This Storage Compartment From An Old Civic Has A Nifty Little Feature
It turns out the seventh-generation Civic's front storage compartment has a little counterweight to stop it opening when it shouldn't
Sometimes, the most interesting parts of a car lie far under the surface, unlikely to ever be uncovered. Little over-engineered details and well-thought solutions to problems you didn’t realise existed. Things like the counterweight on this seventh-generation Civic’s storage compartment.
As detailed by YouTuber Jared’s Garage, once the counter rocks back, it prevents the spring-loaded door opening. Presumably this is so whatever is inside the compartment doesn’t pop the lid open when you’re going up a steep hill, or accelerating hard.
Simple but clever, no?
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Maybe Honda hasnt heard of this magical device called a “latch”
I thought the missing power would already prevent it from going up steep hills, so why overengineer that storage compartment o_O
Not really clever if you ask me. Why didn’t they just use a latch like anybody else?
What if you park your car uphill and you put your wallet in there?😂
Spring-loaded compartments in cars are very complicated and confusing.
Maybe it was made that way because of costs. Remember that a civic isnt a rolls royce!
The Honda CR-V has an entire table hidden in the back that most people don’t even know about lol
Pfft Good job Honda good.. NOW INTO SOME OTHER HONDA TO DO IT
Honda - able to think of this, but not reliability on their F1 engines.
You did a full article on this?!?