On the road!
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Master of the Meh
Well he's parked outside an optometrists office, maybe he's getting a new prescription because his depth perception is all wonky... Mr. Smarty-pants
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Master of the Meh
Duh...well, mister smarty pants....if his eyes are that bad, how'd he get there without wrecking?
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Master of the Meh
A special and interesting edition of "On the road" today.
This is actually from last week. We had just left a local pizza place, and as I got in the car, I noticed this rare beastie pulling up to a gas pump across the way. Despite my old man shitty vision, the darkness, and the distance, I knew EXACTLY what it was immediately.
I haven't seen one on the road in probably 20 years. Sure, once upon a time they were a dime a dozen, but in 2018 it may as well be the body of Jimmy Hoffa.
I HAD to go see it up close. I walked over just as a little old man was returning to it from paying for gas inside. I said "you must be the original owner".
He smiled and looked at me... Clearly excited that someone was appreciating his baby. In a thick Balkan accent, he said "Oh yes! Yes I am!". He then told me the amazing story of that very car.
He told me he had "bought it" brand new at the dealership in National City (South of San Diego proper, near the Mexican border). The car wasn't physically there, it hadn't even been built yet!
He paid for the car, a US Spec, California legal model, but arranged to have it waiting for him at the airport in Paris France. Upon his arrival in France, he picked up the car and proceeded to drive it all over Eastern Europe over a period of weeks. He then flew back to San Diego and paid to have the car shipped here.
As we were talking, a BEAUTIFUL lady in her 40s Got out of the car behind his and asked "is everything ok papa?".
He told her it was, and that we were just talking about the car. She smiled and joked about his love for that machine. He then introduced her as his daughter and told me that she had driven it while attending San Diego State University the EXACT years that I was there. Whoa! It's almost a given that I'd seen that car many many times in student parking nearly thirty years ago!
Crazy.
Anyway, he keeps it garaged, has a "friend" that can actually work on it (and is willing to), and he just loves it. It's a diesel, so the 300K+ miles it's wracked up are no sweat. The interior and exterior are virtually flawless and all original. Probably the nicest, road going example in the country...
This is actually from last week. We had just left a local pizza place, and as I got in the car, I noticed this rare beastie pulling up to a gas pump across the way. Despite my old man shitty vision, the darkness, and the distance, I knew EXACTLY what it was immediately.
I haven't seen one on the road in probably 20 years. Sure, once upon a time they were a dime a dozen, but in 2018 it may as well be the body of Jimmy Hoffa.
I HAD to go see it up close. I walked over just as a little old man was returning to it from paying for gas inside. I said "you must be the original owner".
He smiled and looked at me... Clearly excited that someone was appreciating his baby. In a thick Balkan accent, he said "Oh yes! Yes I am!". He then told me the amazing story of that very car.
He told me he had "bought it" brand new at the dealership in National City (South of San Diego proper, near the Mexican border). The car wasn't physically there, it hadn't even been built yet!
He paid for the car, a US Spec, California legal model, but arranged to have it waiting for him at the airport in Paris France. Upon his arrival in France, he picked up the car and proceeded to drive it all over Eastern Europe over a period of weeks. He then flew back to San Diego and paid to have the car shipped here.
As we were talking, a BEAUTIFUL lady in her 40s Got out of the car behind his and asked "is everything ok papa?".
He told her it was, and that we were just talking about the car. She smiled and joked about his love for that machine. He then introduced her as his daughter and told me that she had driven it while attending San Diego State University the EXACT years that I was there. Whoa! It's almost a given that I'd seen that car many many times in student parking nearly thirty years ago!
Crazy.
Anyway, he keeps it garaged, has a "friend" that can actually work on it (and is willing to), and he just loves it. It's a diesel, so the 300K+ miles it's wracked up are no sweat. The interior and exterior are virtually flawless and all original. Probably the nicest, road going example in the country...
OGG
Master of the Meh
Gorgeous
Knox in Box
Rustbelt refugee.
Here's a rarity, only ever seen two. This may be the same one though come to think of it.
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Master of the Meh
Rare indeed, and fugly as the day is long.
Knox in Box
Rustbelt refugee.
From the back at least. All the rest is great IMO.
OGG
Master of the Meh
I really wish I could have my camera on and ready at all times while I'm out and about, because the stuff I do manage to capture and post is but a tiny sprinkling of the incredible cars I see every day. This one was parked, so it was an easy shot, but the GT3RS I saw the other day in full Martini/Williams F1 Livery was STUNNING. I so wish I'd gotten pics.
Just in the past few days I've seen an orange over black Hurracan Super Liggera Spyder (Oh. My. God!), 2 different Aventadors (1 blue, 1 black) and more Ferraris than you would believe.
Just in the past few days I've seen an orange over black Hurracan Super Liggera Spyder (Oh. My. God!), 2 different Aventadors (1 blue, 1 black) and more Ferraris than you would believe.
Jbird
Kick Henry Jackassowski
Are Honda CR-X's rare these days? I for one haven't seen one in eons.
But today, on the way to a concert in the extreme SW corner of Michigan, I saw a yellow plane Jane ( not an Si ) sitting in a yard just on the east side of Three Rivers, Mi for sale.
I didn't stop/get pics. Certainly not in mint shape, but didn't look bad, nor rusted. I can't guess on the year or even the generation. It looked like it had flush headlights (2nd gen. ) but it didn't have that black body stripe-looking plastic bumper thingy that went all the way around the car like in this pic:
...and all the pics I've googled of 2nd gen CRX's they have that.
Plus yellow appears to have been an Si-only color, so it's been repainted. Maybe the black body-bumper thingy got repainted yellow too?
But today, on the way to a concert in the extreme SW corner of Michigan, I saw a yellow plane Jane ( not an Si ) sitting in a yard just on the east side of Three Rivers, Mi for sale.
I didn't stop/get pics. Certainly not in mint shape, but didn't look bad, nor rusted. I can't guess on the year or even the generation. It looked like it had flush headlights (2nd gen. ) but it didn't have that black body stripe-looking plastic bumper thingy that went all the way around the car like in this pic:
...and all the pics I've googled of 2nd gen CRX's they have that.
Plus yellow appears to have been an Si-only color, so it's been repainted. Maybe the black body-bumper thingy got repainted yellow too?
OGG
Master of the Meh
I would imagine that due to their age, and the universally notorious rust issues with virtually every Japanese car of that era, that they are probably quite rare in the Midwest and Rust Belt states... Or anywhere that gets regular snowfall that needs road salt.Are Honda CR-X's rare these days? I for one haven't seen one in eons.
But today, on the way to a concert in the extreme SW corner of Michigan, I saw a yellow plane Jane ( not an Si ) sitting in a yard just on the east side of Three Rivers, Mi for sale.
I didn't stop/get pics. Certainly not in mint shape, but didn't look bad, nor rusted. I can't guess on the year or even the generation. It looked like it had flush headlights (2nd gen. ) but it didn't have that black body stripe-looking plastic bumper thingy that went all the way around the car like in this pic:
...and all the pics I've googled of 2nd gen CRX's they have that.
Plus yellow appears to have been an Si-only color, so it's been repainted. Maybe the black body-bumper thingy got repainted yellow too?
Here in SoCal I see them fairly often, but 9 times out of 10, they are pretty beat up. Can't remember the last time I saw one that wasn't FUBAR. Like any Civic, the motor will keep chugging long after the rest of the car has returned to the Earth
Toss in the early 2000s Fast and Furious Ricky Racer trend of buying up cheap Civics and bolting on turbos and shopping cart handle rear wings etc and then racing them until they blew up and it makes sense they'd be pretty scarce at the age of 30 or so.
Jbird
Kick Henry Jackassowski
They have a new CRX?Funny, just read an article that says the import ban on the original CRX Si has just been lifted, there's a picture of a yellow one to go with the story
That's going to be a hot item for the Honda/Tuner crowd. I'd expect to start seeing more and more of them.
Edit: doh, reading is essential...Original CRX Si...
My CRX story is I almost bought one when I was stationed at Shaw AFB. They were cheap, and even though I had only tried to drive a manual transmission twice before that, I drove the CRX all over the place with no problem on my test drive. Why can't all manual tranny's be that easy to drive?