A Step in the Right Direction

Perfect rig to haul Klaus Shwab’s fat fuckin ass to dump him 6ft down to meet Satan, his master

My every day ride is a 1985 Dodge D 50, also known as a Mitsubishi Mighty Max. Friends of mine had bought it a year and a half old, for I don’t knw what. They used it on their raspberry farm for some thirty years, put it into commute service, but had some issues with the fuel ssytem. It DOES have the turbodiesel engine in it, and a five speed gearbox. They fussed and fought with it ff and on for a year, and never could get it reliable. They asked me if I wanted it.. yeah, but I don’t have any money I can spend right now. No, o, we’re di=one tossed in the towell. Its in our driveway, go gat it and its yours. We hve the title and keys for you. DEAL!!! I KNEW what the problem was.. diesels can NOT tolerate ANY air in the fuel system. tyey simoly do not run. So I replaced all the lines, and the silly litle push pump prime bulb. Replaced the lower ball joints and steering drop arm, alternator belt, and later fitted a HUGE Racor big truck filter system.
Thing runs lilke a Swiss watch (I know,because I also have one of those….) returns 37 miles to the gallon, is sweet and easy to drive, very comfortable, handles well, and is real workhorse. I’ve hauled 1200 pohds of logs in it, didn’t even slow down for he hills.

I’m pretty certain that sooner or later our tyrannical wanna be owners will mandate I stop driving this thing on the roads I pay for. Might have to find a different state upon whose roads I will pay for it will be deigned legal for me to drive.

I’ll lay high stakes at VERY long odds none of the newer model SUV’s they use for the dirty coppers are built to TODAY”S standards for “pollution” OR safey features (that I don’t want anyway. lap / shoulder belts and such things. are all I want anyway. Everything else is a costly nuisance.

We have these Kei trucks all over the place in Florida … perfect for our type of needs …

Hi Eric ,
While it is a good step I dont see further momentum from this. The elites and the government want to keep their debt based economy growing and simple easy to purchase /assemble/make machines are going against it. The aim is to create artificial scarcity . Make free things cost money and make cheap things expensive force permits for something that didn’t require them in the past is the way of their future.
expansion of Government bureaucracy is necessary for that. Without it imagine cheap hoses cheap easy to fix cars, cheap food etc. All this collapses the GDP

If it is practical, you can bet government will be there to wreck it. Neat little trucks much more practical than any EV will ever be.

Used car market crashing?

Independent car dealers can’t sell their used cars, so they sending them to an auction….

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tapiptsk25A

Kei trucks are great…EV’s are a bad joke….

Automotive journalist says negative things about EV’s….gets threatened….

Pushers of defective, unreliable, useless, fire/hazard EV’s…. are dangerous climate lie nutcases….

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNQIIUxqBNU

I drive one of these little trucks around at my workplace. It’s a 4 wheel drive Suzuki model .
I’m 6″2 and have to shape shift to get into the driver seat . Customer’s are always asking where to buy one then I give them the bad news that it’s not street legal in our state.
Next door in Connecticut you can register them. I see quite a few buzzing around on there roads.

Trouble in PHEV land, comrades:

‘The European Environment Agency (EEA) … used data from monitoring equipment installed in 600,000 vehicles, including gasoline, diesel and plug-in hybrid models across Europe.

‘For plug-in hybrid vehicles, real-world emissions were found to be 3.5 times higher than the figures claimed by manufacturers. On average, these vehicles were reported to emit 40 grams of CO2 per kilometer, but the actual emissions measured were 139 grams per kilometer, which is comparable to traditional, non-electric-assisted models.’

https://www.ynetnews.com/business/article/rym1bp9gr

EPA red guard Michael Regan is well aware of this ‘problem.’ His 1,100 pages of GHG regs include a screed accusing PHEV drivers of not charging and not brushing their teeth daily. (Okay, I made up the toothbrushing bit.)

So in coming years, PHEVs will be punished by assuming less all-electric mode usage than before … and thus, more grams per mile of deadly CO₂ ’emissions’ [sic]. Meanwhile, EeeVees are likewise to be scourged, by phasing out the notorious fuel equivalency factor which currently credits EeeVees at 6.67 times their true weight in fleet CAFE calculations.

Comply! orders the imperious fedgov bureaucracy. But how?? Producing one hundred percent EeeVees will be the only way, as matters now stand.

Hell, people around here drive those SxS things all over the damn place around here. Granted, I live in a largely rural area, but there they are. Some are quite powerful too. They all have one of those slow moving vehicle triangle thingys on them while blowing down the road at 80+MPH. No one seems to care.

OT: Mom, 28, forced to sell her dream car after forking out $40,000 in INTEREST alone over three years

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/yourmoney/consumer/article-13302555/auto-loans-debt-car-ownership.html

I’m at an age where I get to be curmudgeon. No sympathy here. What’s on display is abject financial ignorance on the part of the young lady and the malfeasance of the auto loan industry & their government partners.

Kei truck driving?….maybe no driving….

The Master’s leftist governments, slowly choking off slave mobility…..

Geo timing?

Germany’s Failing Coalition Threatens to Enact Weekend Driving Bans to Chase Their Climate Alarmist Goals…lockdowns….starts there and spreads….

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/04/germany-failing-coalition-threatens-enact-weekend-driving-bans/

Kei truck…about 1500 lb curb weight…770 lb load capacity….6 foot bed….top speed around 65 mph…some up to 80 mph….

So will police in other states hassle (ticket or impound) you if you get a Texas plate on one of these and drive it out of Texas? Or are you basically stuck in Texas?

Up until recently, states have allowed vehicles registered and plated in any state access to the roads with out problems or restrictions. California of course, is the one ruining that. It has banned pre 2010 diesel trucks, even ones registered in other states. I have heard they have subjected out of state cars to random air pollution tests, and if it fails, you have three days to get it out of the state or they steal it from you!!! Nice way to treat tourists right?

Re:…..”Meyers Manx dune buggy from the ’70s”

There was a discussion about the ultimate cockroach car….the last running vehicle on the planet…in the end times….mad max……

One suggestion was a Meyers Manx dune buggy….fiberglass body, so no rust…air cooled VW engine, reliable, no computers, points and condenser, carburetor, simple, easy to fix….

Bring back small, well engineered, high quality, simple, light, pickup trucks….

1980 VW Caddy pickup truck…MSRP $6000 in 1980….$22,740 in 2024 dollars

Curb weight 2000 lb….load capacity 1100 lb….

With diesel engine up to 60 mpg highway

These were so good they are now a collector vehicle…..
1981 Volkswagen Rabbit LX Pickup….SOLD….$39,000…Mecum…Jan 11, 2024

https://www.classic.com/veh/1981-volkswagen-rabbit-lx-pickup-1v1lg0174bv090234-n1kzNbp/

Today’s over weight, computer stuffed, problem filled, spyware filled, bad fuel economy, abortions….
Nissan Frontier….. MSRP today $30,030

Curb weight 4,495 lbs

24 mpg highway

Seattle Craigslist, search Kei

https://seattle.craigslist.org/search/cta?query=kei#search=1~grid~0~16

Kei truck specs

https://www.jdmimportsct.com/post/buyers-guide-kei-mini-truck-differences

https://www.kei-trucks.com/blogs/kei-trucks/fuel-efficiency-and-gas-mileage-of-kei-trucks

City Driving: Kei trucks excel in city driving conditions, where their small size and efficient engines shine. On average, Kei trucks can achieve impressive gas mileage in the range of 30 to 40 miles per gallon (mpg). Their compact size and nimbleness make them well-suited for urban settings.

Highway Driving: While primarily designed for city use, Kei trucks can also deliver excellent gas mileage on the highway. Depending on factors like speed and cargo load, you can expect highway mileage in the range of 40 to 50 mpg.

A friend of mine got one for his lake place. I took it for a spin when it first landed and it was a fun little beastie. I hadn’t driven a RHD manual for awhile, so it took a minute for my brain to engage.

Thanks, Eric!

I saw a Daihatsu truck roaming around last summer. It had a homemade shelter built into the truck box, seemed like the person had one place to live, his truck.

Plenty of those sports/utility vehicles out in the country.

John Deere, Massey Ferguson, Ford 4-wheel drive tractors are crawling fields in every state. Those axial flow IH combines run for forty years, just maintain them, maybe a new engine. They’re still out there working harvests. Four IH cornbinders working 160 acres of wheat takes about five hours, done. Haul it all away to the grain bin or grain house.

300 gallon diesel fuel tank, 3 gallons per hour, 100 hours of field time, one month of planting, the job gets done in a New York minute, really. Two tractors will be 200 hours of field time. Gots to have a pickup truck too.

All prep time beforehand, have to sleep, you have to pay attention, have to get the job done.

We all know Michael Bloomberg is the world’s best farmer. Bill Gates is a close second.

Here is the full skinny, in an article posted three weeks ago by Mercedes Streeter of theautopian.com, on how David of Texas Kei Truck Advocates got it done:

https://tinyurl.com/22dhfzt3

Unfortunately TKTA is a private Facebook group with 192 members, so no further detail is available to social media shutouts like myself.

Nevertheless, TKTA’s strategy can provide a roadmap for moving forward in other states. According to the Autopia article, their proactive approach was controversial. But it just succeeded … hopefully not by handing the DMV administrator $35,000 in a brown paper bag, as Colonel House would’ve done during his salad days as a young aristocrat on the make in Texas.

Good, but… why exactly is any level of government dictating what kind of vehicle you can buy, own, and drive? Suppose I want to indulge myself and stick a 460 Lincoln in a fat tire bike? It would, of course, die horribly but that is entirely my decision to make.

A couple years ago I decided to strive for pre 1964 vehicles. They are simpler, classier, don’t have smog systems or seat belts, they are in fact a nice way to enjoy old, free-er America, licensing is easy and often permanent. I know full well that the communists could change the rules at any time, that’s the single biggest reason democracy is irredeemably evil and entirely unacceptable, but those of us outside the mainstream are a small enough group to slip through the cracks and be left alone.

Additionally if I want a small truck, anything before 1955 is smaller and quite useful. I am free to pick and choose what features I want, EFI/engine and transmission management, absolutely. Air bags and seat belts, not a effing chance. Disc brakes and power rack n pinion, and radial tires? Fo shizzle! Automatic with deep overdrive, what’s not to like? GPS navigation, sure, with a cheap tablet or standalone GPS docked in a custom pocket on the dash. With minimal snooping by third parties.

I’ve also found there is a ready market for my stuff, when I get tired of it someone will pay for it.

The point of this ramble is that this may NOT be a step in the right direction, as it accepts state authority where it is never legitimately granted. And when folks start getting killed trying to run their kei trucks in Dallas loop traffic, there will be wailing and gnashing of teeth and demands by hysterical women of all genders to do something. Because that’s where we are at right now.

I love the JDM vehicles. When I lived in NZ for a couple years I bought a used Toyota Townace that was perfect for my personal and business use. NZ has no car industry so many of the cars there are imported used JDM cars. In Australia I also had a Toyota Hiace converted in Japan to a camper that was a great campervan with all the comforts including a tiny bathroom with shower. It’s a shame that we have to wait til they are 25 years old to import these vehicles into the US – to support a multi-million $ salary for the incompetent traitorous CEO of GM.
It reminds me of the Twentieth Century Auto Company in Atlas Shrugged where the employees voted to destroy their jobs and their employer for “the greater good.”

I titled and insured a military M-151 jeep in Michigan in 1981. There was absolutely no problem doing so. The Secretary of State issued a VIN. It was titled as an “assembled vehicle”. My insurance agent wanted to visually see the vehicle. There were no seat belts or other “safety systems” installed. I think that he just wanted to see what the vehicle looked like. Insurance was no problem as well.
I wonder if I could get away with the same thing in today’s world…

Support your local county as well when they run interference to your screwball libtard state government. We can drive ATVs on many county roads here “farm use”. I’ve seen several side by sides in town lately as well, the city cops don’t seem to be bothered and the county sheriff is a good ‘ol boy won’t bother hassling anyone local.

Man if you keep reporting on Relevant subjects “for the masses” ..I can assure you Gitmo awaits…
I LOVE THOSE ABSOLUTELY FUNCTIONAL ICE MINIMALIST VEHICLES 🎯🎯🎯
Way to go ep👍…
I just wish there was a slightly larger model..
Without having to purchase the ubiquitous Daihatsu 1.5 tonner .. in the DR..
The only problem my Caracas “squeeze “ has with this vehicle is….” Not Macho Enough “!!😂😂😂

Great article hmmmm I wonder if I could license it here in Michifornia? How long are those beds if anyone knows?

Edward Mandell House was the big money cabal’s inside guy for influencing Wilson to promote and then eventually sign the Owen’s-Glass bill that created the federal reserve 1913. Interesting that he wrote a fictional novel about a revolution in America into a dictatorship. (I wonder if he and Wilson were gay?)

The Kei or a Bongo would be perfect for a group of subdivision neighbors to co-own. Most suburbanites rarely need a truck, but the Kei / Bongo would be just fine for the occasional suburbanite use.

Mission creep is the gradual or incremental expansion of an intervention, project or mission, beyond its original scope, focus or goals, a ratchet effect spawned by initial success.

I remember my friend’s ’90s era Nissan truck. It was very small, the cab was cramped for two husky Americans. No AC or cassette player. Basically a Kei truck. All the earmarks of modern cars were there: The middle of the dash, which included the heater and air vent, was obviously preassembled and installed as one unit. The “bench” seat was actually two individual seats, the driver seat was a little wider. Easier to install and gave the option for the passenger to slide back. Cheap to build, cheap to ship over from Japan. Heaviest thing it ever hauled was my friend’s fat ass around but it worked for him.

But it was made for the final days of the 55 mph speed limit. I doubt it could hit 65 going down a steep hill. Good thing too, since the 14″ tires had minimal disk brakes that would warp on a hot summer afternoon. But it was better than walking.

As they got better, they got bigger. And the mission changed from cheap and practical to competition for buyers on the 0%, $0 money down Greenspan financing plan. When you can walk out of a showroom with a $30K vehicle with nothing more than a signature and a smile, who cares if it has a bunch of unnecessary accessories? Besides, the stereo’s cooler than the air-conditioning. And while we’re at it, those airbags and adult child safety seats are now required. What are you gonna do about it? Can’t fight city hall, right?

And what about those seats? Now that they’re engineered for compliance instead of usefulness, better add weird back doors so you can get behind them. That simple hook latch on the back of the bench seat, the one that was just fine for the better part of a century? Is now verboten. Instead we’ll just design in a half-door behind the driver door and sell it as a cool feature. And now all vehicles are four door. More mission creep engineering.

Now that we put all that effort into adding another door, why not go all out and put a full back seat crew cab. The old Toyota jump seats, well, no way they were “compliant” with the regulation, but people liked having them for the occasional ride home from the game, or maybe to help out a friend in need. Nope, sitting sideways on a vinyl covered piece of steel wasn’t “safe” in high speed crash testing so they had to go, even if the public liked them. More adult sized child safety seats in the back, more doors, more cab engineering. Less space for the cargo bed. Truck is looking less like a truck all the time.

And what started out as a Kei truck (BTW also subject to the “chicken tax”), which pretty much must be larger thanks to the “launch zone” of the airbags (sit too close and they break orbital sockets and jaws when they inflate), and there’s no small simple pickup truck sold in America. That’s OK, sell features no one was asking for, like gear selectors that have little motorized hide-a-way cubbyholes so you can set up your laptop at the job site (or charging station) and get some emails sent.

I really like that they have such a different look because they will not be blending in with the rest of traffic. Speaking of which what is with the new Tesla armageddon vehicle. To each his own but this thing is massive (and seriously ugly). How many miles can you drive this thing before you need to charge for two days?

‘A Kei truck is just small, light, simple and useful.’ — eric

Many Japanese manufacturers use Toyota’s kanban system, in which the onus is on suppliers to continually replenish their parts bin at assembly plants. Small kei trucks shuttle through small streets to deliver small loads, multiple times per day.

Supersize America takes a different approach:

‘The “Biden” administration will give up to $6.4 billion in grants to help [sic] Samsung, the South Korean company, fund its new chip manufacturing hub in Taylor, Texas.

‘Last week, federal officials said they would award up to $6.6 billion in grants to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company. Last month Intel was awarded up to $8.5 billion in grants, the single largest grant under the new program.

‘Legislation gave the Commerce Department $39 billion to dole out as grants, as incentives to chipmakers to construct and expand plants in the US. — NYT

https://archive.ph/wjNjH#selection-7119.210-7119.365

This is state industry, comrades, courtesy of the CHIPS ‘n Sciency Act, passed in a Congress Clown panic in response to a temporary pandemic-related supply shortage. It is inherently corrupt, picking out winners and losers. When the illusion prevails that fedgov funds are unlimited and cost-free, this sort of industrial policy log rolling goes HOG WILD.

Colonel House — the de facto 28th US president after Woody Wilson was felled by a stroke and served out his remaining term in a sepulchral bedroom — could only dream of wheeling, dealing and conniving on this brobdingnagian scale.

Death to the chip-mongers.

Excellent report, Eric. Thank you.

It would interesting to learn how the previous prohibition on registering kei trucks in Texas was reversed. Someone lobbied for this, and someone in state government changed the policy.

The most delicious aspect of registering kei trucks is that they severely undercut the pricing of bloated, porked-out fedgov-mobiles like the Tacoma, Ranger, Colorado, and Frontier.

If those fat-bottomed, chip-encrusted pickups can’t compete, let them die. The customer is king. Auto makers who became made men of the saaaaaaafety cult forgot this. Now it is our turn to be the deciders.

I’ve seen one of these in my local area! I see it and its owner out and about sometimes.