04 Accord DX Auto Trans Whine

You can check it here for the 2K V6 model:
http://makeashorterlink.com/?T393220D8. AFAICT the 03-04s are Nippon
Seiki, all those I looked at anyway, but in the auto OE supplier business,
cost is king - engineers spend a fair part of their "day" doing costing.

Rgds, George Macdonald

"Just because they're paranoid doesn't mean you're not psychotic" - Who, me??

 

Who said anything about American made? It could be made in Mexico, Brazil
or PRC for all we know.

Rgds, George Macdonald

"Just because they're paranoid doesn't mean you're not psychotic" - Who, me??

 

This is true - reasons: 1) with air bags up the wazoo, padded interiors are

George, you never cease to impress.

My wife and I both noticed just how hard and thin the dash plastics
are in the 2004 Chevy Impala LS we rented in Hawaii last week. I
spent 5 days bitching and moaning about the Impala in general, until
we switched islands and ended up with the Chevy Classic, which was
even worse from many standpoints. (Aside: I was confused for an
entire day about what a "Classic" was, not knowing that was actually
the name of the car. It stands for "Classic example of crap".)

JM

 

its the old style malibu, still made for rental car fleets

 

Nah I just read about it a while back in the Automotive Engineering mag at
www.sae.org Do a search there on "olefin[ic] polymers" - the "papers"
are not free but you can find a few magazine articles.

On a related subject, my new keyboard's cable has a warning label marked DO
NOT REMOVE THIS LABEL courtesy of the State of California.... with a
warning that just touching it will expose me to lead and I should
immediately wash my hands.

Rgds, George Macdonald

"Just because they're paranoid doesn't mean you're not psychotic" - Who, me??