On Hondas

You know, I have never been a fan of Hondas... and what bugs me the most, is that I don't really know why. They have their share of stupid annoying little things, like all cars, and they are mostly front wheel drive... but they have incredibly well engineered motors, unusually strong chassis, and suspensions that blow away most other compact cars.

Case to point, I was just swapping the exhaust on my Dads 96 Accord wagon. Yes, it was a pain in the ass, but that's beside the point, because exhaust is always a pain in the ass - on any car. What amazed me is that, when I put the car up on 4 jackstands on our not so level garage floor, one of the jackstands ended up being slightly loose. The car was balancing on 3 jackstands... which makes sense if we were talking about a rigid object, but car chassis are generally very flexible... and this is a wagon! The more flexible chassis type! The weight of that corner of the car should have flexed the chassis down onto the stand. It didn't. Amazing!

Maybe I need to go buy a Honda...