Honda Prelude from 日本語):
That word is Japanese for ‘hell’.
This sad little number was discovered in one of the parking lots in Michigan. Yes, my supersweet Mercedes-Benz 300SD is parked behind it.
What makes this car worthy of posting here? Its pitiful, neglected existence as somebody’s automotive bitch. There’s no pampering of any kind in its future, not even regular oil changes, just abuse, neglect, and plenty of quiet rusting.
Just after I decided to share this car with ya’ll, I thought to myself, “Judging from the overall condition of this car, I must be extra careful when taking pictures. I guarantee the owner is lurking somewhere in the vicinity just waiting to chase after me”.
Then I saw the goofy little modifications to the headlights – the white flames that look like eyelashes. It that doesn’t make this car look like a severely abused animal, I don’t know what does.
The rear end is showing signs of impending rust-related doom.
The wheel wells look like sloppy, jagged Saturday-morning pancakes in my household. That’s because I wake up so hungry, I just throw them on, otherwise I would pass out.
And finally, the crowning achievement in parking lot rampage, a big-ass dent on the driver’s side. Of course, the dent (like everything) is covered in rust.
This car is approaching the level of unsafe I used to live with when I drove my Cavalier (that’s a part of the door in the picture). Sadly, being a late-80′s Japanese car, it can probably go for another winter or two … wait … (to himself) We’re in Michigan, so … It’s going to go till next February. After that, it’s going to disintegrate on Michigan’s hellaciously salty roads.
I thought I almost escaped the wrath of this car’s owner, but I was wrong. A teen-aged person rushed out of the building, swinging what looked like a pair of homemade nunchucks. Because I’m categorically against those methods of dealing with bloggers, I peeled out of the parking lot in my clearly superior-looking Benz. In the rear view mirror I saw the teenager do a pretty intimidating-looking nunchuck routine.

