BLUE JAYS TO CONDUCT HONDA SUPER CAMPS ACROSS CANADA

This just in from Honda Canada:

BLUE JAYS TO CONDUCT HONDA SUPER CAMPS ACROSS CANADA The TORONTO BLUE JAYS will conduct seven Honda Super Camps across seven cities from June through August, as they continue their commitment to amateur baseball across Canada. In conjunction with title sponsor Honda Canada Inc., the Super Camps will commence in Vancouver from June 27-29 at Scotiabank Field at Nat Bailey Stadium, the home of Class A affiliate the Vancouver Canadians of the Northwest League. Blue Jays alumni, Ed Sprague, Duane Ward, Lloyd Moseby and Roberto Alomar will be guest instructors in Vancouver, assisting the team from Baseball Canada as they provide instruction to approximately 150 registrants. The instruction will continue through the summer with camps being held in Prince George, London, Halifax, Ottawa, Calgary, and concluding in Toronto. Former Blue Jays Mark Eichhorn, Rance Mulliniks, Lloyd Moseby, Duane Ward, Candy Maldonado, Alex Gonzalez, Brian McRae and Tony Fernandez will also take part throughout the summer along with Baseball Canada instructors. “We are very proud to partner with the Blue Jays on this significant initiative. Together we continue to grow this game across Canada and programs such as this provide our players future with the fundamental skills they need, while enhancing their enjoyment of this great game” - Jim Baba, Director General, Baseball Canada. “We wear the Maple Leaf proudly. As we did with the Winter Tour we want bring the game of baseball to all Canadians and reaching out to the youth of this country is an important step in that process. Doing so with the great team from Baseball Canada, will only strengthen our ability to execute our long term commitment to Amateur Baseball” - Paul Beeston, President and CEO, Toronto Blue Jays and Rogers Centre. Each Honda Super Camp presented by the Blue Jays Baseball Academy, will be three days in length and run from 8am-1pm each day. Each participant will receive top level instruction in all aspects of the game from Blue Jays alumni and Baseball Canada instructors. Registration will be available on bluejays.com/camps, with a cost of $150 per child and will limited to 150 children aged 8-14. In addition, working with local baseball associations, the Toronto Blue Jays, through Jays Care Foundation, will donate registration fees for a limited number of players in each of the seven camps to help remove any financial barriers to participation.

A complete listing of camp dates and details is below.

June 27-29 Vancouver Scotiabank Field at Nat Bailey Stadium Sprague, Ward, Alomar, Moseby July 4-6 Prince George Volunteer Park Ward, Eichhorn, Mulliniks, Moseby July 11-13 London Centrefield Sports Ward, McRae, Quantrill July 18-20 Halifax Beazley Field Ward, Mulliniks, Maldonado July 25-27 Ottawa Ottawa Baseball Stadium Maldonado, Ward, Gonzalez, McRae Aug. 8-10 Calgary Absolute Sports Ward, Eichhorn, Mulliniks Aug. 15-17 Toronto Rogers Centre Henke, Gonzalez, Mulliniks, McRae, Fernandez

Having Trouble Finding Us?

A customer today brought it to our attention today that directions found on the web about how to find Orangeville Honda can be a little sketchy. Specifically, the map shown on Honda.ca has us located at the corner of C-Line and Centennial on the other end of town!

Here is a snapshot from Google Earth that shows us in the real world. The yellow tags show us and the Headwaters Healthcare Centre (Orangeville Hospital) as reference points.

Drop Off Your Old Unusable Electronics In April

For the month of April, 2011, you can drop off your old electronics at Orangeville Honda and instead of paying for the disposal, you actually get a $250 coupon towards the purchase of a vehicle.

Orangeville Honda has teamed up with GreenTec to help our community dispose of old and unusable electronics in an environmentally safe manner.

What can you bring in?

• Printer Cartridges


• Cell Phones


• Rechargeable Batteries


• Computers


• Laptops


• Hard Drives


• CD's and DVD's


• MP3 Players


• Media Tapes


• Cameras

Instead of dumping this stuff with the weekly garbage where it will take up valuable space in a landfill site, bring it on over to Orangeville Honda. While you're there, grab a great cup of coffee and a bag of popcorn on us!

2011 Honda Odyssey Achieves Historic Safety Milestone

From Honda Canada:

Odyssey becomes the only minivan to earn top U.S. safety ratings from both IIHS and NHTSA under more-stringent testing guidelines

The short version of this story: the all-new 2011 Honda Odyssey is really, really safe!

MARKHAM, ON (March 22, 2010) – The 2011 Honda Odyssey minivan achieved a
historic safety milestone, becoming the first and only minivan to earn the highest
possible U.S. safety ratings from both the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS)
and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) under their
respective more-stringent testing guidelines. No other minivan this year has received
both a 2011 TOP SAFETY PICK award from IIHS and an "Overall Vehicle Score1" of
five stars from NHTSA.

The Odyssey was recently named a 2011 TOP SAFETY PICK from IIHS, the U.S.-based
institute's highest honour. The award recognizes vehicles that do the best job of
protecting vehicle occupants involved in front, side and rear crashes, plus rollover
performance based on ratings in IIHS tests, as well as having a standard electronic
stability control system. The Odyssey earned the highest-possible score of GOOD in all
four ratings, including the more rigorous roof-strength test.

In addition to earning the TOP SAFETY PICK designation, the Odyssey was one of the
first vehicles to achieve NHTSA's best-possible "Overall Vehicle Score" of five stars. The
newly introduced Overall Vehicle Score is part of the U.S. government's New Car
Assessment Program (NCAP) that is first being applied to 2011 models. The Odyssey
achieved its top "Overall Vehicle Score" with five-star ratings for the frontal crash safety
test and both side crash safety tests2 in all evaluated front and rear seating positions and
scenarios. The Odyssey also received four stars for the rollover rating3.

All 2011 Odyssey vehicles utilize the Advanced Compatibility Engineering™ (ACE™)
body structure. ACE is an exclusive body design that enhances occupant protection and
crash compatibility in frontal crashes. The ACE design utilizes a network of connected
structural elements to distribute crash energy more evenly throughout the front of the
vehicle. This enhanced frontal crash energy management helps to reduce the forces
transferred to the passenger compartment. Standard safety equipment includes Vehicle
Stability Assist™ (VSA®) with traction control; an Anti-lock Braking System (ABS);
three-row side curtain airbags with rollover sensor; dual-stage, multiple-threshold front
airbags; a driver's front side airbag; and a front passenger's side airbag with an occupant
position detection system.

Overall, the Odyssey improves for the 2011 model year with greater interior
functionality, a more distinctive style and higher fuel economy. Significant
enhancements to the interior include a new 3-mode second-row seat design that is more
comfortable for centre passengers (Odyssey EX and above). A more powerful and efficient
3.5-litre i-VTEC V-6 engine features Variable Cylinder Management (standard on all
models for 2011) and produces 248 hp while delivering a city/highway/combined fuel
economy of 11.7/7.2/9.7 on the LX, EX and EX-L models and 10.9/7.1/9.2 mpg on
Odyssey Touring models.

New technology available on certain models includes a rear entertainment system with a
16.2-inch ultrawide split-screen display and an auxiliary High-Definition Multimedia
Interface (HDMI) video input, an "intelligent" Multi-Information Display (i-MID) with
customizable wallpaper and much more.

The 2011 Odyssey is truly a North American-made vehicle – designed, engineered and
assembled in the U.S. The Odyssey is produced exclusively at Honda Manufacturing of
Alabama using domestic and globally sourced parts.

Of course - you can test drive the all-new 2011 Honda Odyssey at Orangeville Honda!

Great Honda How-To Videos

A customer brought this to our attention they other day and it was, quite frankly, too awesome to not share.

College Hills Honda is a dealership in Wooster, Ohio. To date, College Hills has produced 199 instructional videos mostly regarding how to install OEM accessories on your Honda.

The videos are well-produced right in the College Hills Honda shop and the work is done by Honda Certifed Technicians.

Here's a sample video:



Check out their YouTube homepage for the rest of the videos.

All these accessories, of course, can be purchased at Orangeville Honda.

Honda CRV Tops In SUV Sales

Are you loving your Honda CRV? Yes? You're not alone. For the month of February, 2011, the Honda CRV was the top selling SUV in the United States, as it was in January.

The CRV outsold the Ford Escape by over 1000 vehicles. At the same time, last year, the Escape was number one, outselling the CRV by over 3000 vehicles.

19,096 CRVs were driven off the lot in February. That total represents nearly a 3000 vehicle rise of the previous month - a sign that the battered U.S. auto market is turning around - and that people are smart enough to buy a quality product!

Kudos to our friends at Ford, though. Of the top ten SUVs sold in February, three were Fords. The Escape, of course, was in second. The Ford Edge came in sixth and the Ford Explorer came in seventh.

For a great source of monthly auto sales stats, check out Good Car Bad Car - our source for this post.