite Spartan even in it's days, didn't even had fc monitoring, Camry had more equipment but mechanically(which is more important to me), it's the last D segments model to have front double wishbones suspension which explains it's exceptional body control and precise steering feedback, everyone's else already using simple McPherson struts

any source to that? i thought proton only design the bumper and source the rest from honda as whole assembly

lol...as long as it's proton people make many assumptions, be it right or wrong

yes dws can be set up for different purposes, can be for higher load handling like pickup truck or innova, or comfort vs handling, dws give wider suspension parameter for vehicle designer to fine tune that's all, it still can be screwed up by designers if R&D sucks
but if given everything the same, dws will perform better than simpler set up, there's a reason bmw fit dws for their 5 series but simpler MacPherson for anything below, high end sports cars mostly still run dws as do F1, they had pull rod dws.
more thing to fail or not, only a test of time can prove that, i haven't touch my suspension component one bit up until now, i believe Toyota hilux or Innova dws are very sturdy as well, but i had to change my civic fd front lower arm(MacPherson) twice before i sold it, same to my 2015 Grand livina which had the both front lower arm replaced under warranty last year just before expiration

This post has been edited by Valentino46: Jan 4 2019, 06:08 PM