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"Bob Jones" > wrote in message ...
> Not really, you can use the extra to clean your windows. I would prefer to have a choice: pour whole bottle or leave couple of drops on the bottom for cleaning. I know it is a small think, really a detail, but it is showing that Honda does not care about details. |
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Maybe it's
> because I'm in Canada (the frozen white north and all), or maybe the design > of the '04 required a smaller reservoir. > > Yeah, and you guys (and girls) get the heated mirrors. We don't. Even my old '85 Scirocco had heated mirrors, but not this new Civic. Grr.... |
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> > I know it is a small think, really a detail, but > it is showing that Honda does not care about details. Perhaps it was designed with a metric volume in mind. |
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"Robert Barr" > wrote in message . net...
> Maybe it's >> because I'm in Canada (the frozen white north and all), or maybe the design >> of the '04 required a smaller reservoir. > > Yeah, and you guys (and girls) get the heated mirrors. We don't. Even > my old '85 Scirocco had heated mirrors, but not this new Civic. Grr.... I wonder how much savings honda got not doing these things. I got EX-L trim, you would expect it to be fully loaded - such a wrong idea. |
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On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 22:14:13 -0600, Pszemol > wrote:
>"AZ Nomad" > wrote in message ... >> For the same reason you don't design all cars with a 200 gallon fuel tank. > >This is your second stupid analogy in this thread... No. You're just too stupid to get it. There are compromises made in designing cars. It's lovely to have a 200 gallon fuel tank, but size and weight make it impossible. |
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"Robert Barr" > wrote in message . net...
>> I know it is a small think, really a detail, but >> it is showing that Honda does not care about details. > > Perhaps it was designed with a metric volume in mind. Well, the reason for this design decision is unknown. Toyota designing camry could also just get lucky... :-) |
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"AZ Nomad" > wrote in message ...
> On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 22:14:13 -0600, Pszemol > wrote: >>"AZ Nomad" > wrote in message ... >>> For the same reason you don't design all cars with a 200 gallon fuel tank. >> >>This is your second stupid analogy in this thread... > > No. You're just too stupid to get it. There are compromises made in > designing cars. It's lovely to have a 200 gallon fuel tank, but size > and weight make it impossible. You completelly missed the point, and that is why your analogy is simply stupid. I am not arguing I want 20 gallon reservoir for a washer fluid to keep me going for two years - I am complaining that the reservoir is unable to fit a STANDARD RETAIL PACKAGE of the product. Get it now? |
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"Pszemol" > wrote
> Good design in my opinion would be low fluid warning light > on the dashboard and reservoir big enough to hold FULL > bottle > when the warning ligth comes on to minimalise required > mainenance. I personally am finding much of the "fancy" electronics to be more trouble than they're worth. I am on an extended visit in a house with a heat pump with too many electronics to it. Four visits so far from the repair technician in one year. Contrast this with my own house's furnace: Four years and no problems whatsoever. Same deal with newer cars. So much of the electronics are bells and whistles or break too often. |
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my 2008 civic LX (canadian version) has heated mirrors and a washer jug that
accomodates 4L (just over 1 gallon) no problem. My 98 civic also takes over a gallon of washer fluid. t Pszemol wrote: >> Maybe it's >>> because I'm in Canada (the frozen white north and all), or maybe the design >>> of the '04 required a smaller reservoir. >> >> Yeah, and you guys (and girls) get the heated mirrors. We don't. Even >> my old '85 Scirocco had heated mirrors, but not this new Civic. Grr.... > >I wonder how much savings honda got not doing these things. >I got EX-L trim, you would expect it to be fully loaded - such a wrong idea. -- Message posted via CarKB.com http://www.carkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx...-cars/200801/1 |
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On Jan 18, 10:50*am, "loewent via CarKB.com" <u10197@uwe> wrote:
> my 2008 civic LX (canadian version) has heated mirrors and a washer jug that > accomodates 4L (just over 1 gallon) no problem. > > My 98 civic also takes over a gallon of washer fluid. > > t > > Pszemol wrote: > >> *Maybe it's > >>> because I'm in Canada (the frozen white north and all), or maybe the design > >>> of the '04 required a smaller reservoir. > > >> Yeah, and you guys (and girls) get the heated mirrors. *We don't. *Even > >> my old '85 Scirocco had heated mirrors, but not this new Civic. *Grr..... > > >I wonder how much savings honda got not doing these things. > >I got EX-L trim, you would expect it to be fully loaded - such a wrong idea. > > -- > Message posted via CarKB.comhttp://www.carkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/honda-cars/200801/1 I work for a company that makes master cylinder reservours for the brake system manufacturers and we also make a few washer bottles. The whole thing comes down to space. The master cylinder reservoir and the washer fluid reservoirs are one of the last things designed for the engine compartment. All the hardware that must be there and has to be in a particular position are put into the envelope and the the master cylinder reservoir is designed and squeezed into whatever space is left which will allow the correct fluid volume for all the federally mandated brake system tests. It is even worse for the washer bottle. It gets squashed into whatever room is left and sometimes that space allows for a gallon and sometimes not. Since there is no federal regulation on the amount of washer fluid available, you get what fits. I hope this helps. |
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