[BigAls87Z28]

Dont do it for me, do it for youself. My opinions are skewd, perhaps, but its not without merrit. Drive the car for yourself and tell me. The Grand Am replacement just shows that you already put the G6 behind the 8 ball. You dont give it a clean slate, you look at the car as of the "Grand Am". There was a guy at the trucks that traded in his Z28 for a G6 GTP sedan, and loved it. I belive he said he was looking at the Accord V6 sedan, but he liked the G6 better. Forget the brand loyalty ****, and just drive the car. Whats the point of spending more money on a Honda badge over a Pontiac, if the Pontiac does the job the same, if not better? Because the Honda badge has more pizzaz? What is it? The sexy sound of VTEC? The only thing that you did when you saw G6 is that it was a POS Grand Am, never even setting food inside one, much less driving it. THAT is what disturbs me more then anything in your post.
Drive the GTP coupe with 6spd, and tell me how exactly why you would spend the extra cash on an Accord, outside of the "image" of owning one.