May 2007
Well I decided the old Civic was getting a bit long in the tooth at seven years old and a bit boring so after a month or so of consideration and checking prices, I went out to the local Honda Main Dealer on Friday and bought a 2.4 EX Honda Accord Tourer . 04 plate. one owner car, 24 k miles ie barely run in for around half the new price .
I'm picking it up on Friday and obviously read HJ's CBCB so was looking out for the problem areas.
Had a good test drive and a look round the car and the only problem I found was uneven wear on the outside edges of the front tyres which suggests a tracking problem although the tyres ( Michelin Pilot Premacy ) still have plenty of tread . The garage have promised to check the tracking and rectify the fault. They are also spraying the rear bumper to get rid of a few badly touched in corner scratches.
Nice friendly negotiation with the salesman . I managed to get more or less what I expected in P/Ex on the Civic. I also negotiated a two year parts and labour warranty rather than the one year they were offering, years road tax ( £300 ) , full service , new MOT and a full tank of petrol.
I'm interested in any Tourer owners views of the car or problems they have had with tracking . I'd also like to know if there are any other likely problems to look out for ( apart from the drain on my wallet at the petrol station) before I pick it up.
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Most car makers' on-line configurators are a bit of a let-down and leave you feeling you'd have done better to pop down to the showroom and see for yourself. Not this one, though:
www.bentleyconfigurator.com
Mine's in Peacock Blue with 12-spoke wheels and Saffron upholstery and...and...you can go on and on. Till it crashes - the configurator, I mean. (It's a bit browser-sensitive, too.) And it's left-hand drive - the Bentley, I mean - but that's OK because it'll be spending most of its life in the south of France anyway.
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You had me worried the Will, thinking that Bentley would use a word an Americanism as vulgar as "configurator" when in fact it's actually an Integrated Commissioning System
My sunroof (a standard feature on the car, doesn't have aircon) is tilt and slide.
It spontaneosly opens in the 'tilt' position.
Last year it did this say once a week, now it's more like twice a day.
I can get it shut again by doing 'slide' then back to shut.
Has anyone had this problem? What should I check first? Faulty switch? Fuse?
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mikey and dieselbob
excellent advice, thanks very much
Stewart
My (52) Espace had a service (fri 11th) at a dealer, who deals in many makes of cars, rather than just Renaults- service went well but that night a car going past set off the alarm system - I did normal checks doors and windows all shut nothing preventing closure and no obvious friendly animals. But it continued to go off- so had to leave it unlocked.
Took it to a MAIN Renault dealer (thurs 17), they looked at it charged me £75, but failed to rectify it, as I found out over the weekend.
A possible solution is a new box, currently unavailable even from Renault.
if they don't manage to rectify, what chance of getting the costs reimbursed- then have it taken out and a NEW system installed - any recommendations Read more
In you shoes I would be straight back to the dealer who charged you £75 and demand a full refund. Explain to them politely about how you cured the problem and would have expected them to do likewise.
It's a States side example, but nevertheless mirrors some of our own representatives:
www.timesheraldonline.com/ci_5937218
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if we start talking about politicians' hypocrisy
Not to mention the right to bear arms in the US, and the absence of that right here to protect ourselves from crazed millionaires and other armed elements (no names, no packdrill).
There is an odd vibration that is coming from the rear of my SAAB 9-5. I thought that it was probably poor wheel balance, though on inspection at Kwik Fit, it was clear that there were a number of nails in the rear tyres too.
Two new tyres, 4 re-balances and tracking done at that time, and while reduced, the judder is still there. It doesn't seem to be better or worse at any particular speed, though the roads round here are not smooth enough at any point for me to work out what is actually emanating from the car, and what is from the road.
Is there anything else that I ought to be looking at that is obvious? The noise seemed to start just after the most recent dealer service about 3 weeks ago. Read more
I have just received my renewal papers for my car insurance and I am infuriated to note they now have adopted an 0870 contact number for renewal. We have two policies with this company and I feel I am paying them enough money without increasing their profits via our telephone bill.
I am going to contact them via one of their 0800 numbers for new business and if they refer me to an 0870 number I will threaten to take my business elsewhere.
To repeat myself , these numbers simply infuriate me!!, they cost 8 pence a minute and more often than not you are deliberately held in a queue to generate income for them !!
MAD and getting MADDER!!.
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For al the English grammar experts out there, to clarify things and to avoid any more analysis of my posting, the statement "I do try say no to 0870 first" was referring to the statement "these numbers simply infuriate me!!, they cost 8 pence a minute and more often than not you are deliberately held in a queue to generate income for them !!". :-)).
There's a reason for everything, but I'd like to know what his excuse is -
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oooh....cheeky!
Volvo may have the jobs of the ball boys/girls in it's sights soon!
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Started watching it with a mixture of bewilderment and slight contempt...but it's actually quite sweet really! :^D
GALLARDO 5.0 , 2 Doors, Coupe, Petrol, Manual Transmission, Registered 04-03-2004
Auction is BCA Tewkesbury, 15-06-2007
Guess it's from the gains of some criminal activity, as it's not got any blues n twos!!
No idea how they'll value it, either, shouldn't be any reserve price on it.
VB
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That is the most relevant bit.......enjoy :-)