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    Apr 2009
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    Brisbane
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    09 Honda Accord
    Quote Originally Posted by bono View Post
    I bought the previous 40th Anniverssary Edition. Maybe should have waited for the Limited Edition. It seems you get more for the same price. You can also get leather trim with this model. However, not a big fan of the front lower chrome trim. A little too bling for me I think. I've owned the Accord for 9 months and 10,000km now. So far I've experienced with the car,

    1. Annoying rattling from rear parcel shelf. Took to dealer but not fixed successfully. Went to Clark rubbber and bought a strip of 1/2 inch thick rubber. Wedged it between the rear windscreen and edge of rer parcel. No more rattles.

    2. Some minor rattling on the driver side door and rear left passenger door area. Not yet resolved yet.

    3. Can smell the hot brake pad (most likely the rears) after stepping out of the car. Even without heavy braking and in cool weather.

    4. Need to slam the rear boot a little harder than normal to close.

    5. Boot is an odd shape so not as useful than expected.

    6. Wiper blade action can be noisy. Either screech or thud sound.

    7. Air conditioning turning on and off whilst idling is pretty noisy and vibration can be felt on the steering wheel. Very surprised for this sized engine.

    8. Centre interior ceiling light blown after a month. A nightmare to remove the cover to replace.

    9. Shifting gears from park-reverse-drive can sometimes be pretty clunky.

    10. The low fuel warning light goes on when you only have approx. 5-6 litres of fuel left in the tank. This is too late if the nearest fuel stop is 100kms away. A trip computer would have been good.





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    Excellent Post. Also owner of the 40th anniversary. Am at ~11k and have owned the car for a little over a year.

    The car has been great. Main concerns are issues with squeaky brakes. See the thread here about the ongoing break issue. A few internal rattles from the center console, yet to be solved. Wiper blades are odd, can be noisy and poor. Aircon seems to 'struggle'. Quite loud and vibrations are strongly felt at idle. Boot is a strange shape. I find the light steering very annoying. Four cylinder feels underpowered in the middle of the rev range. Otherwise, it's pretty competent for daily driving. Make sure if you opt for any options, change or upgrade the cloth trim. Everything will stick to it despite being comfy.

    Other than that, these are my only faults with the car. Everything else is perfect.
    Last edited by Shpox; 31-10-2010 at 02:31 AM.

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