MyJCar.com- News and Reviews of Japanese Motors in the Japanese Domestic Market (JDM)

In our PR efforts to getting the word about MyJCar.com we actually sponsored a charity event in Nagoya called “Border Crossing”. Unfortunately, the site wasn’t live at the time of the party so we weren’t sure how successful was going out of our way and putting out money.

I guess you have a couple Americans and a couple of Canadians who are planning on first joining the Adventurists Mongol Rally which is a Charity Rally from London to Ulan Bataar, Mongolia, running in a small 660cc Super Charged Subaru Sambar. According to their blog the event that we help fund was a total success and raised about 80% of their goal for fundraising September.

After Mongolia they’ll continue on the Japan Car Exports World Rally, which continues their trip to Vladvostok, Russia, through Japan and then accross the Americas (Canada and US). It looks like our logo might be catching a ride on their rally van around the world, exciting stuff.

Help cheer on and Support Team Smaller is Better on their Wordpress Blog.

Let’s face it. Oil’s running out, and with oil at topping 145 USD per barrel, gas isn’t getting any cheaper.

Here in Japan this month alone gas has raised ¥10 which is an equivalent to around 0.10USD per Liter (NOT GALLON) which more or less translates to more or less $6.40/gal. While stuff is closer here in Japan, there’s been an increase in bicycle sales (around the world) to beat the pump in response to gas prices.

I personally was considering buying a nice sedan, but now I’m actually considering options and maybe getting a Mini-Car or Micro-Van through an exporter that specializes in low gas mileage vehicles.

How are you guys beating the pump this summer (outside of not using your car).

[HDRJapan.com] [Japan Times][Financial Post]

Image PhotoChopped by Elmer, Source [MotoFoto on Flickr]

Henry Winkler, also known as the “Fonz” of Happy Days is in support to the British Government’s National Year of Reading, and is currently touring schools through the UK in a Lexus RX400h (”h” for Hybrid).

While people know the Fonz for his jukebox hit-fixing ways, being the almost bizzaro world version of the James Dean leather jacket motorcycle rebel, and the  “eey”s found now popular in Hip-Hop Music, Henry Winkler’s claim to fame now is being a a best-selling children’s novelist.

Winkler’s Series -Hank Zipster: The World’s Greatest Underachiever is partly autobiographical in the sense that Hank Zipster’s character is based off Winkler’s experiences with growing up with dyslexia.

[CarScoop.com] via [Jalopnik.com]

[Hank Zipster on Amazon.com]