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I live in Japan, and have a Kei. Honestly: they're wonderful. I'm importing at least one when I head back to the US. It reminds me a lot of my first car, an ea
by donw 5y ago
I live in Japan, and have a Kei. Honestly: they're wonderful. I'm importing at least one when I head back to the US.
It reminds me a lot of my first car, an early-80's Honda. Tiny engine, almost nothing in the way of luxuries. Basically no sound deadening, and it uses my knees as its front crumple zone.
On the flip side, this thing has the best visibility of any car I've ever driven. Old-school low beltline, and the front of the car is maybe two feet in front of my driving position?
Yes, it's box on wheels, but it's a great box on wheels.
Really does make me sad that heavy regulation (nominally at the behest of the US auto industry) and "cash for clunkers" has driven these out of the market in the US.
- drcongo 5y agoWhich one do you have?
- perl4ever 5y agoI kind of wanted a Honda City ever since I had a plastic model kit of it in the 90s. However, the ones I see for sale seem to generally be collectors items that come with a scooter. My first car was a Honda Civic hatchback, not a kei car, but it was <2100 lbs and I noticed once that there was no structure whatsoever adjacent to the rear seats; it was just a cookie-sheet's thickness of sheet metal painted on the outside, a thin bar for mounting the speaker and a plastic cover.