On 11/3/09 5:11 PM, in article rqd1f5d48u15iaf4iok3bni5c7kfmnng75@4ax.com,
"JRStern" <JRStern@foobar.invalid> wrote:

> I think this may be my first US-assembled Honda, I think my 1999 CL
> 3.0 may have been US assembled, too.
>
> But the sheet metal tolerances on this one seem just a *bit* askew,
> probably all within spec, but just barely.

My 2000 Acura TL came from that same plant in Ohio. Tolerances were clearly
less perfect than on my Japan built '96 Odyssey. I remember taking the
Acura back a couple of times to get a few panels re-aligned when it was new.

> 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?"
>
> 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.
>
> PS - wish they would include on the display options for instantaneous
> mileage and other internal data, rather than making me go buy
> aftermarket products if I want to see it. What's this with Ford, they
> have something that draws a tree as you drive, to show you the mileage
> you're getting?!?
>
> J.
>