Honda And Piper Take To The Skies On A Wing, A Prayer And A HondaJet

Ray Wert — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 20:00:00 EDT

Is there a business Honda's not in? Back in 2003, Honda came up with plans for a new experimental compact business jet equipped with Honda-developed HF118 jet engines. Now, after three years of tinkering with it, they've now set up a way to sell the little bastards. They've signed an alliance with Florida-based ~~we have a~~ Piper ~~down~~ Aircraft, Inc, for sales and marketing support and now it looks like Honda's goal of taking to the skies is ready to take flight. All we know is it never bodes well for a company doing well in auto sales to suddenly decide to shovel money by crook and by foot into the money pit that is aircraft development. Good to see that other companies can head down the same shit-hole taken by luminaries such as SAAB.

Honda jumps into jet market [Freep]

Line 'Em Up! Round I Of The Official Car Pundit Drinking Game

Ray Wert — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 17:48:55 EDT

Alright boys n' girls — time to drop your cocks and pick up your socks for the first round of the "Official Car Pundit Drinking Game" For those of you who don't remember the debauchery, a friendly commenter used Wert's recent appearance on CNBC's "On The Money" and created a simple but epic game of drinks. Well, we're expanding on it. For this, the inaugural round of the Game, we're opening the game up to not only Jalop's on the air, but to all auto pundits. And we've received word Micheline "Micki" Maynard, Detroit Bureau Chief of none other than the paper of record, The New York Times, wil be appearing on the very same show this all started on tonight. The topic is the HondaJet. With that, and the starter rules below the jump, let's see what y'all can do with this one. You've got until 6:59 PM tonight to hit the jump and leave some additional drinking rules in the comments or via tips@jalopnik.com for tonight's 7:00 PM show on CNBC. The best additions to the original list by TexansAreHot will get a prize. Be creative and be funny but remember to also play nice.

THE RULES AS OF NOW

Take 1 drink;
- If the pundit nods with appreciation when his/her name is mentioned.
- Each time the line of questioning turns to the pundit.
- Everytime the eyes shift (2 drinks if eyes shift away from camera).
- When the phrase "it's a global market" is mentioned in its entirety.
- If a company is mentioned as being "close to bankruptcy."
- Every time a panel member says "I think."
- If a panel member nods more than four times without saying anything.

Take 2 drinks;
- If a company is called by a name other than that given by shareholders (ex: "Ford Motor Company" is called "FoMoCo")
- If a celebrity starring in an auto company ad is brought up.
- If a name-drop of any C-level Exec occurs (ex: "Well, when I was having lunch yesterday with Bob Lutz..."

Finish your beer;
- If someone uses the term "Step 2"
- If the word Jalopnik or the phrase "You're With Me, Jalopnik" is uttered

Finish your beer and another;
- If someone mentions the "Official Auto Pundit Drinking Game"

Jalopnik: HondaJet

Honda And Piper Take To The Skies On A Wing, A Prayer And A HondaJet

Line 'Em Up! Round I Of The Official Car Pundit Drinking Game