08-14-2018, 09:02 PM
Not too uncharacteristic of Honda? They cut corners just not as blatantly as the others. A few years ago I bought a new CR-Z only to find out after I bought it the car had no spare. So I start digging and find that Honda offers a spare tire kit for the car,I’ll buy the spare no big deal. So after I buy all of the hardware I relies with everything in place the rear floor section no longer fits. How can that be,there is no mention of this anywhere but Honda clearly shows this spare tire kit in the dealer accessory catalog and in the accessory brochure,show complete instructions with the floor section fitting flush in the floor of the car once everything is installed. So,after some more digging I solved the mystery. The CR-Z is a little hybrid turd that has a large battery in the back of the car,right where the tire goes. In 2014 the battery was redesigned,made taller so now the tire that once fit in the car over the smaller battery in the earlier models no longer fits. Honda was so greatful to me for pointing this out that they gave me a $500 gift card,can only be used at a Honda AUTOMOBILE dealership,thought I got lucky and buy some bike parts,no dice. So,the question I have is if somebody bought one of these cars knowing beforehand that a spare was extra,bought the spare,waited to take delivery until after the spare kit was installed only to find out the spare doesn’t fit in the car,would Honda be obligated to take the car back? Honda cuts corners,they just do it a little sneakier than most. Back on subject,I have a taillight I cut up and don’t see anywhere that has a plastic threaded bore. The actual taillight slips and not the housing and there are metal inserts in this part and there are 2 speed nut type jobbers in the housing that bolt to the black trim part. Now the long chrome part of the housing that is closest to the back of the seat I cut up and threw away so I don’t know how that part is bolted down.