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I'm getting towards 130k and may have to hold on to my 56-plate until the 200k barrier, so this thread is encouraging! Mine's on its original chain (bit rattly) and clutch, but has had a new manifold under warranty plus an ABS sensor when the VSA light came on. New rear discs and pads and two...

It's a legendary thread now :)

Number plate bulbs were just as easy as the sidelights. You just have to be gentle when moving the trim above the number plate itself, as it's easy to scratch if you're using a screwdriver. Once its out the bulb holders can be prised out by hand. Note that this procedure is documented in the...

So far the LEDs have been good as gold, but it's only been a few weeks. It's true that the normal filament bulbs last well; my wife's A3 has had Philips BlueVision bulbs to match the xenons almost since new, and the car will be 9 years old next October! I ordered them from UltraLeds instead of...

Quick update: I had to swap the bulbs round, so the number plate bulbs became the sidelights and vice versa. On my way home from my folks at the weekend, I was flashed a couple of times by other motorists. At first I thought there was a speed trap ahead, and then was worried about my headlight...

There is another much cheaper approach - fit a different gearknob. The OE one is surprisingly tall, and on mine I've got a simple small aluminium ball with a thread in it. My brother made it when he was an apprentice so it's been in a few of my cars, and although the gaitor clip is now visible...

While off work this week, I ordered some LED numberplate lights and sidelights from UltraLeds and fitted them today. Pleased with the results, although as others have noted here, the sidelights are perhaps a bit too blue for my liking. It does match the paintwork though! :) The existing...

Doh! Found the problem. In map mode, if you press the lower left corner of the screen twice, you switch off the TMC layer on the map. There's a button marked "icons" in the lower left, and this brings up the switchable POI icons on the map. The left-most one is the TMC layer. My wife confessed...

A few months ago, after a load of rain in summer, my Accord refused to start one morning. I just had zero current - it was dead. I checked the battery terminals and they were covered in dirt, so I disconnected them, sanded them down gently with fine sandpaper and instead of using WD40, put a...

I've also used a Maxi Cosi seat with an ISOFIX base. Agree with the other comments; the Accord is a bit fiddly for this. The leather seats in my EX are less than ideal, too. The main problem is that the ISOFIX connectors are hidden between the rear seat base and the upright seat back. On my my...

Cheers Matt. Commute is pretty long but it's about an hour in and around 50 minutes home so not too bad. If it was any longer I'd have a rethink. And yes, the diesel faults section of TA is very interesting but can causes Honda hypochondria!

This week I reached 124k in my Accord diesel, which although just 20 months of ownership does represent 30k of motoring in it. Thought I'd post up some comments as I know I was looking for similar content when ready to buy the car. It's been a great experience to date. I have an 82-mile daily...

At some point in the last couple of months, my sat nav stopped showing the TMC warning triangles on the map (traffic queues, vehicle recovery, road closed etc). The TMC icon is always green during my commute around the M25 and M40, and if I press INFO, the information is listed with no problems...

Well it's had new pads and so on but I took ownership at 94k. It's also had two new tyres, so not too bad given the miles I do.

My Accord has just spent two days at Maidenhead Honda. It has its MoT next month, and I knew my rear discs and pads had seen better days. The discs were particularly bad, probably still original at 121k, but corroded unevenly so only about a third of the discs had any contact with the pads. And...

Handled my fourth service over the weekend at 120,194 miles, and in doing so finally used up my first LubeTech Exol 25L drum! There's a litre or so left for topping up the oil, although fortunately mine barely uses any between services. It's a nice, easy routine now; drive the car for about 1/2...

Clearly this varies by situation. Around 12 years ago, by brother's nice S2 Escort RS Turbo was set on fire in a multi-storey car park when thieves failed to steal it (they popped the bonnet, cut the fuel lines and ignited it). The two cars parked either side of his were also destroyed and the...

A surprise problem last week, one that I can't remember managing since my student days - the car failing to start thanks to the damp weather. Walked out to my i-CTDi last week as normal, jumped in, key into the ignition, switched on as normal, go to start and then nothing. It was just dead...

Car went in to Maidenhead Honda yesterday to have the transmission fluid and brake fluid changed. It's made a subtle difference; the shift is smoother (and my MPG improved a touch too on the way home), plus the brake feel is now excellent - hardly any movement from the top of the pedal and very...

Good call. Between oil changes the dipstick level drops to 50% - another benefit of 10k changes means I can stay on top of it.