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When you think how long some engines were in production, recent iterations have a mayfly's existence. The Austin A-Series engine of 1951 was still being put into the Mini in the new millennium. More complexity and the expectation of increased power from ever smaller displacement motors.. what could possibly go wrong? Plenty, as it turns out.

Some of my Family worked for Honda SWindon it was a real shame it went. My dad asked for a test drive of a wonder 10 years ago, they said they would get back to him when they got that model in, which they did, a year later!!. I have had many difrent brands of car but knobody has ever looked after me as well as Toyota and I am now on my 11th car from them, would not change brand now.

I've had 3 honda's since starting driving and the last two had paint problems also; especially the lacquer coating which i found began to peel off prematurely. I find Honda's nowadays are valued high compared to the refinement they offer - it's bad news peter if they are losing their reputation for world class reliability.

ICM should take over where Honda is lacking

Peter, I too have a Honda, a 2010 Accord V6, and it's such a great car. If you don't mind outsourcing the needed part from the US, go to Bernardi Honda on the internet. I believe that they're based out of the State of Maine, but they are who I go to for my Honda parts. Good luck Sir.

Flashy tech, whether aimed at improving creature comforts *or* performance are fun while they work, but every level of complication added to any machine comes at the cost of not only increased price, but also decreased reliability and longevity and much higher maintenance costs over the long term. For instance, a certain prominent car company (which will remain nameless here) would have never had a disastrous unintended acceleration problem a few years back if they had stayed with old fashioned cable accelerator linkages (which were cheap, light, and had worked just fine for many decades) instead of switching to a "fly-by-wire" system. When you couple the ever-increasing "sophisticated technology" (aka unnecessary complication) to which car companies feel compelled in order to stay ahead of the competition with post-Covid supply chain issues *and* labor issues, I fear this kind of thing is only going to become more prevalent.

Very sorry to hear this Peter and I feel your frustration and disappointment. I had a similar situation with my own car this year albeit with a different outcome. I drive a 2015 Renault Fluence R-Link which is a top model spec and very nice to drive. I had it with me at Telford the past couple of years. Anyway, it developed two faults this August past, one being with the hydraulic clutch feed pipe which was dealt with without issue and subsequently another which proved more problematic. I have used the same dealer for parts and servicing since I bought the car from them 9 years ago and have devloped a good trusting relationship with them. They are an independent but formerly franchised Renault dealer, Renault changed their dealership business model here in the ROI last year so this particular dealer moved away from that but retained their links to the parts and servicing network. Initially we thought the fault was with the electronic steering column as the diagnostics pointed towards that. To source the part new, which was only available on back order from France, was over €2,000 before fitting! Once I left the car with the dealer it was off the road for 5-6 weeks but they gave me a courtesy car for that period at no additional cost. Subsequently, it turned out that rather than the e-steering column it needed a reversing sensor which the mechanic finally nailed as the issue. Less expensive but the car was still off the road awaiting the part. It certainly illustrated to me the vulnerability of parts production and supply particularly in models which are discontinued a result of which parts may only have a limited productuion run each year before being phased out. This has influenced me to consider changing the car in the new year. I was very lucky though, the difference being the customer and after sales care from the dealership. Honda and dare I say it others too, need to up their game on this. I do hope you have a positive resolution sooner rather than later Peter🙏

I am onto my 3rd Subaru Forester since 2005, with the latest being a 2011 S-Edition Turbo (basically a WRX engine in a Gumpy). This has done 74,000 km in 13 years... I have had no real issues, except for the first which had the odometer drive fail under warranty - this entailed removing the powerplant to fix! - lucky it was under warranty! However, the quality of the Gumpy's has declined since the 2011 model. They have lost the 2.5 litre turbo engine, and also gone to a CVT gearbox (hopeless for towing boats), and gone from something that was a semi-competent 4WD to a city SUV with 4 driven wheels. Issues are creeping in now - I needed to replace the timing belt because of the age, and not mileage, and some sensors have started to play up. But there is nothing else on the market that can replace the 2011 Turbo!

In our household, we have had a civic of various types and never have had a problem except for a squeaky clutch pedal. We are now on a petrol hybrid, and it's super.

It was always a recommendation to change shocks or springs as a pair Peter. That Braun story was in my opinion one of the uplifting highlights of this century so far. God we need some more in this current miserable world.

I’d buy Electric but the long enough bargepole hasn’t been invented yet.

Get the damper when its in stock,get it through the m.o.t. and then sell it and get another car....it then be someone else problem Peter

Ridiculous response from Honda. We had a second-hand 2005 CR-V, which was wonderful for the few years we had it. Unfortunately, it started to rot underneath (Manchester roads are often wet 🤣), and we had to get rid of it. Still miss it now.

Mclaren were Mercedes powered in 98 and 99 when flying finn won his titles

I had an MY2005 S2000 in Berlina black. It was unreal…but I had a throttle arm fault so it kangarood at low revs when hot. Lloyds Honda Carlisle were the only dealer that could fix it as HondaUK only had one specialist that actually understood the car and fortunately Lloyds knew that. lol. But high revs were it’s home no low down torque at all and mine was the last year before traction control. Oooft. In cold and damp it was a handful. I sold it to a fighter pilot at Leeming. Lol

You should have bought the Ebbro 1/48 Honda Jet. It's an excellent kit and makes a great model with two choices of decal. I drive Mitsubishi, and have never had a problem. 😊

Some valid points and a 1/48 Jaguar would be a valid addition to the range, Airfix will never really listen to its customers, who for them are not really valued, they have their strategy and project plan for the future. All the posts and their pages just give them relevance in the social media domain via the clicks, comments, and likes. Realistically will they fill the final gaps in the RAF heavies? Unlikely in the next five years, re release the tired Hampden all because they cannot afford to re tool that the Halifax and the Battle. New tool the Manchester and Lincoln, which would be easy but again never happen. As for the 1/48 Phantom and Tonka, well over due, I do think the financial constraints placed upon Airfix affect not only future releases but also their presence at shows, all very much scaled back. As for the buying (and baying) public, we are always a difficult audience to please, modellers are a funny bunch part enthusiast, part historian, part wanting champagne at fizzy pop prices, with a large chunk of nerd 🤓 added into the kit sticker mix. I'm as guilty as anyone on that. Arifix, please, most of us. The back catalogue they have now is pretty decent, but I do think they are on financial stony ground, and the releases will not be like the 2010s again for some time.

Might be worth checking out removing the adaptive units and fitting normal dampers on both sides. There are resistor kits available which plug in to the harness to bypass the electronics. Not ideal, but might get you out of a bad situation. There are loads of tuning specialists who may be able to advise you.

Honda have stuffed up big time here in Australia too. Shame really.

Took me three visits to fix my fan noise at Honda. They replaced a warranty part and I find that my fan sounds like an afterburner. After 3 more visits they replaced the fan and now I have my nice quiet fan back.

Peter. I had the hatch version here in Australia (no wagon version available here). I loved the shape. Still think it’s a cool shape. Everything else you mentioned, same here. 👍 Moved to a Toyota C-HR now. Cool shape too! I’m a bit like you too when it comes to looking after cars etc. cheers mate.

In terms of Japanese cars Toyota is the ticket. But Honda makes more aesthetically pleasing designs.

Back in 1999 I bought a new Honda XLV1000 Varadero motorcycle, it was a superb machine, however a few weeks after I have bought it a story emerged in the motorcycle press that some early production units had suffered crankshaft failure which was due to Honda having the cranks machined by an independent supplier. These few early cranks had been machined out of tolerance. Fortunately it did not effect my machine, just shows that things go wrong when you do not keep everything in a tightly controlled supply chain.

I can believe when Hondas PR people see this video you will get a courtesy car 👍👍

I guess it's a bit like Man City dropping down the table.

Hi Peter, I will chip in my 2p worth here, I have been a Workshop Controller for nearly 20 years, mainly Land Rover then JLR and this is a major problem for owners wanting their cars repaired. The problem you highlighted is totally the manufacturers fault, in a cost saving exercise they have outsourced more and more components to other suppliers that they basically want to have assembly plants and no longer want to manufacture their own parts. This leaves them vulnerable to parts shortages even on current models. Manufacturers are only focused on new sales and after sales has always been bottom of the pile in the dealerships and we had the harder job trying to keep the customer happy when things go wrong. New car sales is King. The whole industry is built on rotten foundations as you are now finding out. My last few years as a Controller was for a big commercial truck company and the constant fight for parts from the supplier meant that we couldn’t repair trucks to the standard I was happy with leaving angry operators to continue to run unsafe trucks feeling they could blame the dealership if something went wrong on the roads. In my position I was responsible for signing these trucks off and this became untenable for me so that was the end of my career in the automotive trade. So, yes, your issue is not unusual and I wish you luck in getting your part and I do appreciate your understanding about the safety aspect of the issue. Unfortunately many don’t and they are thundering down the road in 40t trucks!

I had a 2005 accord tourer with the CDTi 2.2 fantastic car. How sad that quality and service has gone downhill. Hopefully you can galvanise them into action via TH-cam and other means

I'm a mechanic at an independent repair shop in Canada. If you think this type of problem is unique to Honda you are vastly mistaken. Post pandemic parts supply across pretty much all OEMs and aftermarket has tanked. Backordered items for months, no timelines are common and quality control is in the crapper. In my experience Toyota/Lexus, Hyundai/Genesis, Kia, Nissan/Infiniti and Honda/Acura have been fairly reliable for parts. Others are hit and miss, Stellantis Group is easily the bottom of the barrel. We have had vehicles sitting on the lot for as long as six months waiting for parts. Longest I have experienced on a Honda was 6 weeks waiting for an electronic steering column lock for a CRV, the CRV was still drivable though.

Peter - I was in the auto parts business for 35+ years before I retired from that. It's not uncommon for car manufacturers to discontinue parts, sometimes as soon as one year. I worked at a major car-truck dealership for part of my career and many parts, usually interior trim parts or any kind of screw, pin, small plastic part were the first to be discontinued. Usually only one color interior part would be left - black. They no longer made any other color. When computers first came out they would be discontinued and that was it. You could not get a new one - ever- from anywhere. So your vehicle was dead where it was parked. Some cars like the Mitsubishi Starion had electronic struts - once Mitsubishi stopped having the parts made that was it. You would have to find one in a junk yard. I know this does not help your situation but car manufacturers discontinue parts regularly all the time unfortunately. Note I am not defending Honda - not in any way. Absolutely not.

As an ex mechanic my advise would be to got back to the independent garage and ask them to take a look at the damper and ask if they would pass it on an mot or even give you an advisory. They can then do the mot for you if so desired.

Thats them darned eco EU rules for you, acrylic paint nowhere near as sturdy as old style2pack.As well as this Honda paint has always been a little brittle.VW group paint is really really hard, brings it's own problems ,just different ones.I still rocking a 2002 JDM import, Honda peak Honda! nothing goe wrong.Japanese built honda especially those only for ther JDM market are just better.

Foreign rubbish! Buy a Jaguar!………………….🤦‍♂️

Thanks for sharing Peter. Good to know. I hope everything works out soon.

😱😱 uber surprised @ Honda letting you down m Lud ,this truly is the end of the empire😭😭

I'm making this kit as we speak and it's just fantastic. Tamiya just announced their F-35C in 48 scale, just need them to make it in 72 scale. Italeri is releasing a C in 72 scale, but the ram lines are toooo out of proportion.

No no no not 1/72 if you going to do another one do 1/32......

hahahahahaaaa, at first reading of the title I thought you were talking about Piece of Shite modeler...in other words not very good. It varies for me, on sprue or off sprue as I feel best approach is.

I dont think I have ever seen bad kit from this company.

I picked one these up at Telford for £30 - gorgeous detail 🤗. This is going to be my first 'in flight' model as an adult 😁

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Can it be built if Flying mode withthe gear doors closed etc .

I really wish I'd seen this before I bought both the sea harrier and GR for my falklands collection.. oh well.. I'll hopefully avoid some of the pitfalls now.. Will take a look at your build in the forum 😬

Ten out of ten Peter! A fantastic, engaging dialogue. Quite sobering to hear staff from ICM being called away, probably never to return. I wish them well. I for one would be very interested in their 48 scale Marauder in the Flak Bait livery... All the best Peter from a cool cloudy Stratford (New Zealand) Friday afternoon. Cheers, Dennis.

I admire the detail and the exactness...beautiful kit, BUT is anyone else, besides me, sick of F-35"s? Sorry to say it, but' that's only my opinion. Dane