Some people say that the type of car you drive is directly proportional to the amount of action you get. The folks over at Honda Motor Company took that a little too literally when they printed up manuals for 18,000 Honda Fits and 8,000 units of the company's 2007 motorcycles. In an attempt to provide customers the number for a government hotline, the manual actually quotes the digits of an even "hotter" line at which a woman -- not the kind of girl you'd bring home to Mom, by the way -- lets callers know that they're welcome to talk at a rate of just 99 cents per minute. Jokes aside, the misprint has irritated enough customers to get the attention of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and affected customers should be receiving a correction in the form of a postcard in the mail somewhat soon.
[Source: Associated Press via Winding Road]
New KITT Attack Mode revealed at Comic Con
London 2008: Honda OSM concept roadster says, "Cheerio!"
London 2008: Lotus unveils the Evora
2010 Chevy Camaro - Official Details and Images
2010 Chevy Camaro - LIVE from the reveal
First Drive: Maserati Quattroporte S in Europe
First Drive: 2008 MINI Cooper S JCW
In the Autoblog Garage:2009 Nissan GT-R
North American Exclusive First Drive: Alfa MiTo
First Drive: 2009 Kia Borrego
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Sid @ Aug 3rd 2006 11:04AM
"receiving a correction in the form of a postcard in the mail"
Subscription to Playboy
Kamil @ Aug 3rd 2006 11:12AM
"Jokes aside, the misprint has irritated enough customers to get the attention of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration"
Given the number of recent recalls, people seem to call the NHTSA (or their lawyers, like a lot of E60 M5 owners recently did) over every little thing. Give me a break.
anahit @ Aug 3rd 2006 11:43AM
Hopefully the female voice isn't from the trollop in the accompanying photo. Summoning the energy to make a noise might break the unnatural twig that passes as her waist.
Someone buy her a burger. Or make it yourself. You can use her cheekbones as a mandolin for slicing the tomatoes.
pd @ Aug 3rd 2006 12:41PM
NO FAT GIRLS FOR ME!SHE LOOKS LIKE FUN WHATS THE NUMBER
Keith @ Aug 3rd 2006 12:53PM
I LOLed when Canon gave me a phone number...only to hear "Hey sexy, you looking to talk to some hot women..."
It was a in-print phone number, so I know I was not the only one to call it.
jim @ Aug 3rd 2006 1:12PM
One way for Honda to tell the owner to get f**ked and make a buck in the process. Will help to cover the costs of recallls and TSB's.
Dicky @ Aug 3rd 2006 3:06PM
The "trollop" in the accompanying photo is SMOKIN HOT!!! I'm guessing she gets a lot of aerobic exercise. I'd be her trainer any day.
Brother Justin @ Aug 3rd 2006 3:50PM
Who's got the number????
Mr. Oblong @ Aug 3rd 2006 3:53PM
Ha Ha very nice.
David Lazarus @ Aug 3rd 2006 4:31PM
Whilst it may be an honest mistake, has anyone considered it could be the result of a disgruntled employee? Just about to be laid off and wanted revenge.