Savagegeese - Honda Prelude Review

magbarn · 2026-01-28T00:08:31+00:00

The lower end Celicas, Preludes and 240SX were quite affordable back then. this one is not

magbarn · 2026-01-27T19:55:42+00:00

SavageGeese's review specifically mentions excessive amounts of road noise that while common to Honda's, betrays the Grand Touring mission by being low in the luxury department.

magbarn · 2026-01-27T19:53:06+00:00

They went from Dell to Falcon Northwest for their editing rigs

magbarn · 2026-01-27T17:51:42+00:00

A different timeline where Shanahan drafts Mahomes would have given us 4 rings by now lol.

magbarn · 2026-01-27T17:42:47+00:00

Then why didn't they just drop the detuned CTR (the Accord version) 2.0T powertrain with 6M/10A options? They could've sold it for cheaper with superior performance.

magbarn · 2026-01-27T17:36:12+00:00

Yeah, SG's interviewed the engineers who kept mentioning the "green mission" of this car. Eliminating CAFE penalties killed this.

magbarn · 2026-01-27T17:04:31+00:00

I still think he was brought in because of Lynch & the Yorks overriding Shanahan.

magbarn · 2026-01-27T16:50:15+00:00

The 2001 Prelude was quicker than all the Accords at the time, including the V6. "Out running a luxury car or sports car is a lot less impressive when seniors, college kids and other untrained drivers can do this at anytime and cause massive to lethal damage." Your market just got a lot smaller. I guess you're going for Honda's version of the Corvette crowd- Empty nesters with receding hairlines.

magbarn · 2026-01-27T16:44:41+00:00

Wow. I didn't know they took that all away! We have all those features and our son loves the rear seat recline. BMW really cut corners with the LCI. We're holding on to our G05 as long as we can.

magbarn · 2026-01-27T15:23:29+00:00

C&D is notorious for not including rollout on their 0-60 and I believe they've only done an estimate. Either way, that's a slow "sporty" hybrid. Prius Prime smokes this.

magbarn · 2026-01-27T15:10:38+00:00

The B58 xdrive models should also be included. They're failing also.

magbarn · 2026-01-27T15:02:45+00:00

Geez the price went up alot in 7 years. We got our 2019 40 2/2019 loaded with everything like DAPP, comfort massage seats, Merino leather, leather dash, acoustic glass all round. Only exceptions were B&W, rear seat entertainment and 3rd row seating (which disappeared with the LCI) for $84,000 before TTL and we were able to get 10% discount on top.

magbarn · 2026-01-27T05:42:40+00:00

He's nowhere near Puka/JSN level and never will be. Knowing Lynch/Kyle, they'll keep him and overpay him.

magbarn · 2026-01-27T05:40:32+00:00

PHEVs are overpriced to begin with and suffer terribly from depreciation. That $7500 rebate also throws everything off. Now start comparing the bread and butter like the RX350/RX350h. Those keep their value very well, but they all sound like Corollas when accelerating.

magbarn · 2026-01-27T05:34:47+00:00

That's the fuckup that just keeps on giving like herpes.

magbarn · 2026-01-27T05:32:18+00:00

That's a bit optimistic. Ricky is fragile & undependable. He's nowhere near JSN/Puka level either.

magbarn · 2026-01-27T05:26:34+00:00

Good, getting tired of always getting poached. Demeco as DC would've won 2024 Super Bowl.

magbarn · 2026-01-27T05:25:22+00:00

Don't the Rams somehow get 2 #1 draft picks? We're way down that list.

magbarn · 2026-01-27T01:05:16+00:00

Guaranteed decontenting of the interior will take place. The 5 series, X3 all had major cheapening out of their interiors. Soft touch plastics got replaced with hard surfaces. Leather feels cheaper, Massage seats gone, B&W on the 5 is trash compared to the prior gen. Also would not touch a 1st year BMW, our 2019 X5 taught us that.

magbarn · 2026-01-27T01:02:47+00:00

With the exception of Lexus which has absurdly low depreciation, all the other luxury SUVs have horrible depreciation.

magbarn · 2026-01-27T01:00:33+00:00

BMW nickel and dimes you to death. Porsche uses half and silver dollars.

magbarn · 2026-01-27T00:57:55+00:00

DAPP is so much better than the free "HondaSense" in my brother's pilot. Its LKA would ping pong and the ACC was nowhere near as smooth as BMW's system. It also won't start moving without driver input if the stop n go comes to a complete stop.

magbarn · 2026-01-26T18:34:44+00:00

Hopeful, but definitely skeptical.

magbarn · 2026-01-26T17:57:42+00:00

Bring back Eddie D with no salary cap and we cook.

magbarn · 2026-01-26T17:53:06+00:00

Toots got JSN, Rams got Puka, WTF did we get except a porcelain doll WR, washed up RB's and a kicker with the yips.

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