Originally Posted by h22accord
My factual basis for this opinon is that they stopped making the "A" series in 89(the 90 year model)and they made the "D" series until 03 when they stopped making the "D" series in favor of the "K" series. Maybe honda knew somthing everyone else didnt and thats why the "A" series got dropped so soon and the "D" series had such a long run.
The A-series was discontinued after a good run, it was used since the early 80's under the code "ET," in the days before the new standardized coding system. The ET became the A18A, which then evolved into the A20A. It had a good long run.
The D-series survived because it was more flexible as a production engine. It's been bored, stroked, and reworked too many times to count... today's D17A is a completely different engine then, say, the EW/D15A of days past.
Honda decided it would be easier to scrap the A-series and design a new engine, the F-series. It's a production issue, not a this-is-better-then-that issue. That's the same reason why so many Honda vehicles use either J-series 6's or K-series 4's instead of the alphabet soup of engines they used to.
I've seen my fair share of 300k+ and 400k+ 3G Accords, not to mention the older A18A accords and Preludes.