Re: 2008 Accord


"mrdancer" <mrdancer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote

What am I missing?

We have the sedan EX-L. Power PASSENGER seat is ONLY available with the
V6.

Sorry..I understand now..I thought you had the coupe, but I confused you
with another poster..senile moment, no doubt :)

nd I sure do wish my EX had some power passenger seats..but then again, I
don't *expect* it to.

IO still haven't even checked..I wonder if it has a manual height adjust? I
don't think so, but Im gonna check anyway...its in the parking lot and not
right outside or else I would have checked already...

Had we realized it was so limited in it's power range, we would have stuck
with the four-cylinder that we originally wanted. Sucks to pay a $2500
premium and not get what you were expecting, except worse mpg, higher
maintenance costs, poorer handling, etc.

Yeah..you would think that a Honda V6 would be killer since thats what they
use in Cart racing/Grand Prix/Daytona 500, etc...

( Steve Martin voice on ) "But..NOOOOOO!"

Its like its a cheap V4 or something...disappointing especially after one
drives the 190 hp 4 cyl and realizes the difference in the two is not what
one would expect.

Aren't coupes like an Accord puts out supposed to be about a single
driver pretty much?

This is the sedan. Four door. Family car.

Again...my bad..sorry...wrong model :)


Yeah...4 way is still cool though. And the Trailblazer is a different
beast...and definately not a Coupe :)

Nor is our sedan :)

Aarrrggg!

How tall is your wife?

5'

See..there it is..I knew it...IMHO, your expectations might be high because
5' is short, man!

But still..if you got the cash, and the will...try to get you a European
Honda seat if you can't live with a pillow.

Lemme know how much they quote you for when you find out, if you go that
route.

She likes to seat herself high for visibility purposes rather than moving
the seat as forward as possible.

Yeah...I understand. But I meant that Honda could re-allocate the
controls..still have the 4 way in the passenger, but make one of the dual
controls for height, and change the front/back dual button to the standard
manual lever under the seat.

Exactly, which is why she would prefer to sit higher rather than further
forward. At least Honda knew to make the driver's seat 8-way - why didn't
they carry that over to the passenger side like one would expect?!?

You got me, my man...maybe they don't consider the passenger's height will
be 5', or that one would need to sit so high in the seat.

And to be accurate, the drivers is actually only 6 way...the 7 and 8th way
is just the lumbar support button!

So..6 way...up/down/front/back/seat up/seat back down.

I have a 2002 Accord coupe (150hp 4, 5 speed). It works well for my
needs, but I got the stripper model. I expected the wife's luxury model
to be a little better appointed.

Hey man....I understand. Especially since it wouldn't cost THAT much more to
include the height adjustment.

Probably some survey that they did also showed passengers don't care as much
about that feature, so maybe thats why they didn't include it?

Just a guess...remember, I too wish my EX had the power seat for the
passenger as well..and no doubt 6 or 8 way would be killer.

Good question....or else just get a nice pillow and be done with it.

Shouldn't have to do those kind of things for a $29k car that's had
several decades to get things right.

Yeah..or else your wife's needs aren't the same as the general buying
demographic?

I am playing devil's advocate here...maybe your expectations are too much as
well, because there aren't that many adults 5' or less.

See what I mean?

I AM NOT YOUR DEALER OR ENEMY..I am simply trying to let you understand that
your specific complaint would be like me saying the car is too small because
I am 6'7"...well....maybe Honda doesn't build cars for folks that are
6'7"...see what I am getting at?

Here's another thought, or guess, really" Maybe having a seat height
adjustment would put people too high in the seat for the passenger air bag
to deploy in the correct line of trajectory?

Regardless...would be real nice if Honda made it an OPTION...let the buyer
choose, right?!!

Unless again...its got something to do with the air bag?

No, it's a sedan. Where did you get that it was a coupe?

Again, sorry..I thought you were another poster using a different email
account here...my fault. I understand that you have a sedan!

:)

I did all of that. Made sure the headrest was as the manual described.
She hates it that way and would rather drive without it, whiplash be
damned.

She wouldn't say that if she got a real case of whiplash, I guarantee you.

I for one think the new headrests are sweet...the hell with whiplash,
dude..and ever little close of the distance between the occupant's head
and headrest is critical when a rear end collision occurs.

See above.

Beware if you have long hair - you'll have to wear it down or in a bun
on TOP of your head to be comfortable - ponytails not allowed in this
car.

Again...adjusted correctly, that should be resolved.

Nope.

Well....I don't understand unless you sit up so straight that you drive with
your head almost or touching the headrest?

I mean..there *IS* room behind your head if its adjusted properly...take a
pic of what its doing and post it if you can!

It's the hook for hanging clothes on, it's near the OS (grab) handle above
the window. My wife travels for business a lot and appreciates extra
hooks (like her Trailblazer had). Honda does not have their
clothes-hanging bar available yet, so she is limited in carrying hanging
clothes.

Gotcha...but you can still use the grab handles if needed, no?

I wonder if the dealer can install one?

Her Trailblazer had everything she needed except a good ride, good economy
and good stability in the wind, ice, etc. Those main things are why we
traded down to the Accord. Btw, why doesn't Accord offer a trip computer
that many cheaper models offer? She misses that, too.

Mine has one doesn't it? What are you referring to exactly, as far as
features of a trip computer?

Peace,
Polfus

I hope lack of a seat height adjustment for the passenger, lack of a rear
passenger seat clothes hook, and lack of a trip computer degrade your
ultimate pleasure of owning the nicest Honda Accord ever built! There are
SOOO many new features that are at work that you don't even see that make
your car *excellent*.









.

Relevant Pages

  • Detailed answer for Kuhn Sandy & Pluto
    ... Passenger approval on cabin service and despatch reliability is high. ... Boeing were pretty smart in pulling the rug out from under the frogs ... Good luck selling a Business class seat on a 15 hours flight with a 39 ... If you can get $20/Kg instead of $3/Kg by saving 2 hours, you can a huge hit on payload and it still makes money. ...
    (soc.culture.thai)
  • Re: Southwest allowing reservations only through March 31, 2006
    ... >>Not according to the law for that. ... > Carriers are not required to furnish more than one seat per ticket ... > passenger has purchased. ... seat other than a bulkhead seat. ...
    (rec.travel.air)
  • Re: XC reservations
    ... The prospect of buying a ticket and then risking having to ... be for that passenger to buy the ticket before the train begins its ... some people won't get a seat. ...
    (uk.railway)
  • Re: "Number" of elements; was: Distinct linear orderings on Z
    ... >use BOTH proper subset AND the cardinality theory, ... How is there one more seat? ... takes the seat that matches their label. ... passenger, with the label 0 on his jacket, runs up and gets on the bus. ...
    (sci.math)
  • Re: Do you remember.....
    ... 100,000 miles on it, and it is still going strong. ... That's cuz a Honda is jes been broken in a 100K. ... they're wider and higher than the seat, ... showed up with a new Ford 250, I asked how he can fit in it... ...
    (rec.food.cooking)