Like a Honda Rock

In 1994, I contemplated a Ford Ranger with goofy SPLASH decals or the Honda. Going to university in Texas (but not the University of Texas…Aggie here!), the pressure to have a truck is Ford tough, like a Chevy rock and whatever Dodge was doing at the time. I’m glad the Euro bug in me kept true and I ended up with my hot hatch, as Japanese as it is.

Over 13 years, the Honda has served very well from highway burner (135mph at 5am on I-10 out of El Paso) to Fast and Furious cool in Los Angeles. I’ve carried couches out the back, moved countless dorm and apartment rooms and navigated Colorado mountain roads in winter storms. The Honda continues to serves as the ultimate city car in NYC with 160” of pure parking power. All this and 50 state legal!

On the drive up from D.C., the nostalgia of 13 years showed more proud as I cruised willingly at 90mph with the sunroof open. The Honda’s VTEC still screams beautiful, the clutch and precision shifter loves to be used and the balance of the chassis continues to set standards (at least mine) for cars much younger.