Interesting Bits Inside Your Euro..

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Originally Posted by Omotesando

Speaking of side mirror indicators.

I 'think' I remember Merc Benz brought them out first, as they always do regarding safety features. And I remember anticipating when BMW will also have them... but it took them a few years, probably because they didn't want to be looked at as copy-cats of Mercs! But Liberty was the first Jap car I remember that copied the idea, and then there's the Euro Accord!

Sorry if the mod thinks its off topic a bit.

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safety??

hmm, the bad thing i find with the indicators on the mirrors is that sometimes if u indicate and there;s like another car on ur side, they can't see u indicating!!! they can only see u indicating if they aint in one of ur blind spots...

and i'm not talking in regards to like lane changing, of course everyone checks their blind spot when doing so...right? ;)

but what about those times when u're trying to merge when one of the lanes end and u wanna indicate to let the mofo next to u know?

or when u're on a 3 lane road, and u wanna change lanes into the middle lane, and so does another mofo in the 'other' outside lane?

just my 2 cents....

I find it more effective than normal indicators - Ive noticed ppl let me in more often when merging since its brighter and in-your-face so to speak.

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Originally Posted by corn_flakes

safety??

hmm, the bad thing i find with the indicators on the mirrors is that sometimes if u indicate and there;s like another car on ur side, they can't see u indicating!!! they can only see u indicating if they aint in one of ur blind spots...

and i'm not talking in regards to like lane changing, of course everyone checks their blind spot when doing so...right? ;)

but what about those times when u're trying to merge when one of the lanes end and u wanna indicate to let the mofo next to u know?

or when u're on a 3 lane road, and u wanna change lanes into the middle lane, and so does another mofo in the 'other' outside lane?

just my 2 cents....

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Yes it is a Safety feature.

Because you now have 6 indicators on your car instead of 4.

Honestly, I don't know why you say people can't see you on say a merge lane.

If they can't see you with 6 indicators, then there is much less chance of them seeing you when you drive any other cars with 4 indicators.

To me, it sounds like you didn't actually know there are 6 indicators on your car, but you thought the fronts were moved to the side mirrors? :o

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Originally Posted by Omotesando

Yes it is a Safety feature.

Because you now have 6 indicators on your car instead of 4.

Honestly, I don't know why you say people can't see you on say a merge lane.

If they can't see you with 6 indicators, then there is much less chance of them seeing you when you drive any other cars with 4 indicators.

To me, it sounds like you didn't actually know there are 6 indicators on your car, but you thought the fronts were moved to the side mirrors? :o

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I think he's right, if the other car already past your rear end, he won't really see the indicator because there is no indicator lamp on the side of the body. At night the other car should see the mirror indicator, but probably not in the daylight. But then of course, you can't expect him/her to give way to you since it's already past the rear of your car.

Yeah thats true. Doesnt the Acura TSX have indicators in the corners, where our parking lights are?

*rolleyes*

i'm talking about how the euro has their indicators on the mirrors INSTEAD of on the fender area near the wheel arch like most normal cars.......i'm pretty sure almost all cars have 6 indicators on them!!!

and when i'm talking about changing lanes, etc, i'm not talking about at normal speeds.....obviously u won't be changing lanes when there's a car in ur blind spot.....i'm talking about those times when traffic is more slow (eg bumper to bumper), and alot of lane changing etc is needed....

Omotesando, it is required by law for all cars to have 2 rear indicators, two front indicators and 2 side indicators.

as corn_flakes pointed out he was refering to the location change of the indicators to a regular car (no cars come with only 4 indicators).

The "side indicators" on the euro's mirrors are clearly biased toward facing foward and have little light emitted to the side. The problem is made worse from a rear quarter view in which a car in another lane can't see your rear indicator or your front indicator and has to rely on a small amber spec just visable on the mirror (where they may not even be looking). During the day reflections from the side-view mirror may also stop people from being able to see the side indicator.

Obviously it's ADR approved though.. and I've never really had any problems with people not seeing me indicate - but i guess it remains a slight possibility.

back on topic... the display of our CD player is black with white characters... in japan (and possibly europe) it's the greeny brown LCD colour with black characters. Strange how honda bothered making such small changes.

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Originally Posted by Omotesando

Yes it is a Safety feature.

Because you now have 6 indicators on your car instead of 4.

Honestly, I don't know why you say people can't see you on say a merge lane.

If they can't see you with 6 indicators, then there is much less chance of them seeing you when you drive any other cars with 4 indicators.

To me, it sounds like you didn't actually know there are 6 indicators on your car, but you thought the fronts were moved to the side mirrors? :o

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To me it sounds like you didn't know it's been in the ADR's for around 20 years that you have to have side indicator lights (giving a total of 6 on the car). It's only that they have been moved from just behind the front wheel on the front panel up onto the side mirror.

I too find that cars next to you from your front door back don't see you ( I notice it when I'm next to other Euro drivers too) and I think it's also because the front indicator it pointed purely to the front and not seen from the side. Alot of cars have the front indicator at the front corner and that also aids in seeing them indicating.

**Chris F types quicker than me and gave a similiar explanation above ;) **

haha at least that's confirmation that neither of us are speaking out of our a**

lol thank you for interpreting what i was trying to explain...

it's not such a big problem....but like u said it can still possibly be one....

i'm not complaining about the indicators being on the side mirror...i quite like the style...

but i think it serves more of a cosmetic purpose (to add to the elegance of the euro), than a practical one.....i mean, the indicators are mainly seen by ppl viewing it from the front of the car - and we already have 2 front indicators...


just my two cents...

Couple more bits I noticed:

The fuel door has a notch to hold the fuel cap when filling, although most of you already knew that.

Also there is a spring loaded handle above the passenger door, just noticed it yesterday rofl after 7 weeks.

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Originally Posted by EuroDude

Couple more bits I noticed:

The fuel door has a notch to hold the fuel cap when filling, although most of you already knew that.

Also there is a spring loaded handle above the passenger door, just noticed it yesterday rofl after 7 weeks.

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ROFL!!!!!

hehe, u're a funny one...

i gotta admit i love the window features...i was so used to my old car that whenever i park somewhere, i put the windows up b4 i shut off the engine....