Civic Pride

Honda '05 Civic Coupe EX

How things can sometimes go ~

My wife and I were were driving through Brewster on our way to Stew Leonard's in Danbury, when all of a sudden our transmission went completely kerflooey. It was as though in one nano second we had lost every drop of transmission fluid. As traffic backed up behind us and horns started blaring, I saw that we were stopped directly beside Brewster Honda. By moving the shift lever back and forth, I was able to coax the car into its service area.

Their mechanics were able to quickly determine that our 1992 Honda had indeed sustained an irreversible transmission failure. But to make matters worse, replacement transmissions for our old car are no longer factory available. To locate a compatible version would take time and if found, it would be costly to install.

Intact and operational, the trade-in value of my well cared for 13 year old car would have been, at most, about $1500. Repairing it (if possible) would cost an unspecified number of dollars and the lay-up time would cause us substantial rental car expense. Clearly, it was time to say a tender ciao to our beloved vehicle. So, into the show room we ambled and lickety-split we purchased the car you see in the photo above. (Brewster Honda had it ready for us by the next morning)

Undaunted, we rented a car from a local agency and continued on our shopping trip to Danbury. Everything we had needed to do at Honda took less than an hour and not a lot of cerebration was necessary to make the decision. It was an easy and well-timed no-brainer.