WebWombat, Australia

DriveArabia blog, in which they describe a bizarre electonic system including a Garmin GPS system? WTF? No built-in sat-nav in that area? And here again is the "looks like an Accord" comment?

 

Another feature we were shorted on:

"...There's the usuals in there too, such as dual-zone climate control, complete with 'sun sensors' that will detect direct sunlight and adjust the air flow and temperature automatically, and if the weather turns foul, automatic rain-sensing windscreen wipers will play their part."

Nice find. As we also note, the technology was great for 2004, but now is merely ordinary, well maybe that's too harsh, but technology is a tough thing to hang your hat on in selling a car on because technology marches so quickly as we have seen.

 

Within the comments of the Saudi article is another review from Helsinki, Finland

http://www.worldcarfans.com/2060704....egend-in-depth

 

Yep you read it right neuronbob, no sat-nav in Australia. At least not for another couple of months. It will be retro-fitted when it becomes available. I stongly believe it wont be you fantastic system, but the cheaper version just introduced in the 08 Accord.

As for the "looks like an Accord", that's just badge envy. It looks like a Honda, and I think that's great!

 

They said it great in the review:


The lack of cooled seats, rain sensing wipers, hard drive equipped radio are painfully obvious when making comparisons to everything else (and even below) this class. I love the size and looks of the RL, but I worry that the lack of these items would really bug me.

 

You don't need a hard drive-equipped radio because the 2007 and up RLs some with an mp3 port. You can plug your iPod or Zune in and can control it from the device. Unfortunately, one can't see your selection on the navi screen, but I'm sure that will be available on the 3G RL as Acura sees us here griping about that and looking for that functionality.

sadlerau, it won't be hard to retrofit the Legend for sat-nav because all the parts are already there. Like our base RL, which has no navi, it can be modded to perform this function, as the screen and DVD drive are already there. Some of our members have made this mod and saved $$$$$. It's just a matter of what data is available from whichever supplier is used in Australia.

Chas2, that review you linked is boilerplate from Honda. Look at the bottom of the page and it'll tell you so. No opinions, just the facts.

 

The RL does come with 3D solar system, which was introduced in the 2004 TL and carried on to the RL. Wheni first got my RL in 2004, it was listed with it.
So, we actually get it.