13/08/2008 01:03. Welcome to Down On The Street , where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the
Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. We haven't seen many
Hondas in this series, though I'm still hoping to find a very early
Civic or- better still- a 600 on the island. The early-80s Civic
wagon is a good example of the Japanese cars that shifted American
car buyers' opinion from the "cheap, gets good gas mileage" view of
the 70s towards the "these things never break" view widely held
today. They were once everywhere, but nostalgia doesn't adhere too
strongly to a reliable appliance... and so most were crushed... //
Jalopnik 