Today, October 6, is Oil Day in Japan, marking an occasion for average citizens to think about the many petroleum-based products used in every day life. The date was chosen because the numbers 1, 0, and 6 can be rearranged to form O (0), I (1), and L/R (6). It also happens to be the anniversary of the first global oil crisis, which led to long lines a fuel pumps around the world and began on October 6, 1973.
Some owners have an almost religious dedication to their brand of service station. Personally I prefer Costco since it usually has the best price for a Top Tier fuel — though that’s hovering around $4.30 a gallon in southern California — but if the lines are long I’ll go elsewhere. I’m not brand loyal but only Top Tier juice goes into my JNCs. Other than that, I don’t have any hard rules except for a healthy dose of ethanol stabilizer and a full tank in cars that are sitting.
What are your gasoline filling routines?
The most entertaining comment by next week will receive a prize. Scroll down to see the winner of last week’s QotW, “Which JNC looks most proper in red?“.
We were a pleasantly surprised to find that many readers are not fans of red cars. BlitzPig said it best by declaring only Italian cars be red. He made one exception, and it is also the car that got the most votes for red. That would be the NA Miata, which was also chosen by Klaus Kopernikus and Ian G. speedie added that Mazda’s reds have always been good, like Kyuusha Corner‘s pick of the B2000/B2200 pickup, though the former specifically called out the Soul Red that appears on newer cars, including the ND Miata.
But the answer isn’t always Miata. Sometimes it’s Honda, specifically the iconic NA1 NSX, as nominated by Taylor C. and ra21benj. Negishi no Keibajo cast a ballot for the BB6 Prelude despite knowing that 90s Honda reds are particularly fade-prone.
We were a bit dumbfounded that there weren’t more Mitsubishis suggested. Eclipses, Evos, and Monteros were all pretty famous for wearing red. Only streetspirit picked one, the zenki GTO. The only other brand to garner a single vote was Yamaha and its Ami as TheJWT‘s choice.
Nissans didn’t get a ton of love either, with Franxou making a case for the Fairlady Roadster, Land Ark the DR30 Skyline, and Michael Jue the Roadster and S30 Z for nostalgic reasons before expanding it to any JNC sports car. Similarly, Lavender Null went with the first-gen Integra due to past ownership but also provided a slew of pop-up headlight icons.
The marque with the most hats in the ring was Toyota. Jacob B contended that a number of retractable headlight Toyotas define “red car” but said that the A80 Supra was a standout, an opinion shared by Random Rascal. Meanwhile, Alan argued the 1989 AW11 MR2 while Sammy B went truly old school with the Toyota 2000GT. When the dust settled, however, the winner this week was ynori, who came up with a left-field answer that we hadn’t thought of but answered the question perfectly:
here’s a wild take – Crown Comfort. more specifically the exported Crown Comfort in glorious Hong Kong Taxi red.
growing up immersed in the centre of HK culture in the 90s, these ubiquitous red boxes with silver tops were absolutely EVERYWHERE. they were adored universally by drivers and riders and had something of a near bullet-proof rep. they were so iconic of that busy, prosperous metropolitan image of city life it’s hard to even envision HK without them.
true nostalgic gems of that bygone era
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