My very first brand new car was a Honda Accord! Back in 1993 and I loved that car so much, it drove fantastic, worked perfectly, great gas mileage, I had intended to keep it for years and years but 2 1/2 years in, an idiot ran a red light and the even more idiotic dealership missed $2000 in accident related repairs that they could have profited from. I ended up selling the car and buying a Ford Explorer Sport - mainly to protect me from the idiots on the road and I loved it, I took many a road trip in that car and it was wonderful. I drove that for 10 years till the gas mileage was too painful and then I bought a Toyota Scion XB which I love as much as the Honda and the Explorer.

Before that, for almost 20 years, I drove only used cars that my grandfather had bought and fixed up - he loved Fords best because they were easy to fix and parts were cheap and plentiful although he worked on both American and foreign over the 30 plus years after he retired from the Navy and there was always a car in pieces in his driveway.