The brilliance of Soichiro Honda...

[Obliviontoad]

Ok. This is only vaguely related to our bikes. But it was on Jalopnik, and it speaks to the mind that inspired our bikes, and the company behind it.

Plus I laughed aloud upon reading it.

How Honda got an Impala to meet EPA regs when GM said it couldn't be done.

 

[MikeOxbig_imp]

Nice article!! He proved them wrong, really cool. I remember those cvcc days. I clearly remember my dad had one in the 80's (wagon/hatch), says "5 speed" on the hatch (big deal back then I take it).

 

[flynrider]

Nice article!! He proved them wrong, really cool. I remember those cvcc days. I clearly remember my dad had one in the 80's (wagon/hatch), says "5 speed" on the hatch (big deal back then I take it).

My friend's dad bought one of those tiny Civics in the early 70s. We used to sneak over in the middle of the night, pick it up and park it sideways in the driveway. It used to drive him nuts

If I recall correctly, those early models used an 1100 cc inline-4. Sound familiar?

 

[MikeOxbig_imp]

Nice article!! He proved them wrong, really cool. I remember those cvcc days. I clearly remember my dad had one in the 80's (wagon/hatch), says "5 speed" on the hatch (big deal back then I take it).

My friend's dad bought one of those tiny Civics in the early 70s. We used to sneak over in the middle of the night, pick it up and park it sideways in the driveway. It used to drive him nuts

If I recall correctly, those early models used an 1100 cc inline-4. Sound familiar?

My friend's dad bought one of those tiny Civics in the early 70s. We used to sneak over in the middle of the night, pick it up and park it sideways in the driveway. It used to drive him nuts

If I recall correctly, those early models used an 1100 cc inline-4. Sound familiar?


Wow, that pic brings back some memories from the 80's. Except, my dad's was a 4 door hatch, and dark brown metallic.

My dad had no idea about servicing the car and oil changes, so the car never saw one oil change it's entire life (my dad swears by this), he only added oil here and there occasionally!! We make fun of my dad to this day about that. And the car, being a typical Honda, just kept going and going without one oil change ever. Never broke down!

 

[gossman_imp]

I had a friend who had one in 1981. Never changed the oil in 45k miles, I couldn't believe one could be that dumb. It died while on an out of state trip.
In the mid 70s the AZ600 was quite popular around here.

 

[MikeOxbig_imp]

If you think 45K miles without an oil change is bad, my dad had around 100K miles on his Honda cvcc and never ever changed the oil!!! I just got off the phone with him and he said the only thing he had done on the car was the rear shocks and the clutch. Maybe brakes too. And the occasional topping off with some fresh motor oil!!! Go honda!!!

He feels so dumb about it but we always get a good laugh when we bring it up.

 

[kmoney_imp]

CVCC was cool, but all those vaccum lines and adjustments were a nightmare. I remember working on friends' CVCC cars back in the day and getting them perfect enough to pass emissions testing was a bit of a nightmare compared to others.