By Twyla (24.69.255.202) on Wednesday, January 16, 2002 - 09:57 pm:

On TLC there is a show called Junkyard Wars...usually a very entertaining show. But today there are Hondas brutally cut in half and a being used as point toward winning a game. (the point of the show is that they had to create a crane out of junk found in the junkyard and to win points they are having to move various objects from one area to another and there are hondas in parts everywhere..AAAAHHHHH the pain!!!!

By Anomalous (24.70.95.203) on Wednesday, January 16, 2002 - 10:42 pm:

I know!!I know!!I saw it too!!Those poor Civics!!

By tedshred (63.224.195.169) on Thursday, January 17, 2002 - 11:46 am:

We are quickly becoming owners of classics!

By Twyla (24.69.255.202) on Thursday, January 17, 2002 - 05:20 pm:

Where I work we sell brand new cars and everytime I have one of the Hondas parked outside everyone goes out to check them out even customers and delivery people. It makes me laugh especially when a customer is coming to pick up a new mercedes or bmw and yet they are checking out my 76 civic

By ddechon --Maryland-- (12.78.178.136) on Thursday, January 17, 2002 - 06:17 pm:

That's what I love about these cars. These cars different symbols to everybody. They remind people of a life that used to be simple and fun. Or maybe the fun times they had with their friends on the way to school.

I love losing it in a parking lot between two trucks. Or removing my sun roof on a warm day, and cranking my stereo while at a red light... just to stand out even more.

Some day it'll be on the road again.

Darrell

By Twyla (24.69.255.202) on Thursday, January 17, 2002 - 06:24 pm:

On our honeymoon absolutely everywhere we went we were stopped by people of all ages reminissing about their honda they had 10, 15, and 20 years ago. it was so cool.

By ddechon --Maryland-- (12.78.178.136) on Thursday, January 17, 2002 - 06:46 pm:

My honeymoon video shows my civic totally polished with cans and shoes dangling from the back. The inside was filled with ballons. As we drove to Disneyland, people were honking and giving us "thumbsup." Then we went to Knotts Berry Farm and Hunington Beach. The white window lettering can still be seen in the corners, and I believe the string for the balloons is still around my side mirror.

I traded my clunker in for the civic. I was looking around the lot at newer used cars when....there it was! At the rear of lot, under a tree and covered with neglect was my future car. The salesman looked shocked when I showed interest. I drove the car home (Porland, OR), packed up my stuff and headed down south to be with my girl friend. We soon got married and two weeks later I was in basic training (at 18 years old).

Darrell

By Anomalous (24.70.95.203) on Thursday, January 17, 2002 - 06:51 pm:

What makes these cars so appealing is that at some point everyone has owned one or knows someone who did.Remeber Honda's add campaign from the early 70's?HAPPY PEOPLE DRIVE HONDAS!!!!

By Ed (24.43.71.141) on Thursday, January 17, 2002 - 08:09 pm:

for those that need to torture themselves, the "crane" episode is on TLC again Sunday at 7:00

http://tlc.discovery.com/fansites/junkyard/episode/season_062.html

Mobile Crane
This challenge is to build mobile cranes to lift and carry scrap down a course to a drop-off point. Each piece of scrap is allocated a points value related to its weight or awkwardness. The team that accumulates the most points over two 15-minute rounds is the winner.
Jan. 16, 2002 9 p.m. and midnight ET/PT
Jan. 20, 2002 7 p.m. ET/PT

I almost cried when I saw them break the back window AND when they dragged the car hanging from the back of other "junk" !!!

boo hooo hoooo :-(

L

By Darrell /Oz (203.134.77.88) on Friday, January 18, 2002 - 03:13 am:

I bought my first Honda in '74 Brand new (yeah I'm that old) and sold it later on caus' I was to get married. Bought an old EJ holden dirt cheap, loved the old girl till she was stolen & burn't out (the car not the wife). In 1990 I saw a little white '73 with mags & a sports wheel, Deja vu ? Had it ever since. They become part of the family some how.

Darrell (Oz).