i love our lil guy. 2005 Daihatsu Atrai Wagon. lil city driving friend for when we need it, which is hopefully not often, but if we do we'll have it and when i want to go on a nice lil' drive, we have a super tiny and fun car to drive in!
UAhh I'm gonna be sick ! OH
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in reply to @erica's post:
omggggggggggg fucking beautiful. so jealous that y'all's waiting period is only 15 years
we're really lucky! there's a ton of industry here that have great connections with shipping companies and stuff too so they show up here for next to nothing. this one was list for USD$8000!
kei cars are the best, there are a ton of places that import kei cars here in Hawaii and if I ever can I'm gonna get one.
in reply to @erica's post:
Is it hard to get used to right side drive? I'd love to own a kei car someday but I don't think my brain could handle it lol
Nope! The only actually difficult thing is like... lane position because your brain is obv accustomed to the opposite side so I find myself looking over to the left and being like "oh shit am I spilling over into oncoming traffic" but I check my mirror and nah there's always plenty of room.
Other than that I genuinely think it's safer than LHD which sounds insane but my biggest reason for it is that the deadliest possible thing for pedestrians is blind spots. If I'm at an intersection, the biggest blind spots are: a pedestrian to my right, on the sidewalk -or- a pedestrian crossing the street from the left, where a car in the turning lane next to me might be blocking my view.
The sidewalk pedestrian I can now see WAY more clearly because that blind spot is no longer obfuscated by a passenger seat, B pillar, etc. I just look out the window to my right and I see everything super clearly.
The crossing pedestrian I can see from a meaningfully further distance and let them cross because I am sitting further away from the car in the turning lane to my left. This is especially valuable when the car in the turning lane is like, an F-350 Super Duty or something equally stupid that is just like a giant wall parking itself in the street.