Originally posted by mayonaise
i'm assuming, then, that you've flushed the transmission fluid out of your transmission without putting any transmission fluid back in? i'm curious to know how that turned out. maybe thats why you have problems with your accord. flushing typically means you drain the entire system and refill it, you know. 
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one bad accord doesn't make all hondas bad. in fact, almost everyone on this board would most likely agree that hondas are some of the mose well built, most reliable cars on the planet. there could be a million reasons why yours didn't turn out the same way.
Flush means you hook your transmission onto a machine and the machine will filter your transmission fluid while your car pumps the oil through. You can't really do it by yourself unless if you really want to go through some pain. I would suggest for you to study more into transmission flush.
I have accept the truth that my Honda might not be unreliable; it might have been just the design. While everybody claim that their 100k Accord drives like new, I was looking for a new car feel on my wife's car. She has all the paper work to support that she had all of the service done at dealer on time prior to me taking over the car. My car just doesn't please. With my test drives in carmax, I have further confirmed that it is not a car for me due to its harshness.
It is right that I cannot afford the car I have due to spotty driving record (1 pt away from revoke), hopefully in 3 years when my record cleans up, I should be able to do so... Paying >10k/yr for insurance is not my cup of tea...