Honda Clarity

"LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com" (limitedtimeonly) 11/28/2018 at 12:36 • Filed to: To be environmentally friendly it must look weird?, Hot Take

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Someone I know announced the purchase of a Honda Clarity on Facebook. Until that moment I was not aware of this car as a plug-in hybrid, I may have heard about it as a fuel cell vehicle. What is the Oppo hot take?

Frankly, it looks oddly proportioned from the side view, but not horrible from other angles. No clue on whether it is a good value or better than the competition (would that be the Prius?) or anything else about it.

I flash on the drug dealer in Minority Report saying, !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!

For Sweden > LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com 11/28/2018 at 12:46

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It’s a good Honda

EDIT: but not in EV trim. 143 km/89 miles range is pitiful

Textured Soy Protein > LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com 11/28/2018 at 12:50

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The Clarity comes in PHEV, electric (with lame-ass 89 mile range) , and fuel cell versions. The PHEV is the most common. In theory it would be a competitor for the Prius Prime, except it’s huge. Basically a bigger, uglier Accord. 

bob and john > LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com 11/28/2018 at 12:50

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it WAS a fuel cell vehicle, then honda realized it wasnt leasing outside of cali and made it a plug in hybrid.


that is SHIT. small battery, but the gas motor can ABRELY (and I do mean BARELY) pull its fat-ass up a hill. electroic motor is like 70% of the main drive force. 

ttyymmnn > LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com 11/28/2018 at 12:54

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It’s ugly and over-sculpted , like all the new Hondas.

Mercedes Streeter > LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com 11/28/2018 at 12:59

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I actually kinda dig the looks. It’s like if a Civic and a VW XL1 had a baby.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > bob and john 11/28/2018 at 13:01

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But... the electric motor is 100% of the main drive force. It’s a PHEV.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com 11/28/2018 at 13:02

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Looks like it has “tear” tattoos or makeup from the outer corner of the eye. Cheesy.

Goggles Pizzano > For Sweden 11/28/2018 at 13:05

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The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock > LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com 11/28/2018 at 13:07

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Just buy a Volt.

For Sweden > Goggles Pizzano 11/28/2018 at 13:10

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way2blu does a rev update > LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com 11/28/2018 at 13:12

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There’s a proper way to execute covered rear wheels.

Hint: it’s not the Clarity.

bob and john > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 11/28/2018 at 13:13

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just because its a PHEV doesnt mean the motor doesnt help. In my A3 E-tron (also a PHEV)

the honda has 103HP motor in the PHEV. and its USELESS 

CompactLuxuryFan > LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com 11/28/2018 at 13:16

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It’s actually a rather handsome vehicle relative to the rest of Honda’s current lineup. Which is to say it’s hideous, but less so than the Civic and definitely than its competition (Mirai  Bolt  Prius ). 

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com 11/28/2018 at 13:17

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It’s a better car as a PHEV compared to the other versions but I think it’s sm ugly.

feather-throttle-not-hair > LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com 11/28/2018 at 13:19

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I see them from time to time in Seattle and they make me irrationally angry.

feather-throttle-not-hair > CompactLuxuryFan 11/28/2018 at 13:20

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Mirai takes the cake for “worst halo vehicle ever”

Ash78, voting early and often > LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com 11/28/2018 at 13:32

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I still can’t NOT say “FC Clarity”

Sounds like a soccer team for recovering addicts or something.

phenotyp > LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com 11/28/2018 at 14:04

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It’s... not bad. It looks like the FUTURE CAR from 1982. Which, honestly, is what Honda has always done. I see a few every day. Honda’s lineup isn’t pretty, these days, but they’re pretty good.

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com 11/28/2018 at 14:48

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It’s the ugliest car in the world, maybe ever. 

dtg11 - is probably on an adventure with Clifford > LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com 11/28/2018 at 15:28

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I’d consider the plug-in in a color that masks the face better, like black

LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com > dtg11 - is probably on an adventure with Clifford 11/28/2018 at 15:31

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Yeah, that would help, but you still have the weird overhangs both in the front and rear. Can’t find a color to mask that.

dtg11 - is probably on an adventure with Clifford > LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com 11/28/2018 at 15:35

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I’m also not horrified by it like most, it’s better than most hybrid/plug- ins

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com 11/28/2018 at 16:44

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It is hideous but perhaps a wind tunnel caused it. If it was cheap to drive and just a commuter I don't really care what it looks like as long as I can keep my three older cars. 

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com 11/28/2018 at 16:44

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Maybe razzle dazzle ship camo could help...

citrus > LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com 11/28/2018 at 16:50

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I love fender skirts and I hate the fender skirts on this car

LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com > citrus 11/28/2018 at 17:00

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That’s pretty bad, then.

MM54 > LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com 11/28/2018 at 18:56

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A friend of mine has one I’ve spent considerable time in it. Has some weird quirks, overall unremarkable. Funny looking if nothing else. It’s bigger than the pictures suggest, also weighs more than my crown vic.

MM54 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 11/28/2018 at 18:57

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According to my friend who has one (who is also an engineer and thus has the need to know for this sort of thing) it’s got a single gear which at highway speeds can couple the engine to the driveline, otherwise the engine is solely a generator for the electric.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > MM54 11/28/2018 at 19:01

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Thanks for the clarification. I did like an hour of googling trying to figure out if the engine is mechanically decoupled from the wheels or not and couldn’t find anything. That’s really, really lame.