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Some cars are designed from the outside in. A clay model which is pleasing to the eye and looks like it's moving even when it's parked is the starting point and then you try and fit the really important things into that 'mold' - How it interacts with the humans who will use it and whether or not it does what it's designed to do well - which is move people and cargo - many times seems to be of secondary importance

Other cars seem to be designed from the inside out, for practicality and interfacing with the humans who will use it and then at the very last they try to 'clean up' the outside look so it isn't as ugly as a Blobfish (look it up)

While it's hard to knock things of real beauty, it's really refreshing to see anything expertly designed to do the very best job of what it was designed to do and if that's to move up to 4 people comfortably across town while carrying the usual cargo items, then the iMiEV surely ranks near the top of that list

The longer you drive one of these, the more you come to appreciate what the engineers created and where they placed their priorities

I've done all sorts of LED upgrades to my Ford Transit Connect, but I've not seen the need to do anything with the lighting (either interior or exterior) on either of the iMiEV's - As they came from the factory is pretty hard to improve on

Don

<blockquote data-quote="Don" data-source="post: 32275" data-attributes="member: 601">Some cars are designed from the outside in.&nbsp; A clay model which is pleasing to the eye and looks like it&#039;s moving even when it&#039;s parked is the starting point and then you try and fit the really important things into that &#039;mold&#039;&nbsp; -&nbsp; How it interacts with the humans who will use it and whether or not it does what it&#039;s designed to do well&nbsp; -&nbsp; which is move people and cargo&nbsp;&nbsp; -&nbsp;&nbsp; many times seems to be of secondary importanceOther cars seem to be designed from the inside out, for practicality and interfacing with the humans who will use it and then at the very last they try to &#039;clean up&#039; the outside look so it isn&#039;t as ugly as a Blobfish (look it up)While it&#039;s hard to knock things of real beauty, it&#039;s really refreshing to see anything expertly designed to do the very best job of what it was designed to do and if that&#039;s to move up to 4 people comfortably across town while carrying the usual cargo items, then the iMiEV surely ranks near the top of that listThe longer you drive one of these, the more you come to appreciate what the engineers created and where they placed their prioritiesI&#039;ve done all sorts of LED upgrades to my Ford Transit Connect, but I&#039;ve not seen the need to do anything with the lighting (either interior or exterior) on either of the iMiEV&#039;s&nbsp; -&nbsp; As they came from the factory is pretty hard to improve onDon</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Don, post: 32275, member: 601"] Some cars are designed from the outside in. A clay model which is pleasing to the eye and looks like it's moving even when it's parked is the starting point and then you try and fit the really important things into that 'mold' - How it interacts with the humans who will use it and whether or not it does what it's designed to do well - which is move people and cargo - many times seems to be of secondary importance Other cars seem to be designed from the inside out, for practicality and interfacing with the humans who will use it and then at the very last they try to 'clean up' the outside look so it isn't as ugly as a Blobfish (look it up) While it's hard to knock things of real beauty, it's really refreshing to see anything expertly designed to do the very best job of what it was designed to do and if that's to move up to 4 people comfortably across town while carrying the usual cargo items, then the iMiEV surely ranks near the top of that list The longer you drive one of these, the more you come to appreciate what the engineers created and where they placed their priorities I've done all sorts of LED upgrades to my Ford Transit Connect, but I've not seen the need to do anything with the lighting (either interior or exterior) on either of the iMiEV's - As they came from the factory is pretty hard to improve on Don [/QUOTE]

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