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Best guess on the engine location would be to actually provide some protection to the driver in a crash. I think the engine is supposed to submarine under the firewall in a severe frontal collision.
I just wiped the engine compartment down with simple green and a rag. The car is really a time capsule from the 13 years off the road stored inside. It had a 1995 University of Ohio student sticker. Never had a radio installed, but has passenger outside mirror and factory AC.
The doorjambs look like new also. No salt used here so I don't have that issue.
I use the VX primarily for highway driving and the Insight around town. The Insight has 52k miles and the VX just passed 50k, so I try to balance the driving between them.
Sorry to read about your incident, although it was fortuitous to find the parts car in the pick and pull yard.
regards
Mech
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