Think I'll stick with my 01 Prelude. Wonder if the 6 speed in the Accord V6
6 speed is prone to the same problems the RSX S has with synchros.

"lcopps" <lcopps@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Does a British market car have the steering wheel on the wrong side.
>
> Scott MacLean wrote:
>
> > Purchased from Number 7 Honda in Woodbridge, Ontario.
> >
> > Aug 27 - Ordered car. They don't know where they can get one yet. Placed
> > $1000 deposit.
> >
> > Sep 3 - Called dealership - have they found it yet? No.
> >
> > Sep 5 - Called dealership - have they found it yet? Yes, they're
trailering
> > it in from London, it will be ready on Tuesday Sep 9.
> >
> > Sep 9 - Picked up car. Car has 35 km on it.
> >
> > Sep 11 - Called Shawn (salesperson) about annoying continual
creak/rattle in
> > left C-pillar. Said he would get Dawn Morris (post sales rep) to call.
> >
> > Sep 18 - No call from Dawn. Called service department for service
> > appointment.
> >
> > Sep 19 - Dawn Morris called. Told her about C-pillar creak and
transmission
> > problem where it consistently pops violently out of first gear when
> > decelerating. Set up appointment for 23rd.
> >
> > Sep 23 - Took car in. Demonstrated C-pillar creak and transmission
problem
> > to Joe, shop foreman. Joe said he would order parts to replace 1st gear
in
> > transmission.
> >
> > Oct 2 - Call Dawn Morris to find out status of parts. Parts not in yet.
They
> > now want to do more testing before replacing 1st gear. Set appoinment
for
> > Oct. 8.
> >
> > Oct 8 - Take car in for the day. Take shuttle back to work. Joe tests
> > transmission linkage, determines problem is in transmission, not in
linkage.
> > Says he will order parts to replace 1st gear in transmission.
> >
> > Oct 17 - Call Dawn Morris - parts not in yet.
> >
> > Oct 24 - Dawn Morris calls, parts not in yet, doesn't know when they
will be
> > in.
> >
> > Oct 28 - Dawn Morris calls, parts are in, set up two-day appointment for
Nov
> > 3, 4 to replace transmission parts and locate/fix C pillar creak.
> >
> > Nov 3 - Take car in at 7:30 am, get rental car. Tell them about new loud
> > creak at base of windshield on driver's side when car is cold.
> >
> > Nov 4 - Service adviser calls at 4:30 pm, says "the car is apart, still
> > waiting for transmission parts - bearings and stuff - to arrive." When I
ask
> > why I was told the parts were in before I brought the car in, he says,
> > "well, we didn't really know what we would need to replace until we
opened
> > it up."
> >
> > Nov 5 - Service adviser calls at 4:10 pm, says transmission is almost
> > finished, waiting for a clutch fork. Estimates transmission will be done
by
> > tomorrow morning, they will then start looking at the rattles.
> >
> > Nov 6 - Dawn Morris calls at 4 pm, says they have finished with
> > transmission, and have confirmed noise coming from windshield, will be
> > looking at that and the C-pillar creak tomorrow.
> >
> > Nov 7 - Nobody calls. At 5 pm, I call Dawn Morris. she says, "oh, yeah,
I
> > meant to call you." No news on my car other than "it's not finished" and
> > that they "hope to have it finished early next week." She doesn't know
the
> > status, doesn't know the progress, doesn't know when it will be ready.
Two
> > day estimate has now stretched to seven days.
> >
> > Nov 10 - Dawn Morris calls at 3 pm, says they have fixed the C pillar
creak,
> > still working on windshield creak.
> >
> > Nov 11 - Nobody calls. I call Dawn at 5 pm. She says that "three parts
are
> > on order, bearings or something." Says that she has called Honda Canada
to
> > try to "speed things up." When I asked why they would be ordering
bearings
> > for a creak in the windshield, she said she didn't know. I asked her to
have
> > Joe (the mechanic call) me. She said she would try to get him to call me
> > tomorrow.
> >
> > It has now been two months since I first reported this problem. They
have
> > had my car for nine days.
> >
> >
>