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Old Mar 22, 2006 | 08:18 AM
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2001-HONDA-...1QQcmdZViewItem

What is the opening/protrusion in the grill cover? A horn? Doesn't look like an intake, unless it channels air up to the intake itself. Anyone have any ideas? I think I've seen drag cars that had turbos that looked like that, but not stuck in the front and through the grill.

Oh yeah - what were they thinking on the paint job?!?!
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Old Mar 22, 2006 | 08:55 AM
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What a disgusting piece of rice.

That "horn"-like thing sticking out of the front is supposed to be the intake for a turbocharger, but as we can all see with the hood up, there is no such turbo at all, further making that car a bigger joke than it already is.

Wtf is up with those brake calipers and inner thing (dunno what that is) painted green?? it's like christmas wheels!

So ugly...
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Old Mar 22, 2006 | 09:11 AM
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Well, at least the wheels he chose are decent. The paint scheme and the red calipers are dumb, and the fake turbo intake is really stupid. It's even less "intimidating" because of where he put the opening: it would be stupid to put a turbo opening there because of small rock could enter that and destroy the turbine.

This singular off-center opening is not unlike the whole rice muffler trend of getting a single huge 6-inch muffler+pipe and angling it off center and up in the rear. Anyone want to take bets on how long it will be before ricers start hanging their turbos outside their hoods pointing up and to the left/right?
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Old Mar 22, 2006 | 09:11 AM
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Totally ghetto. :thumbdwn:
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Old Mar 22, 2006 | 09:17 AM
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6-Digit Odometer
wow, and to think when I sold mine I didn't talk about my 6-digit odometer at all.......
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Old Mar 22, 2006 | 09:19 AM
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Originally Posted by dogas,Mar 22 2006, 11:55 AM
Wtf is up with those brake calipers and inner thing (dunno what that is) painted green?? it's like christmas wheels!

So ugly...
It looks like the rotor hats were painted green. All I can say is............... Wow.

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Old Mar 22, 2006 | 10:45 AM
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This little gem was included in the description ....

"It was involved in an accident with a *DEAR* in New York that was reported to the Police. "

Hope she wasn't too dear..!!!
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Old Mar 22, 2006 | 11:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Slamnasty,Mar 22 2006, 10:11 AM
Well, at least the wheels he chose are decent.
TENZO's??
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Old Mar 22, 2006 | 11:10 AM
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the paint looks like a bowling ball.
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Old Mar 22, 2006 | 11:19 AM
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Originally Posted by enlightenment,Mar 22 2006, 12:10 PM
the paint looks like a bowling ball.


I wouldn't want to be seen in that car.
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