#Honda tact

[axesent]

[seat-safety-switch]

Ol’ A.J. Foyt wasn’t done with me, no sir. After his ghost(?) compelled me to the land of the rising sun with the promise of high-revving economy shitbox engines, I still had to win the approval of the locals. Like any other group of like-minded individuals, the loop racers had a hierarchy. Those who went fast, very often, were at the top. Those who chickened out, the bottom.

When I pulled up to the parking area, a bunch of the racers were hanging out next to their shitboxes. I recognized virtually every word they said, being as it was a series of complicated jokes about what ridiculous engine swap they wanted to attempt first. Then, they saw me, and clammed up. It might be because I had neglected to bring a suitcase with me while stowing away on the Boeing Dreamliner that whisked me to Japan, and was now standing before them wearing race car pajamas, a five ‘o’ clock shadow, and a mysterious base-model Civic that appeared to be permanently leaning to one side.

While I had no functional spoken Japanese other than the several thousand words I had learned while cold-calling Fukushima numbers in the phone book asking for Honda Tact parts, that didn’t stop me. Most of those words, as you would expect, were actually angry housewives and bar owners getting mad at me for phoning them at three in the morning just to ask them if they still had a Showa-era motorcycle clogging up their parking pad. They could still be hammered into shape, and in a furious oratorical volley punctuated by lengthy stories of my past exploits fleeing the decadent Western imperialist police back home, I let that magical compound invective fly.

A few of them looked at me in confusion. Eventually, one of the racers stepped out of the group and asked me to leave. I showed him a photograph of my car back home, a billion-mile 1978 Plymouth Volare whose structural integrity is, at best, implied. His eyes went wide, and after some discussion, they decided that they could let “the crazy asshole” race with them. Foyt’s spectre was pleased when I got back to the car. He was stretched out on the floor of the car, where the passenger seat used to sit. I had thrown that seat away on the way to the parking area, as discarding unnecessary weight is the first instinct of any true racer.

We pulled out of the parking area together, a high-revving mob drunk on single-slammer economy car violence. I had found my people, and hopefully some of them would use their turn signals, because I had no idea how to read any of these fucking highway signs.

[nobbykun]

Artist - バナナラマ (Bananarama) Song - ハート･ワクワク (He's Got Tact) Release Date - October 1982

Song for the Honda scooter "New Tact" commercial

Listen 🎶

https://rumble.com/v4xnvcl-bananarama-hes-got-tact.html

My blog: Showa Music Library https://nobbykun.tumblr.com/

[quasifoto]

-Conrad's Honda Tact

[pixelatedquarter]

Patrick's Neighbor being very tactful about this whole Fall Out Boy thing

Fall Out Boy Interview at the KROQ Helpful Honda Sound Space (July 3rd, '23) from KROQ on youtube (x)

[the-merc-from-ror2]

Ha that was my AFTER IMAGE

*I stand atop a Honda accord with both ankle very much in tact*

@hired-blade

Let us get started.

Its time to d-d-d-d-duel!!!

*draws out a deck of yu-gi-oh cards*

[apartment315]

[jdmcarotaku]

Bad Boys

クレタク

[murumokirby360]

The Bizarre Japanese Scooter Gang You Never Knew Existed | Bumper 2 Bumper

[sunshineonthe]

[axesent]

AF09 TACT (Aero50 in US / Vision in UK) ホンダ　スーパータクト https://www.youtube.com/kanseigazou www.axesent.com https://www.flickr.com/photos/kanseigazou/ https://www.facebook.com/axesentcreations https://www.instagram.com/axesent

[bakkermotorszaandam]

Honda CR80R 2000 Crosser (zonder kenteken) | CR 80 R

Bakker Motors Zaandam

[asht0nwilliams]

[retroquarter]

Tact

[zerorz]

#ホンダタクト 溜溜。 #ホンダ #タクト #ホンダtact #tact #Honda #本田 #達可達 https://www.instagram.com/p/B_7a29WnSkO/?igshid=8trlhwa4upxi

[kaibacorpintern]

Devotion: 3, 7, 19 + 20. 19 and 20 go together this is totally like sending 3 please and thank yooouuuu

Honda: hey man. when are you going to tell Anzu you have a crush on her

Jounouchi: what, what, waht, what, what, what, waht, what, what, what, what, what, what, what, wh

this got long, it’s under a cut LOL

3. Most common argument?

Considering how many times Anzu in the manga is like “DON’T SAY THAT!!” whenever he makes a particularly callous comment, I want to say they might get into a little snit or two every now and then over a comment that’s a little too outré for Anzu’s sense of propriety and it devolves into conversations about like, tact and tasteful jokes. If Jounouchi’s having a more cantankerous and closed-off day than usual over something that went wrong, I can also see him trying to brush off her more aggressive expressions of care as “annoying” (she isn’t annoying, but he just wants to sulk for a while) when most of the time he actually DOES appreciate and value and need her gung-ho, “let’s roll our sleeves up and fix this” attitude. The other thing is that like... Anzu’s dream is to be a dancer in New York, that’s a difficult career in an expensive city; I can see him bristling against accepting financial help from her parents and maybe being a little too tied to concepts of what it means to be a “man” like “what’s wrong with me if I can’t provide for you on my OWN” and she doesn’t have his kind of pride here. she’s like “that doesn’t matter to me. Why does this matter to YOU so much?” and they have to figure that out.

7. What’s the first thing that changes when they realize they have feelings for the other?

Is it possible for Anzu to get MORE defensive of Jounouchi? LET’S FIND OUT. Also, and this is my Ideal Devotionship Scenario, is that one day Anzu looks over at Jounouchi and realizes she’s almost always liked him as a person but he’s also matured SO much and he works so hard and he genuinely cares so much about all his friends and everyone he loves and his goofier jokes do make her laugh like a hyena... she starts relying on him more as a sounding board for her thoughts and feelings, and starts hanging out with him more just one on one, separate from the rest of their friends...

But really I think Jounouchi if he realizes he’s in love with Anzu he 1) starts trying to impress her more and get her attention and 2) probably has a very specific idea of the type of guy he thinks Anzu would like, and THAT Guy uses a daily planner to keep track of things (like a nerd) and doesn’t slack off on his laundry, and is cool without being a clown, so he is, for a hot few weeks, an awkward and fumbling but exuberant mess who insists on carrying her groceries and buys a polo shirt and tries to play it extremely cool but also he’s like “so... notice anything different about me?” and Anzu is like “....your hair is..... more tousled than normal” (she’s into it) and he’s like 😭 polo shirt it’s the polo shirt i am wearing a polo shirt 😭 like Jounouchi... bro... what Anzu likes about you has nothing to do with polo shirts (this is what Honda tells him after he unpacks the whole thing over text in a state of despair) anyway he just needs to chill out a little. once she realizes what he’s doing she has to laugh a little, but she also loves the effort, it’s cute

In combination, that’s how Anzu ends up texting him at 11 PM at night like “hey i’m bored do you want to go get ramen” and he is like “absolutely, see you in 10 min” so off they go for a late night walk together, and it’s raining a little and he holds the umbrella as they talk about nothing and everything. he makes a big show of helping her step or jump over every gutter puddle. he thinks he’s being suave but she just finds it kind of adorable

Eventually one of them just comes out and confesses it, and it doesn’t take long for this to happen. Probably Anzu because Jounouchi seems like the type to worry a little over the thought of getting rejected :(

19. Who tells their family/friends about their relationship first? AND 20. What do their family/friends think of their relationship?

The first people Jounouchi tells are Shizuka and Honda, of course, and Honda is just like, delighted. He loves Anzu, obviously, but he also cares sooooo much about Jounouchi and is just kind of secretly relieved that Jounouchi is dating someone who cares just as much about Jounouchi as he does, and is good to Jounouchi and good FOR Jounouchi. I’m pretty sure both Anzu and Honda would kill for Jounouchi lol. Shizuka just wants to know that Anzu isn’t into any of the freaky magic shit from Battle City, and once suitably reassured, she gets excited about the idea of having a cool big sis <3 

Anzu’s family finds him very charming and earnest. They like him. I think they trust Anzu to be responsible and have good judgment and so they’re more than happy to give Jounouchi a chance, although he is SO nervous about meeting them.

And then Yuugi... they tell him together, probably. Whether or not he has any lingering crush on Anzu, how can he begrudge his two best friends falling in love with each other, how could he NOT be happy for them? I don’t think he’s capable of being salty about it at ALL, he’s thrilled lol

Atem: by the way, jounouchi and anzu are dating now

Kaiba:

Kaiba: who?