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128 messages, Last post on Oct 04, 2009 at 5:52 PM
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Replying to: jodar96 (Aug 20, 2009 8:08 am) To all prospective new Honda buyers, please drive it for at least one hour before making your decision. Rent one if you have to. |
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Replying to: dbdc (Aug 23, 2009 8:26 am) You always loose more money when you trade in. Honda is one of the best cars you can sell on your own. You must be patient while trying to sell it on your own. We lost $2K for a 16 month old Accord EX with 9K miles. It sat in third garage Nov-March due to being terrible time of the year to sell a car. I am not sure Accord crappy seat has anything to do with their active head restraining system. Everyone these days uses the system. In fact, Volvo pioneered the system and I am sure your C30 has the system. Accord seat back design is simply POOR. Honda thinks they got it right, but I feel they are clueless as what a comfortable seat design should feel like. My 2001 MB E430 has to have the benchmark for front seat comfort. With its 21 gallon tank, I have done 535 miles w/o stopping in that car. There was no way I could take more than two hours in our 2008 Accord. Joe
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Replying to: jodar96 (Aug 23, 2009 9:35 am) My benchmark seat was my 200 BMW 328, it had lumbar that went up and down, as well as in and out. I don't see how lumbar can accomodate different height drivers without that feature. My next car will either be a Toyota or Lexus (but most are boring to drive) or something with the up/down lumbar. But hopefully, my back can recover, and I can drive my C30 for a few years! |
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Replying to: dbdc (Aug 23, 2009 8:26 am) I for one find my exl-v6 Accord's seat very comfortable and could sit all day in it on a long drive. I wish the front passenger seat has the same adjuestments and lumbar adjustment, but thankfully the Accord is my daily driver and I rarely sit on the passenger side.
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Replying to: jhinsc (Aug 24, 2009 3:50 am) Perhaps thats something that car manufacturers should take into account in their seat design. I am feeling better each day in my C30. I have lumbar on "full", on this car, but it covers a much larger vertical range than the Honda did. In answer to the previous poster's comments about active headrests, yes Volvo was the first manufacturer to use them. However, innovative in safety as always, now they have something called the WHIPS. See this link (here at Edmunds): http://www.edmunds.com/ownership/safety/articles/46912/article.html in the picture, you see that the entire seat moves in a rear impact, not just the head rest. Thus no need for the sensor plate mechanism that Honda so artlessy inserts in to all 2008-2009 seats, except Odyssey. Again, seats are a personal matter, and I think everyone especially over 50, should find a way to drive a car or interest for a full hour or two before purchase. |
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Replying to: jhinsc (Aug 24, 2009 3:50 am) Again, I would've never bought the car if I would've known but it is primarily my wife's car. My F150 doesn't cause any pain at all.
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Replying to: cdn2 (Aug 24, 2009 3:11 pm)
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Replying to: jhinsc (Aug 25, 2009 7:46 am) Now my C30 seat seems to hurt as well, and it didn't when I test drove it before I bought the now-sold Accord. I'm hoping this is still a reaction to my 2 months in the Accord, as noone seems to have had similar experiences with this seat. Meanwhile, when I drive my Prius, all pain goes away. But I think part of it is that both seat and back sort of adapt after a couple of months, but with "aggressively ergonomic" seats it may take longer.
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Replying to: dbdc (Aug 25, 2009 10:14 am) It may be possible to create a more comfortable solution to the problem, but given the mechanics of the situation - having to deal with forces of sudden deceleration while providing adequate support to the neck - Honda's solution is probably the least costly and most effective. Having a motorized solution would add significant cost. Having a more comfortable solution probably wouldn't be as effective. I suppose an alternative would be to have some kind of chin-strap contraption a la Clockwork Orange but somehow I think we'd be unhappy with that as well. I will be curious to see how manufacturers renowned for their comfort (Mercedes, Jaguar, Cadillac, etc.) will address the problem and whether their solution antagonizes their clientele as much as Honda's has.
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Replying to: personatech (Aug 25, 2009 1:18 pm) Joe |
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