New CU2 Accord Euro - My car, my review!

That is a really nice car. I can agree with you on rear room though. When we were looking at Honda, the Euro is a bit too small for me in the back comfortably. I can sit there, but not for a couple of hours if on a roadtrip. I am 6 foot, so we then went and tried the normal Accord, but the V6 Luxury and it was bigger, and I found it really comfortable. Honda's are great, and both the Accord and the Euro are superb. My uncle is actually currently looking at downsizing from a 2002 Statesman, and is looking at the Euro.

There was actually enough room for my mum, dad, bro, as well as me in the car, and we are all pretty big Aussies. The back was comfortable enough, but yeah, wouldn't want to get stuck there for hours on end. I got the missus to drive though, but we were all comfortable. Us boys are around the 6'2" mark, the old man is around the 6' mark, and the girls are a fair bit shorter. lol.

CU2 is still a comfortable family car, but if I had my own family car, I would probably skip it though. I would say the boot is too small for family. I don't have to worry about that though.....

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Originally Posted by buddah51au

Nearest freeway to me is several hundred km, 75% rural back roads, 25% lite town driving is a more accurate description. As I said, I am not sure how full the tank was when i picked the car up, and I prefer to check consumption over several tanks of fuel to get a more accurate reading.

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Heading up to Perth tomorrow (550kms), will get accurate L/100kms. :)

I can now give fairly accurate fuel consumption figures for a CU2 Auto, obviously the first tank wasn't completely filled by the dealer. My result was 738km - 55.79 liters = 7.56L/100km. I'm not sure if there will be much improvement once the engine breaks in. Next step will be to get an average over 5000km as 1 tank is only an indication. Will post that result in about 9 weeks.

ive done 6200 kms in nearly 3 months. im averaging around 9.4/9.5 which im happy.

compared to a rental 1 series that i was driving which was averagin 11.9L, but i must admit that i was red lining that thing alot

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Originally Posted by shakkas

....compared to a rental 1 series that i was driving which was averagin 11.9L, but i must admit that i was red lining that thing alot

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As one does with rental cars that also seem to have a higher top speed than a car that you own.

A great reason to never buy an ex rental car, or for that matter to let anyone drive your own car as often they don't treat it with respect.

"Neither a borrower nor a lender be;
For loan oft loses both itself and friend"

Act 1 Scene 3, Hamlet by William Shakespeare - Spoken by Polonius

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Originally Posted by SPQR

As one does with rental cars that also seem to have a higher top speed than a car that you own.

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and be better off road! :p

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Originally Posted by SPQR

As one does with rental cars that also seem to have a higher top speed than a car that you own.

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ummm im pretty sure that a 118i does not have a higher top speed than my euro. the 118 is running around the 100kw mark while the euro is 147kw...

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Originally Posted by shakkas

ummm im pretty sure that a 118i does not have a higher top speed than my euro. the 118 is running around the 100kw mark while the euro is 147kw...

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lol, well that went straight over your head. :p

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Originally Posted by Type R Positive

There was actually enough room for my mum, dad, bro, as well as me in the car, and we are all pretty big Aussies. The back was comfortable enough, but yeah, wouldn't want to get stuck there for hours on end. I got the missus to drive though, but we were all comfortable. Us boys are around the 6'2" mark, the old man is around the 6' mark, and the girls are a fair bit shorter. lol.

CU2 is still a comfortable family car, but if I had my own family car, I would probably skip it though. I would say the boot is too small for family. I don't have to worry about that though.....

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I'm not denying it, it would be, but we decided it was easier with the V6L

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Originally Posted by aware

I'm not denying it, it would be, but we decided it was easier with the V6L

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Definately roomier! :)
Those v6 accords drive nice, like a limo! Enjoy!

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Originally Posted by Type R Positive

Definately roomier! :)
Those v6 accords drive nice, like a limo! Enjoy!

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Cheers, we are definitely enjoying it! :thumbsup::)

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Originally Posted by SPQR

As one does with rental cars that also seem to have a higher top speed than a car that you own.

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and be better off road! :p

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ummm im pretty sure that a 118i does not have a higher top speed than my euro. the 118 is running around the 100kw mark while the euro is 147kw...

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lol, well that went straight over your head. :p

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ummm im pretty sure that there is no insurance cover on rental cars off road.

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Originally Posted by SPQR

ummm im pretty sure that there is no insurance cover on rental cars off road.

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pretty sure? or just sure?

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pretty sure? or just sure?

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im sure there's no cover for over head damage.

Im sure there's no cover for lets say a toyota corolla.....
But we are getting away from the original point.

Yes, there's no quicker car than a rental car.
There's no better off road car than a rental car.
There's no better burnout car than a rental car........

Just wondering, how do the needles "float"?

http://euro.honda.com.au/resources.a...BA/964x497.jpg

... as opposed to pivoting from the centre.

maddness tacho :)

Hectic! Anyone know how it works?

It's actually not as magical as everyone thinks (me included initially!).

Here's my lame mspaint illustration:

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/732/tachoz.jpg

That's a side view of the tacho btw :p.

Thanks for the explanation nickxau

+rep for you

hahaha nice.........

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Originally Posted by nickxau

It's actually not as magical as everyone thinks (me included initially!).

Here's my lame mspaint illustration:

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/732/tachoz.jpg

That's a side view of the tacho btw :p.

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Raw feeling? I can barely tell when it is vtec on my CL9...

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If you can't feel the vtec kick on your CL 9 there must be something wrong or you are asleep at the wheel !

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Originally Posted by euro27

If you can't feel the vtec kick on your CL 9 there must be something wrong or you are asleep at the wheel !

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Bullshit, mine does sweet fuk all too.

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Originally Posted by The X Man

Bullshit, mine does sweet fuk all too.

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Manual or auto ?

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Originally Posted by euro27

Manual or auto ?

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Manual.

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Manual.

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Interesting as mine kicks so well.....go figure. Only thing I can think is that the Lux is heavier, that still shouldn't change the engine characteristic though.

Had a Kompressor Merc ( C 200 ?) try to close a gap on the highway one night and initially his supercharger gave him the grunt to get level with my drivers door but once the Euro got it's revs up and the vtec kicked I was gone. There was one very frustrated Merc driver behind me.

Are the Cu2 wheels same weight as the cl9 lux ones? reason i ask is because i found a cheap set. Current ones are gutter marked pretty badly.

nice write up

I forgot about this lol!

lol just reading it now

totally agreed when you say the cu2 grows on you... hated it at first... then i picked up my 07' cl9 and suddenly the cu2 looked better and better... hahah