1986 Honda City (USA Import) Japan Auction Purchase Review

Honda City Purchased and Exported from Japan
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[@gweflj]

More desirable than 90% of current cars IMO.

[@maxamills1929]

Gran Turismo showed me this car.

[@Acc0rd79]

JDM Rain!!!!

[@Forgan_Mreeman]

i was just about to say "japanese rain" haha

[@Teggymania]

I need to order some so that I can drink it when I drive my JDM civic.

[@The_One_Over_There]

some say that JDM rain handles better than other kinda of rain but i don't know

[@tacopro218]

I love old Hondas.

[@kevinwoodard6571]

A mid-1980s car with circular headlights, five-digit odometer, and so on. This is like Japan's version of the Yugo. But then again, the Japanese have had their way of design and production.

[@josephweber4467]

The golf 2 also had round lights and a 5digit odometer

[@stever1412]

I hope whoever bought this also managed to find a motocompo in equally good of shape.

[@thatsomefyi]

I love quirky cars like that too, in fact I will be looking for one as soon as I move to NZ

[@cameronlovesevolve]

I love the turquoise button for the rear washer! So 80s!

[@330arr]

This little City is awesome, Derek. Thanks to your customer for allowing it to be shown on KZbin.

[@scottieb8313]

It does have power steering you pointed out the dam pump in the engine bay shoot , .

[@TheDopeNessMonster]

I feel like that was probably the AC compressor.

[@gregh7457]

He's testing you to see if you're paying attention

[@UDraft4]

That was definitely the Air Conditioning compressor.

[@mattwolf7698]

It looked like a A/C compressor.

[@justmechanicthings]

Someone doesn't have A/C in their car

[@GetWekt]

It’s perfection!

[@Syncopia]

This is museum level of preservation!

[@mathewsotieno1422]

My wife used to drive honda today. way a head of its time.beautiful car.

[@45AMT]

Wow Outstanding! Even the black plastic looked nice and new. It's always faded to gray.

[@Ayamewilson]

That's a neat little car. Love watching these videos

[@vpc9790]

I owned one of these back in 1987. It Was awesome! The glovebox was insulated and cooled by the AC...and it could hold 3 cans of Coke. The Combax was 12 valve.

[@AridersLifeYT]

FYI the city Honda City Turbo and Turbo ii NEVER came with a motocompo, it was just the lower end Honda City AA/VF/FA models that had the Motocompo

[@HobbyTimeSeattle]

Loving the City!

[@nakazul1]

Oh how i hope this car grts a owner that will take care of it.

[@kennedywrightt]

a cbr swap in one of these would be great. shoehorning in a k24 would be nuts.

[@upperbourke4122]

im in new zealand, my one is arriving today! so excited!

[@upperbourke4122]

@Wilson Zhang i bought mine in new zealand. honda citys are everywhere here. my friend and i now both own one! so cool!

[@sisil76]

Hi everyone! This Cutie tiny Honda City is in a very good condition, i love it. Very desirable little car! Here in france we don't have this kind of tiny cars infortunately... I love the design of the original wheels.

[@WestSide1207]

As a rule, I don't really like "small" cars. However, I could definitely see myself using this as a city car (no pun intended). What style and personality on this little Honda.

[@Alex-di8ti]

CVCC is a take on the lean burn concept, a bit like what modern GDIs try to achieve today :)

[@bobsanchez7813]

That would be a perfect older brother for my 09 fit

[@Cooliemasteroz]

I bought one of these new back in 1984 and it was heaven to drive compared to my 13 year old Land Rover that it replaced. I couldn’t stop driving the it for the first two years, it could beat the 4 litre ford falcons here in Australia at the time up to 80 km/h and I can remember on a road trip in some mountainous roads with sharp hair pin turns It absolutely flogged a top model Audi whose driver was really trying to race me. I think the Audis of the time were highly geared for autobahn conditions in those days. I could go into parking spaces sideways with the help of the handbrake and it got around 64mpg even when pushing it. I imagine that it would not have been safe in a crash as it’s only draw back was that it was too light as I discovered on a gravel road one day when I was driving on my own without any cargo it began to drift to the side of the road due to the camber of the road being a bit server. I still think it was about the best car I ever owned.

[@thesis4349]

Very lovely car.

[@Brave-Octopus]

Reminds me of the Honda Today from an anime called You're Under Arrest when it comes to the motorcycle.

[@rml695]

I just noticed something. The original FCX clarity (the 2 door example)? I think was based on this. :)

[@KiwiCatherineJemma]

I had the same model but the factory CONVERTIBLE version. Note these cars had an air conditioning option but NEVER power steering. Your HVAC controls have been set to "recirculating", a setting that should almost never be used. Set it to fresh air and have the heater and aircontioning on at the same time, to dehumidify the air and clear windows of misting better. Also did you point out the 2 storage compartments, one under the lid on the top of the dashboard and the other hidden up underneath the top of the dash, both on the passenger, ie the left side of the car. The turbo models and the convertible all had fat tyres which made the steering rather heavy when parking. The turbo had alloy wheels standard while the cabrio had wide steel wheels. Both with 13 inch low profile tyres (I think the cabrio had slightly wider tyres), whereas the hatchbacks had higher profile 12 inch standard steel rims. I bought my 1986 convertible in 2008 and had it for 9 years as my daily driver, selling it late in 2017 having put 45,000 km onto it. It went past 99,999 km (60 thousand miles approx) soon after I bought it, and it was probably it's second or third time around that much anyway. I paid NZ $1,700 for mine and paid to have a new clutch and new camshaft belt put in. I did all basic maintenance myself, sparkplugs and oil changes and other minor things. When I sold it mine in late 2017, the engine was slightly noisier than it had originally been, but it went as good as when I'd first bought it, but the best price I could get was just NZ $1,100 and it had just passed a mandatory inspection, had excellent tyres, and 5 months car licence (= road tax paid) left to run. I used a cheap auto shop (not Turtle wax but other brands) treatment on the convertible roof once or twice a year and although garaged under cover, it was my daily driver for 8 of those 9 years, being parked outside work every day in the sun and rain. The vinyl roof looked old but was still 99.9% waterproof in all but the worst storm rain events. As New Zealand also drives on the "British" side of the road, like the Japanese, we get a lot of JDM imported vehicles here, usually imported at between 4 and 8 years old. My car had been imported into NZ when it was 8 years old, in 1994, and lived most of it's life up near Auckland, in NZ's North Island (a humid high rainfall climate, on the edge of subtropical). The owners I bought it from, bought it sight unseen and had it trucked and ferry-boated down to the South Island where it was a mechanic's wife's car for a year. My one had previously had NZ $1,200 of major rust repairs to the firewall, the undersills and the doors, as when they bought it, sight unseen, although it had supposeldly just passed an inspection. it was badly rusted in those areas and that is especially of concern in a convertible. Note my air conditioning still worked, but not at 100% eficiency, however it was still running the old "un-greenhouse friendly" refrigerant gas. Would have been better if I could have had it topped up, but for many years now, they only allow the new eco happy refrigerant gas, and to put new gas in old systems requires a full overhaul at about $2,000. Mine was the standard transmission which was 5 speed manual ("stick"), but a 3 speed semi-auto was also uncommonly available as well as the ultra-rare 4 speed manual stick with 7 speeds in all "Hypershift" transmission (an electronically engaged under-drive). I have some videos of my Honda cabrio and my parts car, on my KZbin channel.

[@lukadamjanovic5361]

Will you post a video of that yellow delta integrale?

[@vojislavdragovic5595]

3:56 is this yellow car on parking Lancia Delta Integrale?

[@rav05pimpin]

Comparing this car to the PCA project car.... wow!!

[@67tomcat]

Immaculate!

[@jordanong5114]

This is my favorite Honda. And also reminds me of Skids from Transformers G1.

[@robertobuenrostro2781]

Need it.

[@mrantone916]

I had this when i was a kid,. Tamiya Honda City Turbo Car On-Road Car Kit

[@chefkdowg]

What is that yellow car you're driving? It looks like a scion with a 2ft bed.

[@slowmanEF]

NEED!

[@oneanddone7992]

You didn't show the mini-fridge on the top of the passenger dash.

[@williamfullman2639]

What kind of vehicle is that your driving

[@komakechmichael1051]

Around the beginning you talk of a power steering pump, but when you get in the car you say it has no power steering?

[@LuckyKnightJP]

I got lucky enough to have seen a turbo 2 in person. They are really awesome cars!

[@__Lento__]

These things are SO cool. The only thing I don't like about them is that I don't own one, heh.

[@PacificCoastAuto]

They drive really well too. I totally want one.

[@callumfreebairn8082]

mint

[@EPimporters]

Rain Gutters of that style.... look closer at today's Kei Vans...... My 2011 Suzuki Every Van (DA64v) has them.

[@drivenlowkey2437]

I’ll put a b series in that LMAO 😂😂😂.

[@thegreens8445]

Its like an 1.2 litre engine?

[@muhamadfadzlyshaharani5787]

Go watch " you are under arrest" anime and then you guys know what Derek mean by mini motorcycle in a car. Btw, the car in that anime is a Honda Today but it's almost has the same face.

[@tylerz9291]

What I came to post....

[@RacerBest]

or you can just google Honda Motocompo without having to watch anime to see what it is

[@PacificCoastAuto]

(Andrew) Or you can check this out - kzbin.info/www/bejne/qnvaiJSneLZkhpo - to see the bike in action, and in the car.

[@muhamadfadzlyshaharani5787]

RacerBest yep. But the anime is worth watching.

[@alexckg479]

This car looks like Daihatsu Cuore 1990

[@krrk6337]

### Ｍ Ｏ Ｔ Ｏ Ｃ Ｏ Ｍ Ｐ Ｏ###

[@callumfreebairn8082]

cassette tapes, then cds, now infotainment

[@CabezaDePistacho]

is the little cool little MOTOCOMPO scooter still in the back?????

[@LSD97123]

It's not the power steering pump, it is the AC compressor

[@slicingninjagaming7080]

I actually want this car to be honest.

[@Banom7a]

Today, Honda city is a sedan version of the fit

[@Mitsume.63]

it was marketed as Jazz in Europe.

[@praneethsandaruwan5500]

Can we get an engine like that?

[@iyorit1089]

懐かしすぎる🤷‍♂軽量でね、ワックスがけではぺこぺこだったし、塗装も悪いわ、ハンドルぐらぐらだった️😆 紹介してなかったけど助手席のダッシュボード上のボックス、あそこに缶ジュースなど4缶が入れられてエアコン冷気で冷やすようになっててね、あれだけは夏場良かった、言わばミニクーラーボックス。冬は逆に温めてね。 でもマニアは何処にでもいるんだな。

[@AdamusPL87]

Why dont they import cars like Lupo or City/Jazz from Europe with LHD?

[@onetouchgarage4503]

Japanese cars are much better taken care off and cheaper than in Europe.

[@Conorsev]

That's the ac compressor not the ps.

[@KosanRio]

Holy shit.

[@cristicristiii]

Like a Dacia 1310, yeshh.. really special😅

[@tsayabal]

Where is the motocompo

[@kakospecs9152]

Where can i get me one ?

[@williamfullman2639]

It sucks we don't have none here

[@edwardjohnson1709]

Motocompo, probably worth more, than the car. Love the car....but prefer kei trucks...

[@auz8d9wij2ks9d]

Sorry, but I have to.. I don't want to say it, but I can't help it. Sorry.. Vtec kicked in yo.. B-)

[@PacificCoastAuto]

This is VTEC's grandfather... CVCC kicked in yo

[@JamesDownes]

Reminds me of a vacuum cleaner.

[@Liam-B]

Honda did ads with Madness (Yes, THAT Madness) for these. Someone on my street in Utah drives one of these babies. Like something out of Steins;Gate.

[@mynameisray]

Doesn't want people to see the condition before he sells so people won't talk him down.

[@joeltyler3427]

More info about the motocompo kzbin.info/www/bejne/qnvaiJSneLZkhpo Mighty car mods one. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZychH1-mLNrp9U

[@mattwolf7698]

Sumo Wrestlers actually aren't allow to drive.

[@pguth98]

HNNNGGGGH that's nice.

[@msanseverino78]

you're under arrest

[@crisrose9707]

moto compo?

[@PacificCoastAuto]

Yes, we exported this car with the Motocompo.

[@crisrose9707]

:D

[@nofuture6881]

Deathtrap....

[@beckmann3624]

First

[@praneethsandaruwan5500]

helow

[@NAUMAAN0007]

Autoart version is better

[@lukadamjanovic5361]

Will you post a video of that yellow delta integrale?