Exactly! I was less surprised at how high the fuel pressure in diesel engines was. But the thought of gasoline at such high pressures just makes me uncomfortable. Still in all seriousness I have faith in the engineers that developed this system that they know what they are doing and wouldn’t put something out there if…

Yeah with as delicate of a balance that they constantly need to achieve to get this engine working it would be almost impossible to get more power out of it without degrees in physics, engineering and computer programing. Either that or you could just kill all of the SPCCI magic and turn it into a dumb supercharged…

One would hope!

This is exactly where my mind went. When I found out that it was over 14,000 psi I instantly though of a water jet cutter, except shooting gasoline. I think the only inherent saving grace is that a pump designed to get the fuel up to such high pressures isn’t going to also support a very large flow volume. 

Yeah that was the other nightmare scenario that I was imagining happening. Nothing like the potential of a nice thermobaric explosion to keep you from tailgating the car in front of you.

Well that’s just terrifying. I’m going to go ahead and make a note to not damage any crazy high pressure fuel components... as per David’s suggestion. Also for some reason the thought of gasoline at these pressures seems more intimidating than diesel at three times the pressure.  

Early in the video he mentioned that the fuel pressure is around 100MPa. So not knowing exactly how much that is in imperial freedom units (psi), so I did some math... ok, ok... I Googled it, and apparently 100MPa equals just over 14,500psi. Which just seems nuts to me. But further research revealed that compared…

2006 to be exact for Civics. They introduced this feature on the new R18A1 engine that was introduced with the 2006 Civic model change 11 years ago. I remember the first time I noticed this on my car, I had never seen anything like it before, it was so weird.

Pssh, it’s like they’re not even trying to be insane... Now go and throw that bonkers 12 rotor engine in there and you’ll have my attention. This is the car that engine deserves.

You suck, I want an EP3 so bad it hurts. When I needed a new daily driver like 4 years ago I specifically went looking for a EP3 or FA5... I ended up with a FA1 though because there were only two EP3's available in my area, and one was all riced out and the other was wrecked, and the handful of newer SI’s available…

When I was a teenager we would often do this on purpose by holding the seat adjuster handle while a friend was driving. The car constantly moving at a different rate than you are was a bizarre sensation. Ah to be young and stupid again.

Having a good sized storage shed makes a huge difference. I just bought a house with a one car garage. I really wanted more garage but the house was just so perfect otherwise I compromised on the garage. But I know I’ll be able to make it work once I get my storage shed built and move all of my clutter out there.

That’s pretty much where I’m at right now too. We searched for a long time and most of the houses we found that met all of our requirements were either just nasty DIY renovation specials or way too far away. The house we eventually chose is beautiful, in the absolutely perfect location and was just everything we…

Yup and it’s not just the tourists either. I mean don’t get me wrong, they’re definitely the worst offenders, but my wife has lived here her whole life and she’s still scared to drive through any of the tunnels. Whenever we leave the southside I always have to drive. But knowing how bad it can get around here with our…

That is awesome! I may just have to print this out and keep it with the rock. Lol

Exactly! And my Buddy Rob has been talking about doing another similar road trip in the near future. And if does happen, please believe I’ll be bringing the rock along.

Alright strap in because I’m going to take you for a ride. Not only did this incident result in being stuck on the side of the road just outside the middle of nowhere in a very desperate situation somewhere in the mountains of Virginia. Me and my friend probably very nearly lost our lives.

I really didn’t want to believe that Honda could put out such a depressing commercial... and then I watched it. Talk about getting hit right in the feelings. When the water rolled down the headlight like a tear I think I died a little inside.

I had one of those Bravadas for a while too. It was originally my Wife’s daily driver but became mine when she got a new Van and my truck broke down. The one thing I can say about it is I have never got such awful fuel mileage from any car that slow and small before or since. I genuinely thought it had a fuel leak…

... and then invest the money that you are not paying into a mortgage every month.