Comments on: Odyssey in the Sticks

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 03:23:25 +0000

I’ve only ever been enamored with a couple vehicles — VW Campmobile and Beetle of the early 70s, Jeep CJ5, and that’s about it. Everything else has been a bore — just a means to an end. You’re description mirrors my feelings.

Not sure what exactly appeals to me about the Ruckus other than the look. Like so many things I probably just want it for no good reason and then cast it away once I have it.

By: BWB (amateriat)

BWB (amateriat) — Tue, 05 Jul 2016 04:25:42 +0000

Ah…got to this one late. Sig. Other loves her Honda (2013 CR-V, named Harriet, after the children’s book, I think), and while I have tons of respect for the thing as a passenger – it’s been showered with “best-of” awards over the years for a reason – it’s not exactly the sort of thing I’d get warm-n- fuzzy over. It’s basic transportation…good, solid, well-designed transportation, I’ll grant you, but that’s it. Melody, I suppose, is kinda-sorta the CR-V’s two-wheel analog in a way, but there’s something going on with those two fewer wheels that simply heightens and engages the senses. I suppose almost anything with two wheels can do this, but not quite the same way IMO.

And…the Ruckus? As I’d written a while back here, it certainly has that steampunk/Mad Max vibe, which I get on one level, but not strong enough for me to ever imagine my owning one. I see it as a mini-bike that got a scholarship to college, though not quite Ivy League.

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Sat, 25 Jun 2016 02:08:01 +0000

In reply to RichardM. Ahhhh.... no.

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Sat, 25 Jun 2016 02:07:46 +0000

In reply to K Hickok. That van is bombproof. It's a Honda! Runs like a Deere, built tough and all that stuff. The dogs love it.

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Sat, 25 Jun 2016 02:06:53 +0000

In reply to Mike D.. Wouldn't it be nice if everything we owned and used was worthy of being in a photograph. If that was the standard of things I purchased I wouldn't own much!

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Sat, 25 Jun 2016 02:05:44 +0000

In reply to Bryce Lee.

I suppose everything gets inspected these days. The van has it’s sticker and the dog has a nice little medallion on his collar. Lily too.

The Fit gets inspected next week. Both expire in June. The inspection sequence is assigned by the vehicle title I think. Not sure. Just one of those things you have to do. As far as a tax grab goes — we get a lot of stuff in terms of roads and bridges. Not cheap and falling apart. I suspect we’re going to have to pay for what we use in terms of higher taxes.

By: RichardM

RichardM — Fri, 24 Jun 2016 17:12:39 +0000

Maybe this is the beginning of a new trend. Honda-blog… Oddesey-blog doesn’t roll off the younger very well.

By: K Hickok

K Hickok — Fri, 24 Jun 2016 14:51:07 +0000

watch out there – that Honda Odyssey may not start the next time you need it!

By: Mike D.

Mike D. — Fri, 24 Jun 2016 14:11:57 +0000

I love cars, trucks, tractors, hit and miss motors and just about everything mechanical, but right now everything I own besides the scoot is just transportation. After having to drive the SUV for 2 months I can’t think of a reason to include it in a photo. I might feel different if I owned a Lotus 11……..

By: Bryce Lee

Bryce Lee — Fri, 24 Jun 2016 13:26:05 +0000

Just thinking; inspection (a tax grab IMO)of the Honda van followed next day by Junior. Guess Junior gets his sticker for another year in a different sort of way. Just make sure the renewal sticker goes on the windscreen of the van, not the forehead of the dog.

Now does the Honda Fit get inspected at the same time or at a different time? What determines the date of inspection?

The bug-eyed headlamps of the Honda Ruckus are its nost distinguishing visual feature
IMO.