Honda

ACID FLASHBACK THURSDAY: Moon Unit Revisited

1985 Honda Civic wagon
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Where I saw one: down on the street, instead of  On the intertubes

Nostalgia factor: 3/10 – Ahh, memories – mostly not mine.

Baseline: 0, since I never personally owned one. +1 because mom had one, +1 because that one was a crazy moonwagon instead of an ordinary hatchback, -1 because it didn’t have a radio – stupid Honda made you choose from dealer installed extra cost radios and mom simply wouldn’t fork over an extra dime, +1 because I stole borrowed it to visit Madonna while mom was away, +1 because it led to a Wixom sexathon, +1 because for 20 years, including my entire marriage, banging her was the best sex ever, Read More

Lunacy on Stone Street

Once upon a time, there were Honda Civics…

there was a time when Honda was on fire, and could do (almost) no wrong. The gen 1 Civic was like a little cherry bomb lobbed into a Weight-Watcher’s convention… And this gen2 Civic was huge step forward; now instead of wearing a Civic like a badge of honor, one could now actually step into it and think of it as a legitimate car.

via Curbside Classic – When Honda’s Mojo Was Working: 1980-1983 Honda Civic | The Truth About Cars.

1983 Honda Civic1983 Civic sedan

SOURCE: http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com

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Oh, Thank Heaven

Somewhere in the wasted haze of being 20 something, I decided that maybe shit jobs at the car wash and the BK lounge were not all that satisfying.  Pod and OG were finishing college.  Phid’s college career was as off the tracks as mine, but we had community college bullshit.  His job at one restaurant […]

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Where’s the eye bleach?

It’s the new Jan Brady Pontiac Aztek!  Or possibly a 6000SUX.

Accord Crosstour shitbox 9000
The Honda Accord Crosstour – Run, don’t walk (in the opposite direction)

This was in the same neighborhood, on the same steet as the pea soup Aztek.  It’s the art district of Phoenix.  What can we conclude?  besides artists are dumb asses temporarily deprived of their aesthetic vision when it comes to cars.

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