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01-27-2006, 12:14 PM

GreenAndBlue

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Re: Average MPG display

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Originally Posted by lkewin

I started a thread yesterday with the title of "Build Date?" abnd the only responce I got was that the date was on the lable on the driver side door jamb. My car has a build date, per this lable, of 12/05. How were you able to narrow your build date down to the day??

Working for a dealership like he does, he probably has access to the dealer's order report. It gives the scheduled and then completed build date (where the VIN then appears on the report), and once it's built, the current location of the car and the expected arrival date at the dealership. This info is updated by IN (Honda's Interactive Network) on a daily basis (although I didn't check it *that* often).

My dealer was kind enough to provide a copy of this for me. So I know my car 8661 was 'birthed' on 12/28/05. It then docked in Portland during the week of 1/9, and arrived at my dealer in IL on 1/18 or 1/19.

FWIW, I was actually able to put the car into OwnerLink with my other Hondas when I got the VIN, even though it's status was 'ocean transit' at the time.

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01-27-2006, 12:26 PM

xcel

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Re: Average MPG display

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#13

01-27-2006, 06:09 PM

tigerhonaker

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Re: Average MPG display

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Originally Posted by ElanC

Yes, I know what the issue was with the Prius. I was just commenting that it was a much more serious problem than we have with the HCH's MPG readout. If the Prius engine shut off just as you were crossing railroad tracks, for example, you could be in real danger. Nobody is going to die from a wrong PMG readout on the HCH. (Unless they are so obssessive about mileage that they commit suicide when they discover the numbers are wrong).

Hi ElanC;

LOL