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down on the junkyard

Proof That No Car Is Immortal, The Eyesore Pimpin CRX Heads To The Crusher

Just finishing a single 24 Hours of LeMons race can mean a one-way trip to The Crusher after the race is over, as was the case with the Team Come From Behind Probe. After all, a couple days of metal-crunching, rod-throwin' action tend to be rough on a sub-$500 car. That's what makes the glorious career of the Eyesore Racing CRX so great; Soichiro's little 2-seater not only finished three races, it placed 7th at the October '07 Altamont race, 7th again at the December '07 Thunderhill event, and took the coveted People's Choice award (along with a respectable 18th-place ranking) at the May '08 Altamont race. However, even a Honda can't live forever, and team member Wrappedinbacon sends us this photo of Eyesore Pimpin's dearly departed race car. Jump to read his description and see the entire Eyesore CRX Greatest Hits gallery.


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4:00 PM on Thu Jul 17 2008
By Murilee Martin
1,830 views, 20 comments

Latest by n/a: it's earned it's seat at the table of heros in Valhalla....damn shame about that damn carb heater,damn it more »

classic ad watch

Japanese Robots Ain't Superstitious: 1988 Honda Cyber Sports CR-X

While the American version of the Honda CRX could circle the globe in five seconds flat, late-80s robots were tearing up their prefectures in the Cyber Sports CR-X. Featuring a "1500 Hyper 16 Valve" engine and "Extra Window," the Cyber-Sports CR-X presented a terrifyingly accurate vision of the future. Looks like Jeff Beck cashed in with Honda, since there's at least one other CRX ad using his song.

11:00 AM on Mon Jul 14 2008
By Murilee Martin
1,287 views, 9 comments

classic ad watch

The 1986 Honda CRX Si: Good For 17,000,000 MPH!

The mid-80s Kleine GTI was lots of fun, but those willing to sacrifice the back seat and go Japanese instead of German could get an extra 18 horses in a lighter chassis. We're talking about the first-gen CRX Si, and this ad shows that it could circumnavigate the globe in a mere five seconds.

11:00 AM on Fri Jul 11 2008
By Murilee Martin
3,115 views, 29 comments

down on the street bonus edition

Covered Wagon CRX, The Solution To San Francisco Housing Costs

Some folks are satisfied with making a Honda Civicamino to haul motorcycles and leaving it at that, but others look at a fuel-sipping Honda and see a house! Here's a CRX with a nice hardwood camper shell (complete with with porthole-style windows) built in, which San Francisco-based reader Rob photographed for us. We're guessing the fuel economy took a hit, but it probably still manages to get 30+ MPG. Make the jump to see another photo and read Rob's description. More »

4:00 PM on Thu Jun 12 2008
By Murilee Martin
2,181 views, 28 comments

Latest by n/a: It's a Japano-American Toppola :) more »

down on the street

1986 Honda CRX HF

There's a lot of talk lately about the skyrocketing value of the Geo Metro, what with high gas prices and all, but it seems that folks are forgetting about the astounding fuel economy of the Honda CRX HF. The HF got over 50 MPG highway and was orders of magnitude more fun to drive than the Chevy Sprint/Geo Metro, yet you don't hear much about it these days. I spotted this example, in the white/gray/red color scheme most mid-80s CRXs seem to have, parked just a few doors down from the VW Rabbit Diesel pickup and decided that 22 years and 50 MPG gives this car DOTS status, regardless of how many are still out there.
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9:00 AM on Thu May 29 2008
By Murilee Martin
6,263 views, 79 comments

Latest by skierpage: The underlying 1984 Honda Ballade platform/design also produced the Civic hatchback, the sedan, and the groundbreaking Shuttle AWD wagon, all exceptional. No 80s malaise here. My favorite is the 1984 Civic 1500S, the most beautiful, classy city car ever sold more »

honda cr-z hybrid

Hybrid Honda CR-Z Gets Green Light

After yesterday's announcement of the Hybrid Honda Fit and continuation of the Civic Hybrid, Honda has announced it will be building a hybrid version of the radical CRX inspired Honda CR-Z Concept. The hybrid will be slotted under the FCX-inspired five door and deliver sports car fun with a hybrid badge. We don't really care about the marketing, but we're just excited by the idea of compact, tossable high fuel mileage hot hatch. [Carscoop]

10:20 AM on Thu May 22 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
3,426 views, 40 comments

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24 hours of lemons altamont

Here's Why Yesterday's Fatal LeMons Crash Is So Hard To Believe

Something that really jumped out at everyone upon arrival in the Altamont pits yesterday morning was the incredible themes some- in fact, most- teams applied to their cars and costumes. Your typical art-car gathering -with its plastic army men glued to 80s GM G-bodies- would be put to shame by the decor on the race cars and drivers that we saw assembled at this race. Even previous LeMons events couldn't compare. How could anything bad happen at such a gathering? Sure, such a sentiment doesn't have very solid logic behind it- yes, racing can be dangerous- but when you see teams with themes as elaborate as the Eyesore Pimps (formerly known as Eyesore Racing), the tendency is to feel that the risk doesn't apply. All of us are going to show up at the track today and try to regain some of the sense of absurdity that we know and love about this event; will keep you posted.

8:00 AM on Sun May 11 2008
By Murilee Martin
4,984 views, 32 comments

Latest by mr.chophoppers: I reckon a Gulf Livery theme for all participants of the next LeMons race (let there be more) would be a nice touch. more »