I'm not actually happy about it. The one and only problem is that the paint is totally horrible. The car was delivered with a ton of swirls and scratchs. I'm over that, but the road blast on the front has been nothing short of profound. I don't even know how to qualify or quantify it, but it totally sucks. Let's say I have 17,000 miles and 17,000 chips in the front. Let's say a rock chip is normally a certian size, because it take a certian mass of stone to affect it. A chip is normally the size of a pin head to a match head, with a corresponding size rock impact to achieve it, maybe a pea. Well, I have chips that are the size of the TIP of a pin. Barely even a ball point pen head sized chip. So that means what, a freaking grain of sand is chipping the paint?
In the space of a quarter, I have about 5-10 chips, for 3 feet across the hood, times like 5 inches. Now, the hood bends down in the front, unlike many cars. That makes a bad situation worse, but I have glancing chips 3 feet up the hood! My body guy looked at it and said, yep Honda changed their paint formula again. I say even worse, it's DEFFECTIVE. I looked at other cars, the exact same model, older ones, nope no chips. I've had other cars, inc the '06 RSX, chips are minimal, maybe 4-5 total in 40k. I look at 10 year old cars, like Mom's Passat and nephews Volvo after 85k... again , like 4-5 chips MAX. My friend has an 07 Audi, same age with the same miles, ZERO chips, driving the SAME roads.
I really like the car. I owe about what trade is, $17k. For $20k I could replace it with a new Accord (sedan, I'm thinking). All I'd give up there is the leather and heated seats if I got a base model. I'd pick up stability control, somthing I'd like. I also kind of want rear windows that go down. I have my dogs in the car a lot and they really need that. I'm also considering a CRV, even though we have a 98 already. We live in the country and have minimal plowing and bad roads. I look at the CRV front and it's basicly blast-proof. The plastic seems to repel chips and the CRV is higher off the ground, with the plastic. The new Accord has plastic coming above the grill and the hood is not angled steeply. I can handle a lil hit on mpg, since I won't need to travel all the way to the city constantly to deal with my house there that I'm selling.
I know people will say, "you are nuts dood". I would rather not have this problem, but I like my car to look pretty decent. It is unacceptable. If I painted the hood, that would be ok. The shop told me their paint will not chip like it is now and I believe them, my paint is like powder. I have $200 credit at the shop as well. The problem there is that the rest of the car has [censored] paint and there is already a good amount of blast on the fenders and such. I already called Honda about it and they did not call back. I'm expecting to get blown off anyway. I'd love it if at trade apprasial they said something to me about the blast. I would run with that right to Honda Customer Service. Frankly, I expect to get "serviced" by them anyway.
I dunno if I like any other cars. I'm selling a house at a huge profit in a few weeks, but am not looking for a lifestyle change, just the same thing I was looking for before: a car I could keep for a few years and it look and perform ok.
btw- I like the TSX and it's probally discounted a lot due to the model change. but I don't want to spend $25k.
Any ideas?
In the space of a quarter, I have about 5-10 chips, for 3 feet across the hood, times like 5 inches. Now, the hood bends down in the front, unlike many cars. That makes a bad situation worse, but I have glancing chips 3 feet up the hood! My body guy looked at it and said, yep Honda changed their paint formula again. I say even worse, it's DEFFECTIVE. I looked at other cars, the exact same model, older ones, nope no chips. I've had other cars, inc the '06 RSX, chips are minimal, maybe 4-5 total in 40k. I look at 10 year old cars, like Mom's Passat and nephews Volvo after 85k... again , like 4-5 chips MAX. My friend has an 07 Audi, same age with the same miles, ZERO chips, driving the SAME roads.
I really like the car. I owe about what trade is, $17k. For $20k I could replace it with a new Accord (sedan, I'm thinking). All I'd give up there is the leather and heated seats if I got a base model. I'd pick up stability control, somthing I'd like. I also kind of want rear windows that go down. I have my dogs in the car a lot and they really need that. I'm also considering a CRV, even though we have a 98 already. We live in the country and have minimal plowing and bad roads. I look at the CRV front and it's basicly blast-proof. The plastic seems to repel chips and the CRV is higher off the ground, with the plastic. The new Accord has plastic coming above the grill and the hood is not angled steeply. I can handle a lil hit on mpg, since I won't need to travel all the way to the city constantly to deal with my house there that I'm selling.
I know people will say, "you are nuts dood". I would rather not have this problem, but I like my car to look pretty decent. It is unacceptable. If I painted the hood, that would be ok. The shop told me their paint will not chip like it is now and I believe them, my paint is like powder. I have $200 credit at the shop as well. The problem there is that the rest of the car has [censored] paint and there is already a good amount of blast on the fenders and such. I already called Honda about it and they did not call back. I'm expecting to get blown off anyway. I'd love it if at trade apprasial they said something to me about the blast. I would run with that right to Honda Customer Service. Frankly, I expect to get "serviced" by them anyway.
I dunno if I like any other cars. I'm selling a house at a huge profit in a few weeks, but am not looking for a lifestyle change, just the same thing I was looking for before: a car I could keep for a few years and it look and perform ok.
btw- I like the TSX and it's probally discounted a lot due to the model change. but I don't want to spend $25k.
Any ideas?
