Honestly not a fan of the newest Honda accord design. It’s not overtly bad, just… uninspired. Doesn’t look like an accord much to me. On the flip side, the new civics look great!! And if they had just stuck to a similar design as the civics, it could have turned out a lot better.
Choose 3?
Pink, Black, and Blue. Easily best combo.
If I could only pick one, Black, all the way
Now imagine the scraping of steel against teeth on this and it just….
I married my wife and later we were talking (she knew I was autistic and she has ADHD) and realized she’s probably on the spectrum too, just in different ways than I
To be honest, it works out well, since our characteristics are complementary. Whether that’s down to being neurodivergent or not, I can’t say.
My ex I dated for 5 years before that had ADHD too, now that I think about it…. And my best friend realized he’s autistic last year, and we’ve been friends over a decade… Maybe neurodivergent attracts neurodivergent?
I don’t know about where you live, but I often make 150+ mile trips from where I live. Just to and from work is 190, and there’s nowhere to charge at work. I usually work from home, so that’s not a problem, but I just can’t afford to live anywhere closer.
If I could find one, I’d love to get an old Honda Insighf. Mfers get like 70+ miles to the gallon. With a 10 gallon tank, that could bring you 700 miles! More if you do some mods to it to improve MPG further.
I was at a set of train tracks behind a large truck. Well, in front of him, a car was stalled with hazards on. He looks behind him, backs up to go around the guy, and taps my front bumper. Dude’s truck was so large he couldn’t even see me in the rear view, and the side mirrors made me invisible since the wheel wells were so wide.
I don’t even drive a tiny car or anything, just a mid-sized sedan….
I hate driving or riding in large vehicles though. I feel like they’re tall, unwieldy, and I’m short, so I usually can just see high enough to drive but always feel like I’m about to hit everything. Can’t imagine having one as a daily driver.
Reminds me of a short YouTube recommended to me here. In the second part, it talks about a guy who just tells himself “FORTIFY!!” As a similar vein, it’s pretty funny.
iPhone 13 Pro. Will probably keep it until the 16 Pro later this year maybe, or I might go another year. Nothing wrong with it so far, I mostly just want a type-C connector for convenience at this point
Don’t see ads for it anymore either. I kinda miss the old “how it feels to chew 5 gum” ones
I’m not sure what you mean. What aspects of it?
I cope with loud noises with AirPods Pro with noise cancellation.
I cope with communication issues by practicing phrases and explanations.
I cope with hyperfixation by setting schedules and alarms.
What do you need help with?
Even now, there is something pretty fantastic about the Insight, and it still deserves a lot of attention in 2022.
I learned about this today so now you all do too
The Honda Insight is a car all the way back as far as 1999. This crazy vehicle was able to achieve an EPA MPG (with modern tests) of 49 city and 61 highway. Original testing was actually 67 city and 71 highway, at that! This crazy little engine has a maximum of 78 horsepower, combined between the Inline 3 SOHC Honda engine and a 10KW (13HP) electric motor. This motor is used as the starter, the alternator, and a motor together, but it actually has a separate starter motor in case the hybrid motor dies, using a separate 12v starter battery as well.
While 78 horsepower doesn’t sound very great, keep in mind the following: the coefficient of drag is 0.25, and if weighs a maximum(!) of 1,964 lbs, or 891 kg. What does this mean? It can still reach a maximum speed of up to 112mph! Not to mention, modders that get ahold of these things can push it far beyond these limits, with someone putting in a Honda J32A2 engine and getting 295HP in this little thing! That would put it at approximately capable of a top speed of about 192mph!
Not to mention, not only is this thing super light and nimble, it still has respectable crash ratings, and while parts for it may be hard to find, this car is one of the coolest and most efficient one can buy, even today
Edit: Found a link I like even better for the main link, original link here
This is a follow up to my last post about driving habits. This time, we’re looking at maintenance, performance, and functionality! I’ll start.
Tires. Very few people understand the importance of good tires. Not only that, but the habits for maintaining them. Firstly, your tires are the only thing truly connecting the road to the rest of your vehicle. This extremely important link is overlooked when I comes to just about every category people look for in a car. Generally, Performance, Comfort, and Efficiency are the three focuses consumers have with vehicles, and it heavily affects all three.
Performance is self explanatory. You want to go fast? Good tires are the easiest thing to change for the biggest gains. New tires means as much power as possible your engine puts into spinning those wheels gets delivered into the road, propelling you forward. More grip also improves braking, cornering, and lack of hydroplaning in the rain, or slipping in the snow and dirt.
Comfort. You want a smooth, quiet ride? Get new tires first. This will dampen vibrations coming from road imperfections that travel to the cabin area, and that means you won’t feel the bumps, the rumbles, the texture of the road, meaning you can enjoy your drive in peace.
Efficiency. Want to know what’s efficient? Getting up to speed, maintaining speed, and keeping control. The enemy to all of this is losing grip, and tires play a huge role. Even if you drive easy, the ability to turn at consistent speeds without braking is more efficient, so it not slipping while driving up a hill, so is not sliding around in harsh conditions. Better tires save gas, they save your suspension, they save your money.
What other aspects do you feel are not well understood or are under-appreciated here?
I’ll start. Stopping distance.
My commute is 95 miles one way to work, so I see a lot of the highway, in the rural part of the US. This means traveling at 70+ mph (112km/h) for almost the entirety of the drive. The amount of other drivers on the road who follow behind someone else with less than a car’s length in front of them because they want to go 20+ over the speed limit is ridiculous. The only time you ever follow someone that close is if you have complete and absolute trust in them, and also understand that it may not even be enough.
For a daily drive, you likely need 2-3 car lengths between you at minimum depending on your speed to accurately avoid hitting the brakes. This doesn’t even take into account the lack of understanding of engine braking…
What concepts do you all think of when it comes to driving that you feel are not well understood by the public at large?
Here I used the Cera Kote headlight restoration kit (about $15 from Wal-Mart) and i was really surprised at how much of a difference it made on my OEM headlights. All factory from 2002, so I didn’t expect them to turn out that great, but it’s amazing what a little smoothing and sanding can do for old headlights. I wish I had taken better before and after pictures, to be honest, but this speaks for itself!
I’ve also been very impressed with Cera Kote trim restore products before, maybe I’ll show some pictures of what it did to my engine-bay plastics. Stay tuned!
Update: it’s been 7 months so far, and still looks great. I’ll see what it looks like after a year and post pictures of that too. My car gets a lot of UV exposure since it’s not in a covered environment, but it holds up well. I think the coating you apply at the end must have great UV protection