JRStern <JRStern@foobar.invalid> wrote in
news:rqd1f5d48u15iaf4iok3bni5c7kfmnng75@4ax.com:

> I think this may be my first US-assembled Honda, I think my 1999 CL
> 3.0 may have been US assembled, too.



Yup. Same plant in Ohio that made the Accord, on which the CL was heavily
based.


>
> But the sheet metal tolerances on this one seem just a *bit* askew,
> probably all within spec, but just barely.



Panel alignment that is "barely" to spec these days would have been
considered gold-medal quality just ten years ago.

Honda's panel alignment, even on US cars, is superb, although such
precision is rapidly becoming industry-standard. The days of mistake-hiding
3/16" panel gaps are WAY over.



> And there's this sort of weird fold in the rear roof pillars where it
> meets the rear window, I keep looking at that and wondering, "is that
> on purpose? does it help the aerodynamics, or the assembly process,
> or what?"



Got a pic? I don't see anything I'd consider "weird".



>
> Amd I wish the radio data display was just a few characters wider!
> In fact, while it's a good idea for the LCD display to be shadowed
> deep into the dashboard (unlike the 2007 model), it's farther away,
> the characters are smaller if anything than on the 2007 display, and I
> don't give it very high usability grades. The entire console is
> pretty amateur in design, too wide, have to reach waaaay over for the
> AC button or the radio's channel 6 button, etc.
>
> But it still strikes me as the most sophisticated Accord ever, by a
> wide margin over the 2007.
>
> Still using up the first tank of gas to estimate mileage.



You won't get anywhere close to the car's final mileage until you've run up
a couple of thousand miles.



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