Sounds good to me, I've taken two Odysseys from the low 100k to 230k miles. The 07 has the better "Ridgeline" transmission... failures of that transmission are about as common as with any other vehicle.
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I may have argued about this on here before. I don't agree with the "automated manual" characterization.You’ll certainly find more detail in his posts, but the jist is that Hondas are designed more as an “automated manual” than a true automatic, and therefore requires a different fluid to protect the moving parts. Summarizing, the trans may tolerate it; it may not… because the shift forks and pads need the additives in the Honda-designed fluid that regular ATF doesn’t have.
You’re free to disagree, but MolaKule even posted an exploded image of the Honda transmission IIRC and showed where it has shift forks and pads like a manual transmission. They do not have planetaries like standard automatics made in the US.I may have argued about this on here before. I don't agree with the "automated manual" characterization.
Yes, automated manual, to me, is a dual clutch. Torque converter = slush box auto regardless. I had this vehicle/trans, it does have a different feel.I may have argued about this on here before. I don't agree with the "automated manual" characterization.
It has a shift fork, for reverse gear. But it's not using shift forks and synchros to shift through the forward gears.You’re free to disagree, but MolaKule even posted an exploded image of the Honda transmission IIRC and showed where it has shift forks and pads like a manual transmission. They do not have planetaries like standard automatics made in the US.
No he didn't. (I was part of the argument you're talking about) Back in the early Accords that may have been the case, but we're talking 1990-1993 (Don't quote me on that). All the newer 5 speeds just use a separate clutch pack per gear and there is a separate gear for every speed. The biggest difference between the Honda boxes and a 'normal' automatic box is that there are no planetaries in them and they use one set of gears per speed much like a manual box.You’re free to disagree, but MolaKule even posted an exploded image of the Honda transmission IIRC and showed where it has shift forks and pads like a manual transmission. They do not have planetaries like standard automatics made in the US.