I was unimpressed with the Accord. It looks so nice from the outside, but there was ABSOLUTELY nothing special on the inside. I think I like the interior of my 99 Solara SLE better! The front seat in the Accord didn't recline far enough back, IMO. It's like that rear seat is there RIGHT behind the driver seat. I looked at an Accord coupe. Someone please tell my the 03 CL type S is a cut above that Accord. The tranny issues are not that worrisome to me