iMatt :: The Blog of Matt Clare

The PCs announced this eco-friendly rebate program two years ago but failed to do their homework and included the Toyota Yaris and not the segment rival the Honda Fit. For want of a tenth of a liter they cut out the Honda Fit, a very eco-friendly car. Apparently they’ve given-up and instead pledged research money… Continue Reading PC Government Drops Eco Rebate

Pictures are on Flickr. Congratulations to Antoine L’Estage and better luck next time Frank Sprongl (my bet).

The Challenge You may recall that in April I changed the rear rotors on my Acura 1.7 (“The Super Civic”). The Acura 1.7 EL and the American Civic Si are the only two version of this world Honda platform that use rear disc brakes over the not-so-sporty drumb brakes found in the regular Civic. The… Continue Reading Changing the front rotors on my acura 1.7el

My Acura has it headlights pushed out the the top corners of the front end. Like many other cars with a similar design and price-point (the Ford Modeo/Contour comes to mind) the streams of dust and what not they are exposed to with all the highway travel my car sees have obscured the headlight bulbs… Continue Reading Bringing my Acura’s headlights back to life

Hilarious German Mercedes ad with two-time world champion Fernando Alonso and teammate and points leading rookie Lewis Hamilton. (You might also want to know that Mika Häkkinen is a retired two-time champion who spent most of his career with Mercedes) From Autoblog.com