Posted on 07/03/2005 10:38:43 AM PDT by Bodero
Since the dawn of the Automobile Revolution, automobile marques have been proactive in their approach to appeal to certain segments of society. By targeting these groups, automakers would find a much higher loyalty rate in an increasingly unloyal industry. Even today this tradition continues, with companies such as Toyota appealing to the youth market with its Scion brand, BMW and Mercedes appealing to the affluent market, Buick appealing to the understated senior market, and Subaru and Volvo appealing to the aging hippy market. One demographic spoken for by a large multinational automaker that often raises a bit of controversy, however, is the gay and lesbian market. It is within these confines that Honda finds its must staunch loyalists.
The connection stems much further than their not-so-subtle “H” logo. Since the inception of Honda by founder Kilimanjaro Honda in Tokyo, Japan in 1948, Honda has had a long line of successful industry firsts. Honda’s first products imported to the United States were motorcycles capable of producing almost twice as much horsepower as their American brethren. Sold out of a small shop in San Francisco, their demographic was clear. From day one, Honda coined the term “Crotch Rocket” to target the gay and lesbian community. It wasn’t long before Honda had made its first inroads in gaining market share in the vital west coast community.
While commercially successful, Honda didn’t wish to fight a one-front war against Christians. In 1962, Honda started producing the HX100, their first entry into the area of gas powered lawn mowers. This allowed residents to show off their sexual preference to neighbors when not commuting. The new market, however, was something Honda was not experienced in, and proved to be initially unsuccessful. Honda faced several lawsuits alleging their lawnmowers oxidized almost instantly when mowing over damp grass.
It wasn’t before long that founder Honda realized that the next battle would have to be fought in the ever-expanding industry of automobiles. In 1972, Honda began offering the United States its first car, the Honda Civic. While industry brass wanted to call it the “Civic Lesson,” for the lesson it was trying to teach regarding the homosexual agenda, “Lesson” was eventually dropped from the title before release. Honda’s experience in the lawn equipment market proved beneficial in their foray into automobiles, as the first generation of Civic Lessons were powered by their 49cc lawnmower engines producing a then-respectable 20 horsepower.
The response from the homosexual community was very positive, and sales of Civic Lessons matched other popular rivals in the west coast market from Toyota and AMC. Initial figures had pinned sales at achieving a 53% homosexual rate of buyers of Civic Lessons, a figure that has yet to be beat. The Civic Lesson proved to be a remarkable car for the homosexual market, as these families did not have any children and thus did not need room for a back seat. Honda foresaw new potential, however, with gay and lesbian couples wishing to carpool to gay bars, a feat which the Civic Lesson didn’t have either room or power enough to provide.
It wasn’t long before Honda released its second automobile on US shores, codenamed the Acceptance Accord. Though named for a peace offering between homosexuals and their normal brethren that executives wished to occur, the name proved to be too long to resonate with consumers. The Accord, renamed as it was launched, was their entry into the “family car” segment. This new vehicle was targeted towards gay couples wishing to bring their adopted children to and from their real parents’ houses.
Honda continued the tradition for over three decades and has since built up a very large following in the community. Their new offerings provide a wide range of transportation solutions for almost any gay or lesbian needs. The “CR-V,” short for “Christian Retaliatory Vehicle,” was Honda’s first entry into the Gay SUV market. Since capturing a portion of a large market of SUV buyers, Honda introduced a second and third SUV, the “Element” and the “Pilot.” The Element was unique in that the interior was fully-washable for spills during gay sexual encounters. The Pilot, named because most pilots are homosexual, is Honda’s largest SUV offering, providing transportation to the new generation of large homosexual families to sporting events such as Rugby and the LPGA.
Honda, like Toyota, has in recent years started offering a wide model range in gas-electric hybrids. These vehicles have proven to be very successful within the ‘metrosexual’ market of affluent-but-cheap gays and lesbians. Their “Insight,” created to be an open window into the gay community, is a futuristic hybrid powered by a lawnmower engine and an array of batteries.
Perhaps the most blatant showing in the modern homosexual market is the new “Ridgeline.” This pickup-truck and car mutant is designed for the testosterone-filled women and estrogen-filled men. Designed to carry light duty objects with the convenience of a bed, the Ridgeline has proved to be largely successful within their target demographic. The styling is bold and in-your-face, just as the Pride Parade community likes their “crossover” vehicles to be.
Honda’s insistency on immorality is unquestionably obvious from heterosexual circles. Their attack on Christian values and virtues is intolerable from a neutral vantage point. The homosexual odyssey is fed to us through the mainstream media through parades, lawsuits, and now automobiles. It is time to put a stop to the moral degradation of our society. It is time to forcefully shut down Honda Motor Company of America and distribute their assets to pro-family organizations. Please, readers, write your representatives and let them know that the large-scale terrorism by Honda must be stopped at ALL costs.
No offense, but you signed up a day or so ago to post this poorly written (much less thought out) POS? I know about Lesburus, but Honda is just a well made car. I don't like them, but they are reliable and well made.
This hit piece reminds me of the attack on Proctor & Gamble in the 80's(?), where they were supposedely a satanist company. I don't think I believe this, but I wouldn't buy a Honda anyway.
I have owned three Honday in my life and all were wrecked after finally selling them by someone else, after at least a dozen years of use.
The only reason I do not now own a Honda, is because for the same quality car, Toyotas have been somewhat less for the last 15 years or so.
He posted a hit piece against Volkswagen the other day, and never responded in thread.
So he'll likely post a hit piece against Daewoo next, or maybe Hyundai.
Bodero doesn't post replies, only smears against foreign car companies.
Boderos previous slam fest thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/1434839/posts
Perhaps Bodero should grow a brain and start responding.
LOL - sounds like an April Fools joke type of article "In 1962, Honda started producing the HX100, their first entry into the area of gas powered lawn mowers. This allowed residents to show off their sexual preference to neighbors when not commuting." yeah, we know how suburban lawn-mowing gays are sweepin' the nation (not).
and the social implications of 'crossover' vehicles for GLBTs??? LOL.
PS. Not only is this article is a very bad parody and-or whck-job rant, the article-writer blogger of it is an idiot.
To wit, this verbal nonsense in his other article on Toyota: " The Carter Administration issued a mandatory procedural change in early 1971 requiring all coastal ports to reject color-coded oil barrels from Iran, causing the price of gasoline to skyrocket to an inflation-adjusted figure of $13.73/gallon. Lines at the gas pumps were often miles long, and with vehicles getting about 9 miles per gallon on average, this caused quite a stress on the American buyer’s mind."
I count no less than 8 historical errors in this brief paragraph alone. Carter in 1971? Uh no. He mixes up who was embargoeing whom, the timelines, the prices paid, the mechanisms used etc. In short, an ignoramus.
The idiocies continue on with him saying bad stuff about Pruis like "Because the vehicles do not have a transmission, the electric motors can propel the vehicles down the road at tremendous rates of speed without warning. Emergency workers were trained not to touch Priuses" ... and his Toyota article was responded to with:
"This is the most inaccurate piece of drivel I have ever read and I will be sure not to read this blog again."
IMHO, he's a whackjob.
Bodero is creating a history of whackjob threads.
His previous thread slamming Volkswagen.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/1434839/posts
Supposedly, anyone who owns a VW is a neo-nazi.
And the AMERICAN designed New Beetle is supposedly a symbol of neo-nazi youth.
*UGH!*
Read, laugh in amazement, and snort in disbelief.
Bodero aims for the lowest common denominator apparently.
I responded on the blog thusly:
It sounds like an April Fools joke type of article, except you read his other junk articles and they are at least as loopy.
I think the "AutoBuzz" is the hangover he gets from mixing drinks and some serious drugs ... should call himself the 'crack-head analyst'.
LOL!
Hearing it described that way, it fits!
I don't write it, I just thought it was funny. Honestly, I thought it was satire myself, but with things on the internet, you can never be sure.
This thread could be called:
WWMD What Would Morford Drive?
We get all kinds posting stuff like that as serious articles.
since you hadn't responded, there was some wonderment about that.
Thanks, and sorry for being hard on you.
Welcome to FR.
"Tinfoil Alert" or some tipoff as such in the future to save from confusion and further wonderment.
Egads! Complete with Darwin badge.
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