by "bhtooefr" (bhtooefr)
Published 09/26/2017 at 16:08
by "bhtooefr" (bhtooefr)
Published 09/26/2017 at 16:08
Tags: dream garage
; keicars
STARS: 0
The rules are simple here - you get three kei cars, they can’t be the ABCs (Autozam AZ-1/Suzuki Cara, Honda Beat, Suzuki Cappucino), and the Honda S660 is also off-limits.
What will it be?
"Saracen" (manualdoucheelitist)
09/26/2017 at 16:17, STARS: 1
Suzuki Alto Works
Subaru Sambar
Mitsubishi Minica Dangan ZZ-4
"benjrblant" (benjblant)
09/26/2017 at 16:21, STARS: 3
That Suzuki Alto RS-X that Flavien posted a while back for doing fun things:
A Honda Acty for doing useful things:
and a Suzuki Jimny for doing... dirt-y things:
"RPM esq." (rpm3)
09/26/2017 at 16:22, STARS: 2
I know next to nothing about Kei cars, so I’d better just go shopping at my local Kei emporium and rely on their expertise.
First, I’ll take a sporty hatchback: http://sodo-moto.com/listings/suzuki-alto-works/
Then, a luxurious, practical van to haul my family around: http://sodo-moto.com/listings/1991-mitsubishi-minicab-brava-at/
Finally, an SUV for offroad adventures: http://sodo-moto.com/listings/1990-suzuki-jimmy-4x4-tin-top/
"punkgoose17" (punkgoose17)
09/26/2017 at 16:32, STARS: 2
1977 Suzuki Cervo
199x Suzuki Carry 4wd
2017 Suzuki Alto RS
*I want to replace the Carry with a 1989 Mitsubishi Minica Dangan, but I feel like it would be smart to have a truck....
"benjrblant" (benjblant)
09/26/2017 at 16:34, STARS: 1
I might like your pick better than mine.
"Amoore100" (amoore100)
09/26/2017 at 16:38, STARS: 1
Honda’s N Box, N One, and N Wgn. They just make such a perfect trifecta.
"cletus44 aka Clayton Seams" (cletus44)
09/26/2017 at 16:41, STARS: 1
Honda S600, Toyota Sports 800, and a Subaru 360.
"KevlarRx7" (kevlarsupra)
09/26/2017 at 16:41, STARS: 0
Suzuki sc100,
Nissan Figaro,
Mitsubishi Pajero mini.
"bhtooefr" (bhtooefr)
09/26/2017 at 17:06, STARS: 1
Only one of those is actually a kei car (the Subaru 360).
The Honda’s got 246 cc too much displacement, 300 mm too much length, and 100 mm too much width for a kei car when it was made. (I mean, it’d fit into today’s kei regulations, but not back then.)
The Toyota’s got 430 cc too much displacement, 580 mm too much length, and 165 mm too much width for a kei car when it was made. It’s even too long and has too much displacement for today’s regulations.
"DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish!" (daft-ryosuke)
09/26/2017 at 17:25, STARS: 1
Subaru R2 AWD or Subaru Sambar
Daihatsu Mira TR-XX Turbo
Daihatsu Copen Active Top
"MultiplaOrgasms" (themightymultipla)
09/26/2017 at 17:33, STARS: 0
Honda Today MTREC 4WD (Beat engined AWD Hatch)
Mazda Chantez (assuming it has the 360cc Rotary it was intended to have)
Daihatsu Altis (literally a Camry)
"bhtooefr" (bhtooefr)
09/26/2017 at 17:47, STARS: 0
Here’s my own list, I think.
The daily: Mitsubishi i-MiEV:
It has to be the JDM one - EUDM ones have a bigger front bumper that makes them not comply with the kei regulations, otherwise I’d take a Citroën C-Zero instead (although a C-Zero with the JDM i-MiEV bumper would fit into the regs...), and USDM ones are just bigger overall.
The hauler/camper: 1990-1995 Subaru Sambar Dias II Supercharged ECVT:
I mean, a rear-engine, laid flat towards the rear, 4-cylinder 660 cc supercharged engine. Come on, that’s just awesome.
The fun car: Honda Today RS:
OK, it’s only 58 hp, but some Beat parts should fix that - the same MTREC engine in the Beat has the legal limit. I’ll insist on a manual for this one - for some insane reason, Honda thought it’d be a good idea to sell a peaky 660 cc naturally aspirated engine with a 3-speed auto.
"bhtooefr" (bhtooefr)
09/26/2017 at 17:51, STARS: 0
I was under the impression that MTREC implied FWD on the Today? Great minds think alike, though, on the engine choice.
And since when is a Camry a kei car? (It’s not.)
The Chantez, though, good choice.
"bhtooefr" (bhtooefr)
09/26/2017 at 18:06, STARS: 1
SC100 isn’t a kei, although the Cervo SS20 that it’s based on is.
Figaro also isn’t a kei.
Pajero Mini, though, that’s a kei.
"interstate366, now In The Industry" (interstate366)
09/26/2017 at 18:16, STARS: 1
3 Honda That’s....’s.
"bhtooefr" (bhtooefr)
09/26/2017 at 18:27, STARS: 0
!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!
"CKeffer" (KefferCameron)
09/26/2017 at 18:41, STARS: 2
1991 CN21 Suzuki Alto Works
1974 Honda Z
and a current gen Dihatsu Hijet
"Jonee" (Jonee)
09/26/2017 at 21:12, STARS: 1
Mazda Carol:
Mazda R360:
And a Suzuki Fronte:
I like the classics.
"cletus44 aka Clayton Seams" (cletus44)
09/26/2017 at 22:26, STARS: 0
Nerd
"KevlarRx7" (kevlarsupra)
09/27/2017 at 01:13, STARS: 1
Touchè, honda vamps and Subaru 360 instead then.
"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
09/27/2017 at 06:46, STARS: 0
Nissan Figaro
Nissan Pao
subaru R1
"RT" (rt-p)
09/27/2017 at 06:59, STARS: 1
For daily driving - and having 5 valves per cylinder is a pretty good deal:
Mitsubishi Minica Dangan ZZ. Gotta love asymmetric grilles.
For every other occasion - with longer name than the Joy Pop Turbo:
Subaru Sambar Try TS Sunroof SunSun-Window 4WD. The wheel covers!!
And for fun:
Honda Vamos. Enough said.
"bhtooefr" (bhtooefr)
09/27/2017 at 07:10, STARS: 0
Figaro and Pao aren’t kei cars...
"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
09/27/2017 at 07:16, STARS: 0
minor detail
:P
well then
Subaru R2
suzuki mighty boy SS40T
"kanadanmajava1" (kanadanmajava1)
10/05/2017 at 08:15, STARS: 0
My brother recently bought a kei car that extends our yard’s vehicle fleet to weird territory. Not many kei car cars have been sold in Finland but this happens to be one of them.
My favorite kei car is the 1st gen Honda Today. Beat and Cappucino are the next ones but I cannot think up good alternatives for these.
