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The New High-Tech Honda Accord with Euro Looks

Is it a BMW? Maybe the Audi A-4? Or the VW Passat? Le Peugeut? No! It’s the new Honda Accord! Acc-ord! The name reminds me of French d’Accord! (Agree, OK in English).

And I agree. The new 8th generation Honda Accord looks sleek, dynamic, sporty and has a lower and a wider track for that solid, planted feel. Look at the new low slung, chromed angular grill, the new cool, clear projector type headlights and the muscular pronounced wheels arches housing the 17 inch alloy wheels.

The side view also reveals new higher waistline matching the perfectly raked roof line. The rear break light cluster is very BMW’ish. The new Honda Accord takes on asharp European design. Perhaps, the best looking Honda ever.

Furthermore the new Honda Accord has been upsized. The floor space is now lower and the wheel base is longer to provide more space, especially for the back seat riders. There’s enough room back there to be comfortable, even when front seats are far back. The luxurious leather upholstered cabin environment is quietandvibration free thanks to the ANC (Active Noise Control) system and is a very comfortable place to be.

Our demo, the Honda 2.4 EL (NAVI) the top of 2.4 litre models fully loaded with all the goodies: dual-zone air-conditioning, front power seats with memory, (and lumbar massage for the driver) electric rear sunshade, cruise control and a sporty Formula One inspired paddle shifter on the steering wheel.

But it was the communication in-car infotainment centre that caught my attention. A real-time IT package: hands-free Bluetooth, CD/MP3/WMA (auxiliary input jack for connecting portable music players), and a premium sound system with a subwoofer. Only the high speed internet “Google” connection was missing!

And the “navigator” the Honda Accord GPS connected to a 40 gigabyte hard disc. For the music fans that’s 3.000 songs. Enough music for Phuket to Bangkok back and fourth! The Accord 2.4 EL “NAVI” is probably is the best Navigator in the market.

The navigation screen is large and easy to read with a user friendly joystick and command wheel. No more maps everything is click-on: the highways, (byways) expressways, the u-turns and the bypasses, the attractions, the “aroy-aroy” restaurants, the hospitals and the police stations. When the car is stationary you can watch DVD movies or your digital “home movies” and when reversing it switches automatically to R mode: parking camera. A real time parking movie.

Everything connected to the on-board info-centre including your pertinent driving information: fuel consumption, average speed, distance to destination etc.

For the driver there is lot’s of buttons to push on center console and the steering wheels. Every car should have multifunction steering wheel. Always two hands on the wheel.

Under the bonnet (the hood), the main focus is the new, second-generation Honda i-VTEC in-line four cylinder 2.4 litre 5-speed motor packing 180 horsepower. More powerful than the previous and more frugal. During our test-drive we managed 13 kilometer per litre on the highway and about 9 liter per kilometer in the city. And the good news. The new Accord is E 20 compatible (alcohol & gasoline). That’s 20 percent Johnny Walker Red or Stolichnaya and 80 percent unleaded petrol (gasoline) 91or 95.

Honda Accord’s four-wheel independent suspension features a double-wishbone design in front and a new multilink setup in back. On the road, the Accord is taut without being punishing, and the sedan recovers quickly without any extra bobbing after hitting a bump or dip in the road.

The safety package is comprehensive with dual i-SRS front driver and side airbags including side curtain airbags with OPD (occupant position detect ant) system. Plus VSA vehicle stability assist combined with ABS and EDB making those slippery curves less challenging.

In conclusion the new Accord feels refined and solid and is perfectly suited for Thailand highway cruising or urban driving. Just perfect for a Bangkok-Phuket, Bangkok-Samiu 8-9 hour long haul, if only the fuel, E20 gasohol had been cheaper!

Latest version of the Accord is ready to take on the prestige imported rivals from Germany. And really good news for potential buyers is that all the improve­ments and additional IT features haven’t pushed up the cost.

The sticker price for the new Honda Accord 2.4 EL (NAVI) is 1.6 million THB. The two litre base Accord model is priced 1.2 million THB and the flagship Honda Accord 3.5 G (NAVI) V6 sets you back a cool 2.8 million THB.

how much would it cost to install a new floor pan in my 1973 vw super beetle convertible?!?

i really need a new floor pan for a car i just bought

i can see the ground when i drive

i decided i am going to buy a new floor pan for both my right and left sides (it only really needs the left but for future use i figure i should get both)

i am also buying a new brace for my left and right sides (reinforcement rails)…

how much would this all cost?

or is my dad going to kill me?!!?!?!?!

i have to pay for half but it was an 18th birthday present, please help me!

For parts you can go to:-
Mid America Motorworks

http://www.mamotorworks.com/acvw-3-72.html

or

JC Whitney

http://www.jcwhitney.com/EMPI-FLOOR-PAN-REPAIR-PANELS-FOR-VW/GP_2000421_N_111+10201+600015314_10101.jcw

or

Mill

http://www.rustrepair.com/VW_Beetle_parts.htm

or
Nextag

http://www.nextag.com/vw-floor-pans/shop-html

to name a few. Do an Internet search with Google and I am sure you will come up with many more.

There are some good articles on how to to the job.
Here is definitely one I would recommend which covers the Heater Channels

http://www.ramva.org/dragenwagen/heaterchannel.html

with respect to Floor panels

http://www.superbeetles.com/Tech_talk/jul.htm

and

http://www.midsouthvw.com/TechTips/tech_tip_FlrPans1.htm

http://www.midsouthvw.com/TechTips/tech_tip_FlrPans2.htm

http://www.midsouthvw.com/TechTips/tech_tip_FlrPans3.htm

To do the job, you will require a MIG welder, however the actual task is not to daunting if you have the right equipment.

If you do not have the correct equipment/facilities available, then I would suggest you do not try it yourself, but rather go out and get someone to do it for you. Shop around, you may find that the costs vary from body shop to body shop. Also look at you buying the panels and the body shop fitting them (generally works out cheaper than if they must source and provide the panels).