The Accord is what happens when a company that knows how to build engines decides comfort and space matter just as much as the drive, and mostly nails it. The 2017-2019 1.5T burns head gaskets between 60k and 100k miles, a $2,000-4,000 repair that's common enough to be a known hazard; skip those years or budget accordingly. If you want a roomy, efficient sedan that won't bore you on a back road and won't strand you at 150k miles, the 2.0T or hybrid models deliver, just know the latest generation traded the sharp looks of the 10th gen for something safer and blander.
Toyota built this full-size sedan to outlast your mortgage, owners routinely push 300k, 400k, even 486k miles before anything critical breaks. It's a Camry stretched to Lexus proportions, sharing the ES platform but costing thousands less, and the hybrid models deliver shockingly good fuel economy (40+ mpg) for something this spacious. The catch: Toyota discontinued it after 2022, so you're shopping used-only, and the older generations that dominate owner forums come with age-related quirks like seal leaks and the infamous 2008 dashboard melt. If you want a highway cruiser that'll run forever and don't need the latest tech, this is one of the smartest used buys in the sedan graveyard, just budget for the fact that even Toyotas need parts when they hit drinking age.