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Old 04-22-2007, 05:34 PM
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Bought a low mileage '06 at the beginning of the month. I've had the car a couple of weeks now, and everything I don't like about the car is focused on the dash area to the left of the steering wheel. I shall enumerate them:
  1. The start button is a pointless gimmick. I still have to put the key in the ignition and turn it. Why do I want or need a separate button? It's a waste of plastic that could only be cool if I didn't need the key (and then it would be very cool). I think it cheapen's the car.
  2. The left dash insert is a mirror image of the right insert despite the fact that it's an ergonomic nightmare.
    1. The mode button is prominately set off and looks like a knob despite the fact that it doesn't turn and is the least frequently used control.
    2. The channel button only increments up. If I want to go back to the previous station/song, then I have to go around the horn.
    3. Volume should be a knob.
  3. 7 model years of the above and IT STILL ISN'T FIXED. Honda, you've got time to add DBW and VSA, but you cant mold a new $2 plastic part for the dash? What the hell?

Thank you for taking time to listen to my rant. Everything else is perfect...except I want more hp.
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If power is what your looking for then you might consider a turbo.

the little things never bothered me..
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Agreed. Once the warranty runs out, turbo goes in.
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Oh no, you don't like the dash!!! You bought the wrong car!
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Warranty!?!? it's a Honda...no need for one.I bolted my charger at 13k miles..
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What start button?
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^^the little red one.
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I agree with your points, but they are not big deals to me.
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I'm actually contemplating moving the bottons around. I want the mode button to be a volume knob, the paddle to be a channel +/-, and the mute becomes the mode button (don't need mute if I've got the knob). I'd axe the start button too if I could.
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Pointless indeed. It makes it even worse when you have to remind the mechanic that there's a start button after he inserts the key in the ignition


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