http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishVocabularyIdiom-Questions/Forum29.htmHelp with defining words and idioms, and new words and idioms that you've learntenXMOD (Build: 3607.32596)http://www.englishforums.com/English/AFactoryModifiedModel/gmlck/post.htm#563307Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:16:35 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:563307Avangi0http://www.englishforums.com/English/AFactoryModifiedModel/gmlck/post.htm#563307http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-563307.xmlMany people make a business of taking stock cars from the assembly line and customizing them. But one which is factory-modified would be a special edition or one-of-a-kind vehicle built by the original manufacturer, in this case, Honda. I don't know if the Civic GX is what they're referring to. I have a Civic Si which has a racing package. You could say it's modified from the standard Civic. But I believe it's still considered a stock car. I think the same is true of the GX. I think they make a lot of them. I believe your excerpt refers to a GX which has been further modified at the factory to run on LNG. They may have produced only one of these factory-modified versions, or they may have produced a thousand. - A.http://www.englishforums.com/English/AFactoryModifiedModel/gmlck/post.htmFri, 22 May 2009 23:16:35 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:563305Flora Tang1http://www.englishforums.com/English/AFactoryModifiedModel/gmlck/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-563305.xmlFor example: A year ago, faced with a 116-mile round-trip commute to his office in Southern California and a $100 weekly gasoline bill, O’Dell switched from a Subaru Outback to the Honda Civic GX, a factory-modified model that runs exclusively on natural gas. What does "factory-modified" mean? Thanks!