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From: seltzer@opus.UUCP (Wayne Seltzer)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Honda Information
Message-ID: <315@opus.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 27-Dec-85 14:10:37 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec 27 14:10:37 1985
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Reply-To: seltzer@nbires.UUCP (Wayne Seltzer)
Organization: NBI,Inc, Boulder CO
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I also own an '84 Honda Accord Hatchback and have been extremely pleased
with it.  It has been in for service only once.  The rear window
defroster stooped working because the electrical contacts that
are bonded to the window fell off.  The dealer (Bill Crouch Honda in Boulder,
for you locals) tried to re-bond it, but failed.
that there is no way to rebond the contacts in the shop and the window should
be replaced. It took several trips to the dealer before they figured
this out.

In general, the engineering on the car is the suprisingly good for 
the price, which was my biggest issue in selecting a car at the time.
I think Honda engineers do a good job within the constraints that they have.

My gripes lie mostly with the local dealer, whose motivations seem more
towards making a buck than producing a quality product. The few things they
have done for the car they have managed to screw up. The installed a cargo
cover for the hatch and drilled a hole in the wrong place.  The American
made floormats unglued themselves on the first hot day. I am not confident
that their mechanics know how the thing works and will be able to fix
obscure problems. On the other hand, the shop manual is well done (despite
minor translation problems), so I plan on taking care of the thing myself,
now that the warranty has expired. And the salespersons -- well, I don't
have to explain how I feel about them. ("What?  You'd rather have a lifetime
of free oil changes than a free pinstrip?"  "And you *really* must get the
dealer protection package -- it will rust without it."     Right...)

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Wayne Seltzer			{hao,ucbvax,allegra}!nbires!seltzer	
NBI Inc., Boulder, CO		(303) 444-5710