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Honda Civic Sedan 2006
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The manual (p 97) says that on Canadian LX and EX models, pushing the rear window defroster heats the mirror.
I don't know if this is for Canadian LX and all EX models or Canadian models only. The manual isn't exactly a study in good writing.
So why don't I ever see those Beemers driving around with their ligfhts on?
This makes me want a Canadian Civic. Well, at least the Canadians are enjoying warm mirrors. I guess they really need them up there.
Now, if there were side mirrors available that had both the heat and the turn signals built-in and was a simple plug-in installation to the existing wiring harness, I would be very tempted to buy them.
http://www.bmwusa.com/vehicles/3/2006330isedan/features.htm
The Octave versus the Octane is very funny. For the originator look at message #175 and #193 in the Civic Coupe thread. The person who first called Octane as Octave was none other than "bigal3". When you put (sic) after a word it is because it is known to be spelled incorrectly. As well as you reference to "reved" meaning increasing the engine RPM, when you stated "revived".
Maybe you ought to try criticizing other posters less and concentrate on posting opinions and facts about Civics and other cars.
Loosen Up,
MidCow
This is the CIVIC SEDAN FORUM. Instead of sticking to this forum & exchanging ideas about the SEDAN, I don't know why you drag the COUPE forum here & nit picking on some minor spelling mistakes which doesn't belong here >(i.e. #193 in the COUPE THREAD).
Please cut out the personal attack & stick to the subject.
But I can promise you, that within 2-3-4 years EVERY single new model will have DRL, and Auto-Shut-Off. Some of those car manufactureres are slower than the others, but eventualy, they will all adopt this basic safety feature.
What is this discussion about? Honda Civic, Coupe, Sedan, Auto News, Opinion, Car Reviews
I definately see the word "coupe" in there as well as other related topics.
Chill out.
What is this discussion about? Honda Civic, Coupe, Sedan, Auto News, Opinion, Car Reviews ?
On the top of this page, I can ONLY see in BIG RED LETTERS :
Honda Civic Sedan 2006+
and,
You are here: Forums Sedans Honda Civic Sedan 2006+
The topic of this forum is clearly written in BIG RED LETTERS :
Honda Civic Sedan 2006+
and,
You are here: Forums - Sedans - Honda Civic Sedan 2006+
I don't think it is appropiate to nit pick minor spelling from other forums & drag them to this SEDAN forum (which is hosted by PAT in the SEDANS Message Board).
One of these squabbles I can easily resolve - the reason Coupes is one of the categories for this discussion is because when it was in Future Vehicles it WAS about Coupes and Sedans. As some will remember, we split off the Coupes discussion when it left FV. It never occurred to me to remove the Coupes category at that time, but it has been removed now.
That said, there is NO reason to be quoting "mistakes" other members make no matter where they are made. Let's talk about the CARS and not each other.
Am I not being clear?
:confuse:
Thank you.
Incidentally today i was cruisin in my Civic and noted... It has automatic PROGRAMMABLE locks.. Acura tsx doesn't... Also the steering wheel controls as well as the stereo controls light up at night...Acura tsx doesnt! What??? who at Honda corperate is loosing their mind??? "IF" only they put a headlight that turns off automatically...sigh
Thoroughly enjoying my new Civic Sedan EX/m
Thank you!
Wouldn't it be preferable to take a ride to your friendly local Honda dealer and SIT in the vehicle. You could play with the seatback functions to your heart's content. You will surely get a clearer appreciation than a web image can offer.
I looked on another forum - the Civic has 6.5" speakers all around. Then I looked in my trunk - I can swap in any 6.5" speaker by unscrewing 2 or 3 clips. So I don't think it's a big deal. The upgrade will be easy and cheap.
If you want to upgrade the system, I suggest you go to a custom shop. They have better stereo components, for less, and have more experience with audio than most of the people who work for dealers.
But be aware sometimes stereo wattage is looked at incorrectly. Rememeber it is logrithmic and mesured in decibles. Whe you increase the power by a factor of 10 you only double the sound output.
The ratio between any two amounts of electrical power is usually expressed in units on a logarithmic scale. The decibel is a logarithmic unit for expressing a power ratio.
Where : PR = power ratio in dB
PR(dB) = 10 log P1 = power in (small)
P2 = power out (large)
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dBm
The decibel does not represent actual power, but only a measure of power ratios. It is desirable to have a logarithmic expression that represents actual power. The dBm is such an expression and it represents power levels above and below one milli watt.
The dBm indicates an arbitrary power level with a base of one milli watt and is found by taking 10 times the log of the ratio of actual power to the reference power of one mill watt.
P(dBm) = 10 log
where : P(dBm) = power in dBm
P = actual power
1mw = reference power
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Cheers,
MidCow
thanks for the replies...
All you have to say is "Thank you, I'm just looking." if you just want to see the way that the seats look and work.
You'll probably not find Hondas for rent anywhere. They don't do fleet sales the way that most other brands do.
Man, it's much easier for someone to post a pic of their folded seats than for me to go to a dealership
Come think of it, Honda should put a pic like that on its website - they are losing a sale here :shades:
And as for the $300, I wouldn't be surprised if that is close to what they would charge for EACH mirror NOT including labor.
You should be able to get the part numbers from your dealership's parts department. The wiring will be the tricky part and will probably require running wires and tapping into the turn signal curcuit somewhere. If it just plugs right into the existing wiring harness and works, you would be very lucky and please let us know if it does.
I thought I saw some '05 Civics recently at Hertz. I could be wrong, but it might be worth a call.
I looked on another forum - the Civic has 6.5" speakers all around. Then I looked in my trunk - I can swap in any 6.5" speaker by unscrewing 2 or 3 clips. So I don't think it's a big deal. The upgrade will be easy and cheap."
Ok, so I would be interested in an easy upgrade if all it is is plugging in a couple of new speakers. First of all, I know nothing and want to know nothing about car stereos. I installed a system or two back in the 80's but I don't have an interest in the technical details any more. Could I make an improvement by walking into Walmart and grabbing a couple of speakers off the shelf and plugging them in? Would it cost more than $100? Anything in particular that I should look for? Or is that just as likely to be a step backward? I am definitely not interested in amps or having a stereo shop put somthing together. But a simple plug-and-play upgrade would be fine. I just need to know what to buy. Any advice?
[BTW this would be in an 06 Sedan LX which has a 4 speaker system]
Thanks for your advice. I will definitely be looking into that soon.
They are not common like rental Corollas and Camrys, but rental Civics do exist.
If you can't find one, maybe a Honda dealer that offers Civic rentals for their repair customers will allow you to rent one over a weekend when they are not needed for repair customers.
Look at something like this. Make sure it will fit first:
http://www.bostonacoustics.com/car/car_product.aspx?category_id=14&family_id=23&product_id- =67
$200 from shops -about $100 on ebay.
Factory speakers are often of quality lower than you can find for sale even at Wal-Mart.
Wal-Mart won't have much selection though. There are better places to buy where you may have 5 or 10 different choices that will fit.
Really expensive speakers will need an added amp to get the added sound quality out of them too making them that much more expensive.
Don't mess with replacing the factory speakers, just add some bass with a sub. You can buy a compete sub with amp for under $200 if you don't want to mess with it. Don't fill up the trunk with woofers, either, just one box about one foot square is all you need.
In my EX Civic Coupe, Honda has cleverly put a sub-woofer underneath the rear windshield dashboard without taking up trunk space. Hopefully, they will do the same to the EX sedan 1 day.
Did you pick up power from the harness or did you run a wire from the battery?
That way the lights would always stay on during driving, replacing the small DRL lights.
...And as I've been doing in the past 12 years, in any of my cars, never again have to touch the headlights switch, ever.
Just a note, not starting another heated duscussion here, I checked with my Honda dealership, they would not do it, but sent me to a professional in the area, who would do the re-wiring for about $65 to $130, which is less than what I estimated originally here.
I left the stock speakers where they were and ran a wire up to the 12volt accessory socket in the console. That way I can easily remove the whole setup if I need the trunk space.I have done the same thing ( acc socket) in another car for years. Since I am not pushing the sub amp hard at all, just adding some lows, the socket can take the amps. The socket is rated at 10 amps.
I also tried some better 5.25" speakers in the rears but it didn't seem to help any. The rear speaker have a very small magnet, but sign fine with the addition of the subwoofer. Really improves the sound, makes it sound totally different. Also added XM through the provided direct input, sounds great too. True digital, I guess.
http://www.iihs.org/ratings/ratingsbyseries.aspx?id=300
It also way outperfoms the stock Civic sub that comes with the EX couple, at much less cost.
I had the same impression about the magnet on the stock rear deck speakers, but leter learned they are a high-end magnet that is better than traditional magnets.
What the sub won't do is address the lack of ear-level speaker placement in LX sedans, which have no dash tweeters. That is a shame, and it shows in the sound.
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