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    Honda Insight Gets Tacky With Euro Accessories

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    Image of Tossed Accord taco salad over Malibu face Tossed Accord taco salad over Malibu face
    01/20/09

    In reply to Honda Insight Gets Tacky With Euro Accessories
    Hmm....
    *I happen to like the color..
    *The tires could be more aerodynamic (like the SL from Mclaren in the 722)
    *The body work... Ummm. There is only so much ya can do to make it cut through the wind.
    *The interior tv's are b.s.
    The rest of the interior do-dads are pointless.


    Leave the car as is

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    01/20/09

    @Accordforall: Can we compromise on "the color's nice, the rest can go to hell"?
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    Image of Tossed Accord taco salad over Malibu face Tossed Accord taco salad over Malibu face
    01/20/09

    @FluffyPushbroom:


    However...
    I wouldnt mind a nice little "H" pinstripe job...


    And some decent GREEN tinted / tinged H badges...


    Then.. Id be happy.

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    01/20/09

    @Accordforall: Green badging would beat the cheesy gold they like to put on their supposed "special editions"...


    *notices your avatar*


    Oh. Well, point stands.

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    01/20/09

    In reply to Honda Insight Gets Tacky With Euro Accessories
    Giant heavy four-lug wheels. Beautiful. All they need is fake rivets around the edges.
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    Image of Graverobber Graverobber
    01/20/09

    In reply to Honda Insight Gets Tacky With Euro Accessories
    Those fan-blade rims are rather fetching.
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    Image of Jo Schmo Jo Schmo
    01/20/09

    In reply to Honda Insight Gets Tacky With Euro Accessories
    when I think of Insight this comes to mind


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    Image of Jo Schmo Jo Schmo
    01/20/09

    In reply to Honda Insight Gets Tacky With Euro Accessories
    I give it a 7
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    01/20/09

    In reply to Honda Insight Gets Tacky With Euro Accessories
    By purchasing a Prius or Insight you are already buying something tacky, but then to accessorize tacky, with more tacky, well that's just tacky.


    Prospective Customer: I need to be noticed, I want it to scream "I'm Green," you understand?


    Dealer: Great. We have some accessories that will surely fit what you need.


    Prospective Customer: Are you sure, because I'm thinking "Elton John." I want to scream like him.


    Dealer: Oh yeah, we got you covered.

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    Image of smalleyxb122 smalleyxb122
    01/20/09

    In reply to Honda Insight Gets Tacky With Euro Accessories
    If you thought for a moment that prospective Insight buyers had taste...
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    Image of Sloop_John_B Sloop_John_B
    01/20/09

    In reply to Honda Insight Gets Tacky With Euro Accessories
    I like clear corners. I wish they'd come as an option on American cars.
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    Image of Brimful of Ash on the 78 Brimful of Ash on the 78
    01/20/09

    @Sloop_John_B: DOT mandates amber reflective strips, at the bare minimum. First thing I changed on my car when I got it.
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    Image of amblito amblito
    01/20/09

    @Ash78: They look so shit, it's more annoying that Mazda put them on the UK spec MX-5 NB. Not that it's a really good looking car, it still annoys me everytime I look out of my window though.
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    Image of Brimful of Ash on the 78 Brimful of Ash on the 78
    01/20/09

    @amblito: Now imagine amber corners as standard equipment on EVERY car. Sometimes they look okay, but usually not.


    Also, glad to see you around again...worried you had disappeared. Layabout's been gone, so the UK contingent is getting a bit thinner around here!

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    01/20/09

    @Ash78: Amber corner lights are the automotive equivalents of PC cases with blank snap-out steel plates for (already covered) CD/DVD drives and ten-year-old motherboards because of mostly-bullshit RFI concerns.


    I don't know why I don't spend more time at the Giz.

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    Image of Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. . Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. .
    01/20/09

    @FluffyPushbroom: Amber corner lights piss me off so much. You can buy them on the cheap most times, but some, like my Bimmer, have them integrated into the headlight unit, and I'm way too cheap to spend 2k on new ones, and not mechanically inclined enough to put it in the oven and pry the unit apart.


    So I'm sol.

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    Image of Boosted Lego Wagon Boosted Lego Wagon
    01/20/09

    In reply to Honda Insight Gets Tacky With Euro Accessories
    I guess this is the Unsight LE.
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    Image of Boosted Lego Wagon Boosted Lego Wagon
    01/20/09

    @boosted-lego-wagon: What's with the single line comments these days? I earned my star in the trenches, dammit!
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    Image of If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
    01/20/09

    @boosted-lego-wagon: How long before Toyota responds with a Prius Brougham?
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    Image of wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx
    01/20/09

    In reply to Honda Insight Gets Tacky With Euro Accessories
    Ugh. Just ugh.
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