On Sat, 7 Feb 2004 10:43:32 -0600, "Benjamin White"
<bjwhite66212@hotmail.nojunkmail.com> wrote:
>I have two minor design criticisms.
>
>The backlit dash looks cool, but I always have to adjust it. Sometimes
>during the day I need the headlights on, then the dash goes dark and have to
>turn up the brightness. At night I have to turn it down again.

I think the whole thing is silly, and prefer classic mechanical
front-lit gauges.

I also find the radio console hard to read in many day and night
situations, but it is fun to load six CDs in, I never had that feature
before! Also, the sound has odd effects, small percussion instruments
sound very loudly out of the speakers, I keep thinking I'm having a
mechanical problem with the car! Overall I think the sound is quite
good, though, far better than in my 1999 CL.

>Does anyone like the dash and key hole design?

I'm another warm-weather guy, haven't had the key problem, though I
often do still use the mechanical key, don't ask me why.

--

Here's another issue, a positive I guess, which is the ABS brakes. I
had ABS on my CL, and it fired maybe three times in four years, none
in emergencies, just in hard braking, turning situations. On my new
Accord, I've had it six weeks, and the ABS seems to find a reason to
fire once or twice a week. I expect to hear tire squeal and I don't,
I get ABS noise -- and nice stoppage! I just think the algorithm has
been tuned to fire more easily, and it's a good thing, but it is a
change for me (I guess the CL had a bit more tire width and the V6,
maybe that's enough for the difference, my Accord is the 4-banger).

J.