How long have you been a Honda owner/fan?

Im a real honda nut.
1988 crx
1993 del sol
1987 prelude si
1995 prelude Vtec
1995 passport ex
1996 passport ex
1998 accord ex
2001 cl type s
2000 s2000
1997 prelude
1988 civic dx (beater car)
2002rsx type s
2003 element ex
2006 RIDGELINE RTL S/R
and
2000 RC51
lawnmower
weedeater
snow blower
that about covers my honda addiction. The guys at work rag on me everyday about Honda. I work at Harley Davidson as a painter. They just dont understand the Honda thing.

1973? Honda 250 Elsinore (used) - Not sure about the year and spelling. Silver aluminum gas tank and white fenders.
1977 Honda Accord Red (new)
Funny story about this one. It was red, 5 speed, hatchback. I was a drag racer before buying this car. Had a few 1/8 mile cars I ran at the local strip. One night at the track I was challenged by a couple of guys and their modified pinto. It had a header, an aftermarket intake and carb. They thought this thing was the greatest thing since cornflakes. I had a pretty good idea that I could hang with them because my Accord seemed to be pretty quick. So we lined up in the staging lane. I was asked to remove the beauty rings and center caps and I did. Everyone laughed at the front tires spinning in the box. Yellow, yellow, yellow, Green - - I won by a quarter of the track and never even saw the pinto. I don't remember the time or speed I ran its been so long ago. They claimed the pinto wasn't quite tuned right and wanted a rematch. I agreed and after about 8 guys tweeked that pinto we lined up again. I won by the same amount. After that I had a crowd around my car asking questions & wanting to know what I had done the car. What could I say but, "nothing its stock". This was the car that Honda first won me over with.

1977 Honda 125 dirt bike.
1984 Honda Civic 4 door Silver (used)
1992 Honda Accord EX Coupe Capachino (new)
1993 Honda Accord EX 4 door Black (new)
2001 Acura CL-S Red (new)
2001 Honda CR-V SE Gold (used)
2006 Honda Ridgeline RTL-NAV Green
2007 Acura RD-X (for the spouse - mabye!)

Never had or even really looked at a Honda before. Mostly drove GM pickups or SUVs, but last had a Dodge Durango. Four years ago I met a girl who drove a 6 year old Accord LX (4 cyl./standard transmission) with 100,000 miles. What a quality and fun car to drive. I was impressed! So impressed she is now my wife .

We upgraded to a loaded V6 Accord EX Coupe. Much faster, funner, and luxurious quality . Now I'm really impressed and on my way to becoming a Honda Fan.

Last January we had the Accord in for it's first service. I was looking around the showroom when a vulturous sales guy comes over to high presure sell me. I figure I'll mess with him and shut him down fast by asking to see a pickup truck. Care to guess what happened next? I never knew what hit me!

He obviously didn't have any yet, but he gave me one of the brochures that had just come in. I didn't buy my RL there because all he had coming in first were RTLs and I'm not crazy about leather. I ended up going to a different dealer who had an initial standing order for an RTS I wanted. I bought it sight-unseen before it arrived and it was the first Ridgeline they ever delivered on 3/12. The only problem mine has had is the leak. The dealer got me in quickly and was all over the problem. They gave me a loaner and replaced the whole carpet after the fix, without me asking, because they thought it smelled a little musty. Trouble free, dry, and like new since.

Next mower will be a Honda and my next boat will have a Honda 4-stroke outboard. I discovered the US Coast Guard uses Honda Outboards on thier rescue boats. This is a HUGE endorsment, that the US Government buys a "foreign" product for the Defense Department. Normally, unheard of!

Yea, I'm a Honda Fan now.

I was never a Honda fan until recently. My wife pushed me in this direction. I used to own German cars. If I drove a car today, it still would be German.

My first Honda was a 1967 CT-90 that I got for free from a fellow Harley owner. He lost his garage space and wanted it to go to a good home. I have some nice easy dirt trails behind my house and I used to have a blast bombing through them. The rings were shot, so it left this awesome blue mosquito-killing smoke trail behind it. I finally had to get rid of it so I gave it to someone in town who was going to use it for a parts bike. If I would have stripped it and sold off the parts it would have netted a lot of cash, but one good turn deserves another.

Our second Honda was the 2003 Pilot, a first year model, replacing my wife's Ford Windstar. Once she test drove it, the decision was made. It's been flawless so far in 56K miles.

I am in the fourth month with my Ridgeline. It hasn't been flawless, but the problems have been minor. I'll get them all fixed when I go back to the dealer.

I also own a Honda powered pressure washer. My genset is powered by a Briggs Vanguard. Both are great engines.

I'm a newbie.

I never even considered a "fern" car until September of 2004 when I first laid eyes on the Ridgeline. I was an American and Daddy always said be proud of that so I gave into to 'Buy American" lock, stock and barrel. I'm still proud of that but I figure most of my Honda if not all was made here or just North of me across the pond, and my Dad is from Canada so why not. It helped that I worked for Honda other wise I am sure that interest would never have peaked.
Being a Service Manager then a Customer Relations Director for Honda/Dealership taught me the value and love people hold in their Hondas. Not to mention the countless Hondas that came through our Service Department for service that were from the early 80's and 200K plus miles on them and these people spent the money to fix them. That said everything to me.

So now...I still have my 2001 Sunfire in the driveway that has not moved since March 2, Todd drives his Ford Exploder faithfully, but I am a diehard

HONDA FAN!!