I AM GONNA BUY A HONDA INSIGHT!!!
05-01-2011, 07:03 AM
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My Ride: 2008 528i, Space Grey, Nav, PDC, Premium, Sports, Grey Leather, Xenon, Cornering...
Get a PUIG or SKODA. you Americans know nothing about gut auto's!
05-01-2011, 02:33 PM
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05-02-2011, 03:46 PM
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My Ride: Alpine White 2006 530Xi (SLD)
I've actually got this inkling to buy one of these in Canada and import it into the US as a chassis only. Install an Acura 4-banger into it, reinforce the body with a cage, throw in a suspension -- PERFECT sleeper, bro! It'll blow away most cars on the road - curb weight under 2,200lbs!!!
Still love it, just not in love with the fuel economy (17/21) - if it was more like 27/31, I'd totally get one for DD and weekend rock-crawling
Still love it, just not in love with the fuel economy (17/21) - if it was more like 27/31, I'd totally get one for DD and weekend rock-crawling
05-02-2011, 03:52 PM
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I've actually got this inkling to buy one of these in Canada and import it into the US as a chassis only. Install an Acura 4-banger into it, reinforce the body with a cage, throw in a suspension -- PERFECT sleeper, bro! It'll blow away most cars on the road - curb weight under 2,200lbs!!!
Still love it, just not in love with the fuel economy (17/21) - if it was more like 27/31, I'd totally get one for DD and weekend rock-crawling
Still love it, just not in love with the fuel economy (17/21) - if it was more like 27/31, I'd totally get one for DD and weekend rock-crawling
05-02-2011, 04:07 PM
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My Ride: Alpine White 2006 530Xi (SLD)
Its actually mad cheap to do, if you think about it... I mean, a used Lada chassis is a couple of hundred bucks, a used Acura 4 cyl is a couple of grand. Motorcepts would do the job inexpensively to get recognition (cuz you know this thing will get SEEN!!!), parts are all over. Get like a 2.2 cyl VTEC with a six-speed, put in a pair of Recaros and pimp up the sound system a little bit. The one thing about this car that's absolutely not even there - air conditioning. So I'd probably have to adopt something from the Acura/Honda donor there... but whatever, it is TOTALLY doable, and would probably cost under 15g's. Considering you'll be getting a 10-second sleeper, that's a pretty small price to pay IMHO! And, with Honda internals, it would be economical and reliable enough to be a daily = INSTANT BALLER STATUS! (fuzzy dice optional) 
PS Sure beats the sh*t out of some old-model Honda Insight!!!
PS Sure beats the sh*t out of some old-model Honda Insight!!!
