The Accord that year came with a V6 IIRC. My father had one about that era and actually traded a Delta 88 in on it...I can't remember if he bought the Honda right before or right after Kim and I got married, and we got married in 1988.
The Accord was a much better handeling car. One of the things that is drawing me back to GM is that they are paying more attention to building cars that like to turn. The Cobalt SS won SSC at the runoffs with Heinricy at the wheel(beating the Honda Civic SI and several other asian cars), the CTS loves to turn, the Solstice/sky twins love to turn, haven't driven one yet but want to see what the new Malibu does...
For me I want a car with "catlike" reflexes. Oldsmoboi, were you to be given a choice of your ultimate current car my guess is you'd buy a CTS or some other really loaded car. Were money not an option I would take a Lutus Elise. We all have different choices. The Honda of the Era did drive/handle MUCH better than the Olds.
If we are talking about the great reliability of 80's products, no one was perfect but Dad's Olds was the car that turned him off to American cars. My father is a big time Democrat and a big time "buy American" type of guy, but after that olds he's owned two Hondas and a Toyota.
All of this being said...I dated my wife driving an Olds Cutlass similar to Black Vipers car, and we Honeymooned with the Cavalier that replaced the Olds. Part of me really, really, really wants another Olds. Just can't afford one right now.
Chris