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2008 Honda Accord Coupe and Sedan
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The measurements aren't accurate, so surfaces may be frozen while you're reading 33.
The temps may have changed in the air but surfaces are frozen.
There were small stick-on thermometers for the outside rearview mirrors which may be just as useful.
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Then everyone would have to order their car (with only the options they want) then wait for the factory to build it and ship it to the dealership. Can you imagine the problems this would cause on the assembly line, if every car on the line is different from the previous car? Doesn't make for a very efficient assembly line. I can hear the plant manager now "OK everyone, we got a bunch of orders for Accords the last two weeks, so we'll be working 12 hours a day, 7 days a week until further notice". Then two months later it would be "OK guys, we haven't gotten many orders the past two weeks, so take the rest of the week off. We'll call you when we get some more orders". The cost for overtime pay would rise, and the workers wouldn't be happy with the constantly changing hours.
It will never work that way, IMO.
For others, who plan out their car purchases ahead of time, the ability to check off individual options so that you get the car closest to your needs/wants is a pleasure. I would have been more than happy to wait a couple months for a specific car to be built and shipped to me. Fortunately, I've never been in a situation where I need to have a new car immediately.
I remember well my first new car purchase, a 1984 Camaro Z28. There was nothing on the entire east coast that was configured the way I wanted, which was a black beauty with every single option except two - an automatic transmission, and a wiper on the back hatch, which I thought was ugly. I wasn't "confused" by all the different options, I just went down the list of options, and checked the ones I wanted, and left the ones I didn't unchecked. It was easy.
Then I waited (six weeks if I recall), eagerly anticipating the delivery.
For the rest of the folks that were happy to buy something off the lot, there were plenty available. Just nothing that I wanted.
Loved that car. Owned it for almost 20 years. It was worth the wait.
anyway, as an example, wouldn't it be nice if you didn't have to "take" the top line package just to get the sunroof...or the navigation system just to get bluetooth? it used to work that way...you could order almost exactly what you wanted.
anyway, i hope the car makers return to giving us more options when ordering. and from what i've read and heard, it's coming.
And even if you did have to pay a bit extra, that's the age old quandary, isn't it? Pay a bit more for something you really wanted, or pay less for something that is not quite what you wanted. Like everything in life, it depends on your own personal cost/benefit ratio.
It wouldn't surprise me if they were to do that since nobody ever seems to want the ivory interiors with black cars. They are VERY hard to sell!
According to Honda.com You can get black on black or black an ivory with the sedan but only black on black with the coupe.
So why does Honda still make them? I would think they would keep the odd balls for the customer to special order.
We do sell a few of that combo but the majority of our customers don't think a black car with a beige interior looks good.
People are funny.
The make CRV's in a "green tea" color that most people say "yuck" when they see one but others (not many) won't settle for anything else.
Awhile back I made a reference to a restaurant having liver and onions on their menu. SOME people will order that item but very few people will.
If sales decline to the point they hardly ever sell any, the next time a new menu gets printed, it'll be gone.
I doubt dealers would be stuck with someone's custom order this day and age. I couldn't think of a factory built vehicle that could possibly be equipped as hard to sell.
The "liver and onions" car that you think wouldn't be hard to sell because YOU happen to like it could be a car that would rot on the lot.
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Thanks.
I looked at a Black Accord EX-L today, black/black, and picture it with tinted windows, and perhaps a wing spoiler, it would look amazing. If I had seen a Red or Blue coupe, that would be so tempting!!
The only grip I have on the accord cloth, is on the base model, it doesn't seem as though the cloth is really tight and snug around the seat.
Now the bold biege "gold" with the tan interior is almost too much tan for me. Even making the floor carpet black would make a big contrast, nice.
You asked whether you should consider MT or AT. If you have always driven a MT, then I think the 08 Accord is NOT your best option for switching to an automatic. I did - and I'm having a hard time. The AT in my Accord is very nice, has appropriate shifting points, doesn't search for gears and has a nice positive feel. But, there is no way to shift the tranny out of 5th gear/overdrive. The gear selector only allows the driver to select 1st, 2nd 3rd or "D." "D" includes both 4th and 5th gears. Perhaps I am a control freak, but having never before had a sedan with automatic, I'm having a really hard time with my Accord. . . . I want the control of the manual and I want to be able to hold the transmission in 4th gear. Also, I have the 4-banger engine and, although it has sufficient power, I would strongly prefer the manual transmission given then engines significant lack of low-end boost. The AT might be much more enjoyable when mated to the V6??
If you don't want to hate every day of your kids' first decade of existance DON'T DO IT.
No matter how athletic, trim and agile you are, crawling in and out of the back of a coupe to take care of three children on a regular basis will be nothing less than a large pain in the butt. If the 2008 is anything like my 2004, the front passenger seat (since it is non-powered) slides and flips forward easily and more than enough to allow normal (not small kids needing a lot of attention) passengers to use the back seat. On the other hand, the power driver's seat does not readily accommodate rear seat passenger access. I rarely use it for that purpose.
If you have another (four door) vehicle for everyday use with the kids, then the coupe could be a great car for the adults when a babysitter is available at home.
I have a bias with transmissions and feel a stick is the only way to go! Unfortunately, no sticks are available with the sedan. My last 5 Hondas were all sticks, but I realize I am a dying breed.
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At the base of front seat belts, there is a white flagged tag that says the seat belt conforms to some spec, the manufacturer name and it is made in Mexico. I think the piece is out of place.
The other item is a little fold/wrinkle on top corner edges of the rear seat fabric
Can Honda give the Accord a flat floor at the back as well?
http://blog.checkeredflag.com/my_weblog/files/2008_Accord_Interior.pdf
We had a 2001 Lexus RX300 that had the same flickering lights. Did not hurt anything but was annoying. The battery size on that RX was normal.
Honda and Toyota make great vehicles but if you have any issues they are way too arrogant to listen to the issue, let alone trying to make it right.
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