Hi Godiva, great to hear someone else agrees with my advice, i think after 30 years in the motor trade i know a little bit, but advice is just that, some people listen and some don't. Not that i am complaining as the more gearbox problems there is, the happier my bank manager is. lol. I have 1 customer with a 1989 accord exi with over 400,000km and is still running on the original gearbox, but very few people keep their cars that long. all i can compare that with is the several accord gearbox failures i have seen with less than 1/2 that milage.