JDM cars have all the latest stuff. JDM Euros have automatic steering that keeps it within the lane when activated. AUDM Euros will never have that. So what is normal for your car is special for the AUDM cars. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by IS250
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JDM cars have all the latest stuff. JDM Euros have automatic steering that keeps it within the lane when activated. AUDM Euros will never have that. So what is normal for your car is special for the AUDM cars. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by IS250
You can put just normal water. I add in a bit of Sonax washer additive. I find that it gets rids of existing water spots pretty well without leaving a powdery deposit that the others do.Quote:
Originally Posted by EuroDude
what the heck is Sonax? lolQuote:
Originally Posted by aaronng
Sonax ClearView
http://www.autospeed.com/cms/A_2298/article.html
might try it :)
^ that's the one. I got the larger bottle. It's great! Best I've heard to avoid water spots is to use distilled water.
i mix water with a little bit of metho, mix it up and pour it into my washer bottle
I service my car so regularly that ive never had the need to top it up myself :(Quote:
Originally Posted by aaronng
Sometimes i have to go into 'waste' mode and get my window really really clean before a service, gotta get my $2 worth of aditives!
LOL, I bet sonax is more expensive than the stuff that they put in. But I let them put it in and charge me that $2-3 because in the end they are happy that I am paying for rubbish and I am happy that they gave me a new glovebox and new wheel well liner without hesitation (I just asked for a fix, not replacement). :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Ferrarista
read this thread yesterday and tried out a few of the things.
I left my head lights on, got out of the car...locked it and then stood there for about 2 mins watching in hope that they would turn off and they didnt seem to.
Also, filled up fuel this morning and there is a couple of extra pieces of support on the inside of the fuel lid but none that seem to actually be able to hold the fuel cap.
Excuse my ignorance if its something dumb ive missed.
Yes, if we're talking the latest in technology. But we're talking about central locking. Ok, I guess what I meant to say was, Didn't the previous Accord have that feature? I would be very surprised if the Accord of any generation didn't have that feature. Ok, maybe not every generation but at least from the mid '90s onwards.Quote:
Originally Posted by aaronng
Automatic steering? So what happens if you want to change lanes? So you switch it on if you don't want to change lanes, then switch if off when you do want to? Haha, if they also include radar cruise control, you'd never have to do anything again on a long trip lol.
I just noticed (sometimes I'm slow) that my 06 has a vent in the right-hand front wheel arch -- which must be for the air intake. Was this there in earlier models?
where abouts do u get this sonax stuff for and how much??
Are you sure that the air vent is on the right-hand (driver's) side wheel arch? Mine is on the left hand (passenger's) side (Euro 06)!Quote:
Originally Posted by Tobster
I have thought the same thing ... something to do with air flow cooling around the disc brake, but why only on one side??? Maybe its there for some other purpose? I wonder if it has something to do with the outside temperature sensor? Does anyone know?
Yeah i tried that with my lights too and nothing happened.Quote:
Originally Posted by GYPO2C
The fuel cap has a little round lug on the side that fits into the groove on the filler lid. My car is a MY06.
lol took me a while to figure it out too, just put the fuel cap notch into the metal bracket thing on the fuel door, like swguy sed.Quote:
Originally Posted by GYPO2C
They may have it at AutoBahn/Supercheapauto/Repco/KMartQuote:
Originally Posted by corn_flakes
Ok, practically all cars have central locking. What he was discussing about was auto locking. You unlock the door with the remote, so all doors are open. You open just the boot and after 30 or so seconds, all the doors lock itself automatically because you did not open the door. If you leave your keys in the boot then and close the boot, you're locked out.Quote:
Originally Posted by IS250
The auto steering system is to keep you in the lane. You activate it and it will keep you in the lane during cruise control. It's more of a precautionary feature so you don't drift out of your lane when cruising with CC. They did demo it without hands, but they said in a statement that your hands should always be on the wheel.
I just want the infrared camera so I can see roo's at night! LOL
I get mine from Autobarn. I can't remember the price. I got the big bottle (enough to make 250L of washer spray water)... above $15 I'm sure though.Quote:
Originally Posted by corn_flakes
Hey Aaron, i believe it was you that mentioned the locking the cars and headlights should turn off. A couple of us have tried this to no avail. Is there any trick to this one mate??? cheersQuote:
Originally Posted by aaronng
I might have been mistaken.. I tried it again and it didn't work. I thought it did work once but that was in the daytime so I might have been fooled.Quote:
Originally Posted by GYPO2C
Yes, sorry -- back to front again!Quote:
Originally Posted by MalGib
It's on the left hand passenger side (How did I get that so backwards? I was probably thinking about the fact that there isn't one on the driver's side) -- which is where the air intake is, and is a common place to site vents for CAIs. Which is why I wondered if it's there in earlier models -- I don't recall seeing one before.
Yeah, I knew what he was talking about, That was what I was referring to as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by aaronng
Years ago the US had a car (Cadillac?) that used nightvision technology, but they refused to sell it to China cause they were afraid the Chinese would rip the technology and use it for military purposes LOL.
LOL, I bet China just wanted the Cadillac so that they could rip off the design and sell it under their own brand like what they did to BMW, Mercedes and Chevrolet, but that's another offtopic story: http://www.autoblog.com/2005/04/16/chinese-copy-cats/Quote:
Originally Posted by IS250
Yep mine works. It starts the car and all. I don't know why your second one wouldn't.Quote:
Originally Posted by euro77
does it lock and unlock ur car remotely?Quote:
Originally Posted by xiang
My two keys work identically and weigh the same. Both remotes work the same.
It sounds like your 2nd key is missing a battery. Get a screw driver and have a quick look. U can buy new batteries from DickSmith cheap.
OK, I don't understand what the fuss is about opening boot but then the door relocks itself in 30secs?
When u walk to the car back from the supermarket and use 'remote button' to open the boot, the doors aren't unlocked anyway in normal usage, since its a separate button. So in this case, if you accidentally leave ur keys in the boot before closing it, u'll be locked out regardless of whether u pressed the 'normal door unlock' button or not initially.
And if u actually came out from the car to access the boot, the doors won't lock itself after 30 seconds since the computer detects that u unlocked the doors from inside manually.
And in cars that don't have a remote boot release, u would still insert your car key manually to open the boot when u come back from shopping. So the chances of u being locked out as well is exactly the same as above. And if u had unlocked the normal doors remotely in this case before opening the boot? Well unless u actually opened the door then used the release hatch inside to open boot, and then close the door again it'll relock anyway. But the thing is people don't normally go to that trouble unless they have a 'kid'.
They just open the boot directly in most cases... using remote boot release or the key manually.
My keys always stay in my pocket. After I open the boot, it goes back into my pocket, so there is minimal opportunity for me to lock myself out of my car.
Hi guys,
Noticed something weird on the weekend regarding the automatic locking.
When i was cleaning the car, i had the car unlocked and i accidentaly pressed the unlock button on the remote (heard the lock click), about thirty seconds later the car auto locked. Havent tried it again yet, but i will on the weekend. Has anyone else noticed this or did i accidentally press the lock button and not notice.
nozman
Yeah I think the unlock press triggered the count down, where if you dont open a door in 30 seconds, the car locks itself.
yeah just read up above, thats what the guys are talking about.
It's just an auto lock, and there is no way you could lock yourself out, with the key inside the car.
Because once u "unlock it" and don't open the doors, then it will lock itself, but if u unlock it and open the door then close it. it assumes ur in the car or around the car, and so it doesnt lock itself.
Yes Integraz is right - that is what part of my point was. The 30 second auto-lock function only works, when u have pressed the unlock button but didn't open the door. But this should be considered separate to what the boot does.
If you 'accidentally' pressed the unlock button whilst you're leaving the car to go somewhere, you would certainly want it to relock itself or someone could be stealing your vehicle or the belongings you have inside the car. Like IS250 said this is a feature on almost all cars with remote door release for this reason.
There is one thing i have to complain about the Euro accord. That is, the LOCK/UNLOCK stick is too easily visible from outside. So that means, if I parked somewhere and I accidentally forgot to lock the car (as I'm sure some of us do once in a while especially when running late!).... then anyone walking past the car will be able to see ur car's unlocked. This would serve the Opportunists who aren't necessarily thieves!
Some cars don't have that 'plastic' sticking up anymore. Instead the lock/unlock is on the side of the door, where its slightly more invisible!
Hmm, the 2001 Astra, 2002 Outback and 2000 Maxima that I drove did not have this feature....Quote:
Originally Posted by Omotesando
Well, unless you're actually aware of this feature and are standing there testing it out then you probably wouldn't even know about it. We have 3 cars at home, my Soarer, my sister's Lancer and my parents 626. All 3 have this feature but I'm the only one who even knows about it!Quote:
Originally Posted by aaronng
Different cars also have different time intervals, could be 30 seconds, 45 secs or even a minute before it auto locks.
Its not really something that would happen in the real world, and when it does happen, your initial reaction is that you 'accidentally locked it' (thenozman) or that your c/locking is stuffed. Both of those were my initial reactions when it happened.
Don't know about the other cars but the Astra has auto winding windows when the car is locked so if I had to guess then I'd say it definitely has this autolock feature. :)
Auto winding windows??? Our 2001 doesn't auto-wind. Even when holding the button down or turning and holding the key in the door lock.Quote:
Originally Posted by IS250
Going to go and try it out on all the cars again later. hehe
One "interesting" feature I noticed today was how stiff the front doors are when they are half open in the 'stiff' position. The door wacked me in the head and almost knocked me out when I was getting in in a tight spot with a close car next to my car.
I feel like shaving down the metal notch so its easier to maneuver the door.
Same thing happened to me it was a bit of a shock.Quote:
Originally Posted by EuroDude
haha same here... except it swung and hit me in the middle of the chest... its even harder when u are opening it slowly so u dont hit the wall u have parked next to and then it just springs out and hits it anywayQuote:
Originally Posted by swguy
When one of my girl friends slams the door of my Euro so hard, it deafens my left ear everytime she gets out.
Didn't want to hurt her feelings by telling her 'pls shut it lightly' haha but don't want to hurt my doors either! You probably get more and more rattles.. sigh... !
Anyway I think the Euro's autolock doors react really fast compared to the other cars I've driven that has the feature. Some take minutes to relock I think, but on the Euro I'm highly aware of it!
Tell me about it! Everyone who has been in my car has slammed the door, its so much more springy than other cars.
There is one more interesting thing about the Euro:
I was driving down on a cold rainy day one morning with the A/C off - and the Recirculate button off (ie let in fresh air) and Sunroof tilted up. What is surprising is that I get warm air coming in to the cabin from the A/C even though the A/C is off!!!
Is there a ghost in Euro that operates the A/C on its own so that it heats up the outside air as it passes through the vents?? This is quite good actually as I don't need to switch on A/C heating on that cold rainy morning!
Yes I have noticed that too primtimex.
If say I have Heater on before, then I think its getting too hot and turn the Climate Control off and also the Recirculate Button, the air that comes in is still very warm!
In fact you're right - that's how I try to save fuel this way with a free heater haha..
Even if you have A/C off, the heater still works. So if your cabin temperature is below that of your set temperature, then the heater will heat the air. The heater runs off the car's coolant system, so essentially it is free heat that would be otherwise wasted.Quote:
Originally Posted by primetimex
I tried it out with the 2001 Astra. It doesn't auto lock. Also, I tried testing if the windows wind up if I held the remote lock button and turning the key in the lock (like the Euro) and that also didn't work.Quote:
Originally Posted by IS250
That's interesting Aaronng, would the reverse also apply - let's say during summer - if the cabin temp is above set temp - even though the A/C is off would it also refrigerate the air and circulate it? - I think I have also noticed this during summer timeQuote:
Originally Posted by aaronng
If the cabin air temp is above the set air, what happens if the air flow is set to cooling mode (main vents), but the compressor is not on (A/C button off means compressor off) , so you won't get cooling. But you do get more air blowing at your face since the main vents are used and the fan speed is still controlled.Quote:
Originally Posted by primetimex
If your cabin temp is below the set temp, then the vents used are the leg vents (and maybe windscreen vents) and the air is routed past the coolant system.
So even if you turn off the "climate control" by pressing the A/C button, the part of the climate control that changes the output vents and fan speed still works.
Edit: Just realised that your guys are describing air coming in eventhough you hit the "OFF" button for the climate control. Well, if you have it set to take in fresh air from the outside before you hit "OFF" (and have it in the heating cycle), then the internal air path is left at that setting even after being turned off. So air is still being forced in into the cabin, past the engine coolant when you drive, giving you heating.
Or when ClimateControl is OFF, maybe they just have the drivers temperature dial set high, such as ~27. It needs to be set to "LO" to avoid the air being heated by the engine.
If we really had to do that just get it to stop heated, I'd say that is a pretty bad design flaw. :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by EuroDude
Depends on how you look at it.
I mean other cars have a manual slider to adjust the Cold<->Hot temperature, but the Euro has a Digital dial instead, which works the same way as a slider (when Climate Control is OFF).
Hmm, maybe there was an update between 2001 and 2003. I distinctively remember that feature was listed on the brochure that I saw around late 2002. I almost bought it just because of that feature lol. Try the owners manual, it might say how to do it.Quote:
Originally Posted by aaronng
Even if the climate control is off, the thermostat will still be set to the temperature that it was before you turned it off. So if you had the cc set at 27 and the ventilation set to outside air then the air coming in will be warmish. If you had the cc set to 18 before you turned it off then you will get cool air coming in.
Edit: You can still adjust the temperature of the air coming in, even with the cc off.
That is certainly interesting - also I think on the MY06 Euro the seats have been changed a bit - it seems that the seats are a lot more supportive and deeper than my previous 03 model and more comfortable tooQuote:
Originally Posted by IS250
What does everyone think?
The 06 seats could do with an adjustable front section.
Unfortunately when raising the seat, it only lifts the rear of the base, resulting in a forward sloped seating position which is quite uncomfortable :(
In the past - people actually recommend you to turn off the A/C button if you are going to use your heater..
Heater like AARONNG said is just fan air blowing in free heat from the radiator/coolant system . If you're racing on the track and the car's overheating, you turn on the heater to lower the engine/coolant temperature (and cook yourself internally!).
A/C is for cool air. Actually I never found out if say my A/C button is ON, but I've turned on the Heater - whether the Air Compressor is automatically turned off or not... does anyone know?
If you press the Auto button it would turn on Air-Con, so you would have to press Auto, then AC off to get he "free" air.
I was told it was just engine heat? but it seems silly that when ever you turn ac off, you're gonna get hot air. * shrugs *
the only way you will get cold air if the ac is off is if you have it of fresh air and the outside temp is cooler than the inside temp or if you open the windows and it's cooler outside
the only way to cet cool air is if it's on Lo however you may have to "Manually" adjust the fan settings so you don't get the fan blowing at you at full speed (if you don't know how to manually adjust the settings please refer to your Honda user guide)
if you have it on Lo and the fresh air is closed than the temp of the car is going to rise through generated heat within the car and also road, sun, and also heat transfer through the firewall from the engine.
Haha, you know, now I dissuade everyone from buying Holden. So far this 2001 has had leaking injectors (cylinders flooded when left off overnight), faulty ignition barrel and worn rotor after just 1 set of pads (my gf's car, so it's not driven aggressively). There was a 0.5mm lip on the front rotor!!! Now with 60,000km/4 years, we have to change the timing belt! The service was almost $1000! I'm trying to persuade her to get a Honda (because of the timing chain) but the only one she likes is the IS200.Quote:
Originally Posted by IS250
100% correct. It took me ages to work out why warm air was coming out of the vents when the climate control was off. Our climate control seems to be just a manual system with an electronic display.Quote:
Originally Posted by EuroDude
I am now in the habit of turning the dial all the way down if I turn climate control off.
yfin - from what I can tell, it only becomes 'manual' when you hit the 'off' button - it just leaves all the valves and vents at whatever position they are, and stops adjusting it. Otherwise, it's automagic.
Say, the cabin temp is 20C and you had the temp set to '29C'. With the CC on, regardless of whether AC is on or not, the valve controlling the amount of engine coolant going to the heater radiator will pretty much be wide open. Normally, with the CC on, it will gradually close the valve as the cabin temp approaches 29C. If you hit 'off', it will stop adjusting the valve, and the fan will stop. Other factors aside, the cabin will get hotter and hotter.
So basically, you are right - to really make sure the CC is off and not interfering, turn the temp dial to 'lo' first before pressing 'off'.
That's the beauty of having CC - no constant adjustments to the HVAC controls - just set and forget.
Thanks Kleung - rep point for you :thumbsup:
Just curious - has anyone here noticed that may be the 06 Euro seats have been revised - I don't know but I think that the seats are deeper and more comfortable than my 03 Euro!!
Noticed the other night driving through Lithgow that if the temp drops below 3 degrees, a picture of a road with an ice flake lights up in the trip computer. There is also a warning beep.
That's it... make us 03-05 owners drool.... :)Quote:
Originally Posted by C[H]aMeLeoN
Another interesting bit is when you press Lock on the remote, the car wont lock if there is a door open or not shut properly.
Plus in the wet with the wipers on Intermittent, the wipers activate when you release the brakes if the car is moving under 10km/h (I think thats been mentioned previously tho)
Hey I found out that one tonight too ... finally have some decent rain in Sydney so I've used the wipers for about the first time since I bought the car! What I found was if you dial up the fast end of the intermittent wiper setting it seems the wipers run continuously while driving ... until ... you come to a stop at the traffic lights and then they go at a slow intermittent speed. I'm guessing that end of the intermittent setting is some type of auto mode with speed sensing. Neat!Quote:
Originally Posted by EuroDude
No matter which setting you use when in intermittent mode, it will go to the slowest possible setting when you stop and are on the brakes.Quote:
Originally Posted by MalGib
Didnt know it slowed down on fast-intermittent speed, sweet - i'll try it when I'm stuck in traffic tomorrow :)
wow - all that stuff about the AC was really interesting... still not sure if i 100% understand it, but ill try out the reccomendations you fellas have made
It doesn't have anything got to do with the speed of your car. It's a sensor that's based on force. The reason why you think the wipers are faster while you are in motion is only because the rain/water droplets hit the windscreen at a greater force so hence wipers work harder.Quote:
Originally Posted by MalGib
Happy wet driving
I agree. Interesting stuff about the A/C. My question is - does the Climate Control (auto) mode also adjust the fan speed automatically? Or simply switch off once your desired temperature is set.
I've found the auto mode usually uses a fan speed setting of "III" when I first turn it on.
Hey, my windscreen doesn't have a force sensor unlike yours.:cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by accordoholic
It was on the limited edition James Bond version. Only 007 made.Quote:
Originally Posted by aaronng
What the heck is a force sensor?
You mean the rain sensor on teh luxury models?
yep - it adjusts timing based on intensity of the rain.Quote:
Originally Posted by EuroDude
What Malgib was talking about is a feature on the standard euro too - it explains how it works in the manual. As soon as you take your foot of the brake while stationary it wipes again and resumes the wiper setting.
LOL, nope, not the rain sensor. This:Quote:
Originally Posted by EuroDude
Haha, quote of the day I reckon. :D :D :DQuote:
Originally Posted by accordoholic
My standard Euro doesn't have rain sensors. So I think that the wipers just follow the intermittent speed that you set on the wiper stalk and when you stop, it goes to the slowest possible setting. You can tell because each time you lift your foot off the brakes, it wipes. So the sensor that tells it when to go to the slowest setting is the same sensor that activates the brake lights. The brake sensor!
I think the Rain Sensor on the Luxury Euro doesn't work by force (although I suspected that previously toooo).
Most of them work by optical which means usually a beam emitted is bounced back to the receiver on dry day, but if droplets form on windscreen - less signals are received so rain is detected and wipers are turned on.
When you travel faster, obviously more rain drops on windscreen are detected by rain sensor and as such wipers are faster!
Tanalasta: Yes, it does. That's the whole idea behind CC - you press 'auto', dial up your desired temp, and the system takes care of the rest. The fan usually speeds up as soon as you press auto to help bring the cabin temp to whatever you set as quickly as possible.
Re: the wipers - on the standard Euro, the intermittent mode is speed sensitive. The delay shortens when your speed exceeds 20km/h (quoted from the manual). Also, as soon as you take your foot off the brake, the wipers are triggered to sweep once. I guess they figured you'd want to be able to see when your car starts moving. :)
Concerning the windscreen defroster, when you press it, the A/C comes on, the air direction changes to "windscreen" mode, and the fan speed jumps up to setting 5 which is quite strong (cold) especially in Winter.
Is there a way to change it so the fan only jumps up to setting 2 or 3?
When activating the defroster, I need to lower the fan speed manually which is a hassle.
Quote:
Originally Posted by EuroDude
noticed that yesterday night...very cold indeed
if u want then u have to do it manually....choose mode (sh!t thing is u can only choose windscreen with FOOT vents on the mode)..