New 2012 Accord Euro from $29900 driveaway...

[antony]

For those of you interestrd in the VW brand,they have a very good forum as well,which is www.vwwatercooled.org.au , and I am quite active on that as well.

Am still thinking the Euro is the nicer of the 2...the boot lid and inside the bonnet is fully carpeted,the Jetta is not,Jetta does not have that compartment to keep change in,the old one did............................................... .................................................. ....................................

[praja6]

Personally i dont like the shape of VW and it doesnt give the luxuary look like Euro cu2

[tron07]

Personally i dont like the shape of VW and it doesnt give the luxuary look like Euro cu2

Get a Passat CC, its have luxury all over... lol

[I CU2]

Rather an A5

[denot]

I think nowadays people shouldnt by car because of the brand and the reputation of the brand anymore. I cant believe when my bro in law went to a honda dealer, and asked them "What good about the new euro compare to the competitor?" they first answer is "oh it has 5 star ancap rating!"

From my point of view here, 5 star ANCAP rating is not a biggie anymore. How many $30k+ car has less than 5 star now? The seller also mentioning all the features on the new Euro including the ones that I think not really a "great feature of a $30k+ car" (It has a CD player, Airbags, Audio controller steering wheel, 17" alloy wheels, etc etc)

Its either the salesman is a noob, or Honda just cant compete with the rest of the pack . We've made comparison between the new Euro to the Korean counterpart (i45, Optima) and if we forget about the brand reputation, I think there's many people will move on from the euro...

Dont get me wrong, my Euro was the best car I ever bought and drive, but Honda just have to step up on the design and innovation for their cars...

PS: Having said that, I cant wait for the CRZ!

[I CU2]

Why do you drive a C200k then ;o

[denot]

Why do you drive a C200k then ;o

I'm not... its a C200 CGi

Nah, its a wifey thingy... She wants it, she gets it... Soon we'll move on to 7 seater though... and no, its not the Honda "Coffinmobile" Odyssey

[I CU2]

I'm not... its a C200 CGi

Nah, its a wifey thingy... She wants it, she gets it... Soon we'll move on to 7 seater though... and no, its not the Honda "Coffinmobile" Odyssey

Any hints as to what it may be

[denot]

Any hints as to what it may be

Not sure yet... I'm not a fan of 7 seaters myself. So we might get something cheap but good (e.g. CX9, Teritory, Sorento or Santa Fe) but hey, lets not hijack this thread with my boring stuff

[natnat]

.........It has a CD player, Airbags, Audio controller steering wheel, 17" alloy wheels, etc etc...........

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these things were luxury items... back in the early 90's for some people from remote rural areas..

car ads and salespersons that try to emphasize these items are simply... sooo left behind. it's like trying to sell a walkman in the midst of iPod sales.

Well... at least the new facelifted CU2 Luxury SatNav version now has bi-xenon.

[furythree]

i dont get what the deal is with the jettas...theyre so ugly.
to this day, i still havent seen a better looking car in our euro's category.

as a daily, performance doesnt make much of a difference, and i never plan on taking it to a track....thats what i pay my road taxes for


that being said, *sadface* that the new euros have dropped like 10% in price, but since its not a MAJOR change in price or features, im happy with my purchase because it took like a good solid 3 years for second hand models to drop to like 35k.
Also, i drove it like everyday during those 3 years while i was in uni. These days i work full time so only use it on weekends. So in reality, i had the best combination of use out of it.
Planning to keep it like forever....unless maybe when the toyobaru ft-86 II comes out and is priced reasonably at the 40k mark.

[SPQR]

For three week in a row now, the local newspaper in Darwin (there is only one newspaper here) has run, in its syndicated (from southern states) questions and answers section, letters from VW owners complaining about the DSG transmissions having problems, often in the first few months from new. The owners commonly report a not too helpful reaction from VW Australia; some being fobbed of with the "its normal" crap that Honda also uses. So much so that the particular Q&A section is now keeping tabs on the plague of VW DSG failures.