Spotted on Ebay - Honda edition

"themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles" (themanwithsauce) 03/15/2014 at 15:52 • Filed to: None

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Got bored, browsed Ebay for fun. Saw some real find in the Honda section. The first one will be one of tragedy to get it out of the way.

The single most mangled CRX I have seen since 2002

Brghrgehfrhgefgherjh.........Enough of that. Let's move on to something I never knew eisted - the Honda Element SC. Lowered, with big alloys, better lights front and rear, less cladding, and more lively interior. Clearly this was the one you wanted if you just wanted to haul people and not cargo. I actually dig it. I dig it a lot. It's a scion xB I wouldn't mind owning.

!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! - highly recommended for a good commuter and transporter.

And now for something a bit silly. Honda insight. 1st gen. With a manual. It competes in H-stock for SCCA autocross. I want it. I have a MIGHTY NEED for this car. Put some slightly wider wheels and tires on the front, open up the intake and exhaust a bit, and go hooning. Then get 8 bajillion MPGs on the ride home by swapping some skinny eco tires back on the front and use the generous trunk space to hold the tires. In essence, have a CR-Z, but without the ridiculous costs of money and efficiency.

The CR-Z should've just been the next insight.

jkm7680 > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 03/15/2014 at 15:54

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1st- Burn it with fire

2nd- Consider burning it with fire

3rd- Burn it with fire

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > jkm7680 03/15/2014 at 15:57

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1st - agree

2nd - it's a long living DD that's part wagon and has a manual. Show some respect.

3rd - Good, more for me and my mad scientist idea of putting a B-series in the back and more electric motors and batteries up front to create an insight e-tron.

jkm7680 > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 03/15/2014 at 16:01

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Yeah, the Element is about average for me. The interior is not the best, but the shifter is reminiscent of the Ep3 hatch, which is good.

S2000 Swap! If that even is possible.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 03/15/2014 at 16:05

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The Element looks good without all the plastic cladding on it. Plus practical manual car.

Trunk Impaired 318 > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 03/15/2014 at 16:11

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The Insight is even more silly when H-Stock doesn't exist after this year and essentially everything in it gets bumped up to G-Street where if the SCCA doesn't get their heads out of their ass the Focus ST will still be, unless a miracle happens and it goes to D Stock where it belongs. (If you cant tell I run in G-Stock, in a 4 banger BMW, against a ST)

Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 03/15/2014 at 16:18

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I want that freaking insight!

I always love the old Insight.

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > Trunk Impaired 318 03/15/2014 at 16:23

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......Well I'll be in G-stock as well in my FiST......So yeah, good luck :P

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. 03/15/2014 at 16:24

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It's a proper "eco" car. Super light, pretty basic, but I wish I could ditch the electrics for more simplicity.

Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 03/15/2014 at 16:27

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Yeah.
I Guess you can save a few hundred pounds if you ditch the electrical.

Trunk Impaired 318 > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 03/15/2014 at 16:55

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The Fiesta is classed right, it should be THE car to have for G-Stock but for god knows whatever reason the Focus is there too so anybody with decent driving abilities can show up in one and win by seconds

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > Trunk Impaired 318 03/15/2014 at 17:02

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Uuummmm......Unless you're autocross is on an actual track, the fiesta STs regularly creamed the heavier and larger Focus STs last year. At least, that was what I witnessed. THe only autocross on a track was Grattan's autocross and that's still a very handling focused track.

Trunk Impaired 318 > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 03/15/2014 at 17:13

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Ive only seen one Fiesta ST and he did ok but theres a fairly good guy in a Focus ST that absolutely destroyed everybody, he was the fastest stock driver the whole day, our regular PAX champ drives a WRX in D Stock and ran a 38.58 compared to the Focus at 37.87

Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 03/16/2014 at 13:00

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I always loved the Insight for the same reason I love my 919 - torque across the powerband.