[DETERMINATION] Logical Drive Lab Takes Off to the Other Side of the Ocean!
Alright, real talk: even I think I went a bit overboard this time.
For this past week, my fingertips weren’t gripping the S2000’s steering wheel; they were relentlessly pounding the keyboard. A mission I tackled with bloodshot eyes until the middle of the night. That mission? “Translating everything to English.”
Logical Drive Lab has finally crossed the ocean, baby!
■ X (the artist formerly known as Twitter) Blew Up a Little, for Some Reason
It all started when someone from the U.S. (?) suddenly slid into my DMs. He asked me to show him my car. So, I uploaded a photo I had on X, even though it wasn’t a particularly great one.
Seriously, it was just one random photo of the S2000. And yet… suddenly, the notification bar on my smartphone was completely filled with strings of alphabetic chaos!
“Wow! This yellow beast is sick!” “Amazing S2000!”
…Whoa, hold up. The US, the UK, Australia. JDM heads from all over the world are spamming “like” on my yellow chunk of steel!
Honestly, I still don’t get why this photo resonated so much with people overseas. It’s just a gas station, and it’s a rear view of the car!
I was never really a big X user, mostly just a lurker, but this completely changed my mind.
It seems many were more interested in the Japanese gas station than the car itself, but they’re still praising my car so much from just the rear. Man, what good people. If everyone were like this, maybe there wouldn’t be any wars… Seriously.
■ A “Straight” Message from the USA Moved Me to Action
Then, the decisive blow arrived in a DM (Direct Message).
“Hey, I love your blog but I can’t read Japanese. Can you make an English version?”
Let’s be clear. In this day and age, you can read any language in a second using translation tools. But forcing our overseas brothers to go through the trouble of “copying and pasting to translate”? As someone who loves Honda’s masterpiece, that just felt too unfriendly, didn’t it?
“If I can’t trust machine translation to get the nuance right, I’ll just build it myself, with my own hands!”
That’s right. That was the exact moment my logic made the absolute maddest decision: “Translate Every Single Post.”
Most Japanese people study English, but how many actually reach the point where they can use it perfectly? I bet you’ve had that thought too.
Yup, I’m one of them. I worked hard on the English translation, but to be honest, the content might be a little suspect. But still, when I’m asked, I just have to do my best, even with my clumsy English!
■ [NEW] Feast Your Eyes on the “Language Switcher Button” at the Top of the Site!
And so, the “English pages” that I’ve been working on, even going as far as pausing blog updates for a week, are finally complete! Go ahead and give that “Language Switcher” in the site’s top menu or sidebar a click. You should hear my soul’s cry transform into fluent (?) English.
Now, whether you’re cruising down a California highway or a gentleman polishing his S2000 in the London rain, you can enjoy my articles stress-free. That’s the plan, anyway.
■ Finally: To My Fellow Soldiers in Japan, and to the World
To my Japanese readers who have been waiting for updates this past week, I’m sorry. And to all the people around the world who gave my photo so many “likes” on X, thank you again.
Honestly, the articles I write are just “self-satisfaction.” They might not be interesting, and they won’t appeal to everyone. But the fact that my self-satisfaction crossed the sea and connected to someone’s smile? In my car life, that made me happier than when I put on a brand-new set of Potenza (high-grip tires)!
Starting tomorrow, I plan to build more logical and perverted articles for S2000 drivers in Japan and around the world. Be prepared.
“Whether in Japanese or English, my VTEC love doesn’t waver even a single millimeter.”
■ AND…
“It’s a global expansion! I’m a global influencer now!” I excitedly reported this to my wife, and she was like,
“Huh, that’s great. So, will those ‘brothers around the world’ chip in for the huge spike in the electricity bill from you typing on your PC smiling in the middle of the night?”
And I was immediately countered with that sub-zero logic. Brrr.
My blog reached the world, but my wallet is about to be seized by domestic tariffs. The road to delivering articles to people overseas is tougher than VTEC acceleration! That’s just the way it is… That’s all for today!
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[The Origin] A Relationship Longer Than with My Wife. The Unexpected Reason I Ate the “S2000 Poison” and Decided on a Lifelong Commitment.
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