At Cars ‘n Coffee I take great delight in letting people sit in my Lotus Elise and Honda Beat. They surprise on their face is great. You’re right. Neither is the fucking Mona Lisa!! 👍

let ‘em plop. any company dumb enough to call themselves “general” deserves it.

Threat or sarcasm? If it's the former you must be a guvmint sheeple wasting our tax dollars... 😂

I’ve been living there off and on for twenty years... The Shinkansen is The car enthusiast’s train. A marvel of engineering and efficiency.. 👍

“Not wearing your seatlbelt” in my Lotus Elise. I don’t think it’s even possible to see that from the back of the car. I Never not wear my seatbelt... turns out the cop was a sorta car guy and when he found out I work for Michelin we had a tire talk about shoes fo his Mercury Marauder... no ticket, just time. Oh, and…

My 1991 Honda Beat here in Japan!

here in Japan they still use the baby-on-board ones without a lick of sarcasm.. but anything other than dog pics are rare, although I did see one years ago ago on an Intergra that simply said “wake up, mother fucker”. that was rather amusing!

I’m driving my Honda Beat every day here in Japan, but it’s so small that it doesn’t really feel like RHD. Other than shifting with my left hand... problem upon return to America will be avoiding trucks and SUVs that can squash me and not even know it!

Great story and fond memories..! I worked the 24 hours of Daytona tire support with a fellow Michelin designer way back in 2000. Kneeling to check tire temps at the rear when Didier Theys blipped the throttle was amazing!! I also remember a guy bringing one to what was then a Car Guys track day at Roebling Road…

Here in Japan the Shinkansen (bullet trains) have operated since 1964 with a single death and that was a guy who self-immolated a few years back. Speeds are far higher. Wtf amcrap. In 2005, one even derailed in Niigata prefecture as a result of an earthquake and everyone made a 10km cold walk to the station. Watch a…

I’m here in Japan and I have 1991 Honda Beat. Fantastic car! I also have a Lotus Elise in the states and I like them equally for different reasons. The Elise is intensely fun while the Beat is just fun! It is a perfect example of “slow car fast” and zinging the engine way into high revs with a precise shifer in my…