On the second Sunday of every month, there's a mammoth swap meet at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. Thinking that maybe we'd buy something bigger than a breadbox (and I have bought things like 1950s breadboxes there), my husband and I went there in the Insight. The car's folding rear seats, yielding 31.5 cubic feet of cargo-hauling space, could let us bring home something that wouldn't fit in our other cars, which are short on carrying capacity.
But as luck would have it, there was nothing we wanted to buy -- big or small. After shopping, we took the greener-than-green Insight to a nearby Pasadena landmark of the arts and crafts movement: the Gamble House, built in 1908 by architects Greene and Greene. It fits right in, don't you think?
csubowtie says:
12:40 PM, 06/14/10
I disagree. That building and landscaping is beautiful. It's also a landmark to arts. The Insight has completely forsaken any sense of beauty for function (?, or to ride the Prius's coattails, and that car was based on function).
robert4380 says:
12:52 PM, 06/14/10
Every time I see that house, I think of the original Back to the Future movie. I'd imagine Doc Brown would come out and see Marty driving the Insight, and he'd go "Great Scott!" and slam the door in Marty's face.
hybris says:
06:25 PM, 06/14/10
I think I know what robert4380 is asking...
IL needs to get a De Lorean.
cello_one says:
12:20 PM, 06/15/10
Fits right in? Um, probablly not.