[{"id": 16105122, "authorName": "cincycaddy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/cincycaddy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Super dope combo!", "likes": 8, "timestamp": 1731524196, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16105157, "authorName": "IHateCars", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ihatecars/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Anime characters on wheels.", "likes": 8, "timestamp": 1731524327, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16105290, "authorName": "Turbo-Tastic", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/turbo-tastic/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Someone has good taste\u2026\ud83e\udd0c", "likes": 9, "timestamp": 1731524690, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16105353, "authorName": "carsfromafar (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/carsfromafar/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Hello all, seller here, please any questions or requests reach out during the auction. It took me a few years of looking in Japan to find the \u201cright\u201d City. And this is really the factory BG-17 Honda Miami Blue! Very hard to find a good City lately but one like this, you just won\u2019t find again. Any questions let me know!", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1731524896, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16105449, "authorName": "vfguy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/vfguy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Very cool car. Kinda reminds me of the VW Thing somehow. GLWTA!", "likes": 6, "timestamp": 1731525187, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16105706, "authorName": "Jetkka", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jetkka/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Those wheels are really something.", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1731526112, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16105714, "authorName": "Touchdowntodd", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/touchdowntodd/", "bidAmount": 5000, "content": "$5,000 bid placed by Touchdowntodd", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1731526132, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16108400, "authorName": "Abonchat", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/abonchat/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Too bad it's an automatic. Would have been an awesome combination to tow behind an RV. Nevertheless it's very cool. GLWTA!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1731534692, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16109040, "authorName": "tintinmilou", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tintinmilou/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Does the City have no trunk at all? I thought the concept of the motocompacto was that it fit in the trunk? But maybe the City's trunk isn't large enough?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1731536686, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16109629, "authorName": "carsfromafar (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/carsfromafar/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The City has a rear hatch trunk and even with the top down it\u2019s surprisingly roomy back there. The Motocompacto is surprisingly heavy IMO and it is not easiest thing to do it sideways to slide on the rear. But the Motocompacto weighed obviously much more. Just not my preference or recommendation to stow it in the rear.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1731541600, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16110563, "authorName": "RidleysRides", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ridleysrides/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "WOW! What a Cute COMBO! DREAM MACHINES!", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1731550858, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16120863, "authorName": "iphone3", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/iphone3/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Name a better combo.", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1731666181, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16125431, "authorName": "LongDucDong", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/longducdong/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This is the coolest thing on BAT as of today. Facts. GLWTA!", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1731700832, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16125866, "authorName": "Rogerwilcolv", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rogerwilcolv/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This is fantastic! It'll be hard NOT to bid! GLWTS!", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1731701899, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16144187, "authorName": "carsfromafar (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/carsfromafar/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This video is the absolute best on the City Cabriolet. My contact in Japan found it for me. I would not have even known about the \u201csecret\u201d top dash compartment or the proper way to lower the top without this! Just fantastic overview and was impossible for me to find searching YouTube in English.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1731944191, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16144190, "authorName": "carsfromafar (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/carsfromafar/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1731944220, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16145813, "authorName": "Cwbryson", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/cwbryson/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Aitsu Basuketto\r\n\r\nI think this is the closest translation to what we\u2019d call the VW version. Maybe there\u2019s a Japanese speaker who can let us know if they have a similar derision.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1731954272, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16156524, "authorName": "EternalSportsmind", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/eternalsportsmind/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Cool color coordinated combo!\r\nWould the Motocompacto fit in the trunk without folding the rear seatback down?", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1732042574, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16157609, "authorName": "carsfromafar (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/carsfromafar/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@EternalSportsmind I was just worried I\u2019d hit the Motocompacto on the bumper or chip it up angling it into the back. Yes it should fit just so at an angle with the seat up, the Motocompacto has some heft to it would be much easier to angle it in with two people. And of course with the seat folded down you have a ton of space.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1732046166, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16158655, "authorName": "Viper97", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/viper97/", "bidAmount": 5100, "content": "$5,100 bid placed by Viper97", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1732049760, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16158806, "authorName": "carsfromafar (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/carsfromafar/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "One thing to mention, this is a 3 speed trans but it has an overdrive selection on the shifter and it really makes a difference over 50 mph. The normal driving position is a star logo and that\u2019s shown on speedometer, then you can shift down to overdrive and it\u2019s like you have an extra gear. Not sure how it works!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1732050291, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16160455, "authorName": "JungleDan", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jungledan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "hey all- you can trust the seller- he got me a retired fire truck from Japan (1995 Hiace)- this guy is the real deal, knows his stuff and is honest- interact with confidence", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1732055978, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16161483, "authorName": "IrishWhiskey", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/irishwhiskey/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "My Asian wife would love this...she misses her GTI, and thinks the BMW M2 is too big! Its a auto too, not my choice, but easy for her to run errands. Somebody slap me...", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1732065011, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16161485, "authorName": "IrishWhiskey", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/irishwhiskey/", "bidAmount": 5200, "content": "$5,200 bid placed by IrishWhiskey", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1732065020, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16162100, "authorName": "Touchdowntodd", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/touchdowntodd/", "bidAmount": 5300, "content": "$5,300 bid placed by Touchdowntodd", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1732071843, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16162834, "authorName": "Viper97", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/viper97/", "bidAmount": 5400, "content": "$5,400 bid placed by Viper97", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1732101095, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16162937, "authorName": "Touchdowntodd", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/touchdowntodd/", "bidAmount": 5500, "content": "$5,500 bid placed by Touchdowntodd", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1732105312, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16163453, "authorName": "Viper97", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/viper97/", "bidAmount": 6000, "content": "$6,000 bid placed by Viper97", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1732112651, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16163788, "authorName": "andyrog", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/andyrog/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I don't understand a word of Japanese, but that video is one of the most perfectly informative and delightful I've ever seen on BaT!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1732115990, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16164085, "authorName": "Ztidechild", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ztidechild/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This is Sooooo Dope!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1732118385, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16164108, "authorName": "Tombo62", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tombo62/", "bidAmount": 7669, "content": "$7,669 bid placed by Tombo62", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1732118534, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16164138, "authorName": "Tombo62", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tombo62/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@JungleDan I bought my first HiAce Firetruck from Dave as well! Then with his help proceeded to import 50 JDM\u2019s myself!! Great seller!!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1732118777, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16164283, "authorName": "carsfromafar (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/carsfromafar/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Thanks so much @Tombo and @JungleDan !!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1732120049, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16164447, "authorName": "VolvoguyKC", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/volvoguykc/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "it's impossible to ride a Motocompacto without a huge smile on your face", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1732121267, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16164517, "authorName": "Johnthephachanh", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/johnthephachanh/", "bidAmount": 7888, "content": "$7,888 bid placed by Johnthephachanh", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1732121706, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16164670, "authorName": "Touchdowntodd", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/touchdowntodd/", "bidAmount": 8067, "content": "$8,067 bid placed by Touchdowntodd", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1732122697, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16164672, "authorName": "Touchdowntodd", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/touchdowntodd/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "67hp\r\n$67 in the bid lol", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1732122714, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16164830, "authorName": "onlyhonda4me", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/onlyhonda4me/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@VolvoguyKC\nTruer words have never been spoken....\n\n...and if you ring the mechanical bell while passing a pedestrian, it's almost impossible for them not to smile as well", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1732123968, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16164852, "authorName": "carsfromafar (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/carsfromafar/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "We have another Motocompacto at home and let me tell you, taking it over to a friends house and letting the kids ride around the neighborhood on it is just the funnest thing! Everyone smiling and laughing, Honda really made something FUN!", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1732124064, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16166032, "authorName": "Viper97", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/viper97/", "bidAmount": 8200, "content": "$8,200 bid placed by Viper97", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1732128928, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16166687, "authorName": "carsfromafar (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/carsfromafar/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Just about an hour left for this factory Miami Blue City with the Motocompacto! I am easy to get to, 80 miles east of Nashville. Winner is welcome to come and pick up, or I can help arrange shipping to anywhere in the USA at really good rates. The City will be stored in a climate controlled garage until picked up, safe and sound! Thanks to all!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1732130639, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16167004, "authorName": "Tombo62", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tombo62/", "bidAmount": 8469, "content": "$8,469 bid placed by Tombo62", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1732131785, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16167227, "authorName": "andyrog", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/andyrog/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "How hard is it to find a cover for the retracted soft top, and what is the cost?", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1732132409, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16167368, "authorName": "carsfromafar (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/carsfromafar/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@andyrog something like that I usually search Yahoo Auctions in Japan, but they very well may be reproduced and sold new, would need the right search terms in Japanese to look for one", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1732132887, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16167464, "authorName": "IrishWhiskey", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/irishwhiskey/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@andyrog any automotive/boat interior/top places could make that cover for this...", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1732133280, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16167793, "authorName": "RidleysRides", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ridleysrides/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "WOW! Not even covering what the CITY should sell for at this price", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1732134655, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16167811, "authorName": "Viper97", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/viper97/", "bidAmount": 8600, "content": "$8,600 bid placed by Viper97", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1732134711, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16167835, "authorName": "ronst", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ronst/", "bidAmount": 8751, "content": "$8,751 bid placed by ronst", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1732134817, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16167849, "authorName": "Tombo62", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tombo62/", "bidAmount": 9169, "content": "$9,169 bid placed by Tombo62", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1732134852, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16167853, "authorName": "Viper97", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/viper97/", "bidAmount": 10000, "content": "$10,000 bid placed by Viper97", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1732134867, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16167867, "authorName": "ronst", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ronst/", "bidAmount": 10251, "content": "$10,251 bid placed by ronst", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1732134908, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16167872, "authorName": "Dobyhighwayman", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dobyhighwayman/", "bidAmount": 11500, "content": "$11,500 bid placed by Dobyhighwayman", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1732134918, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16167875, "authorName": "Viper97", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/viper97/", "bidAmount": 12000, "content": "$12,000 bid placed by Viper97", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1732134929, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16167890, "authorName": "Tombo62", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tombo62/", "bidAmount": 12469, "content": "$12,469 bid placed by Tombo62", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1732134978, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16167903, "authorName": "ronst", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ronst/", "bidAmount": 12981, "content": "$12,981 bid placed by ronst", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1732135022, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16167906, "authorName": "Tombo62", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tombo62/", "bidAmount": 13469, "content": "$13,469 bid placed by Tombo62", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1732135047, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16167911, "authorName": "ronst", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ronst/", "bidAmount": 13981, "content": "$13,981 bid placed by ronst", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1732135064, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16167919, "authorName": "Tombo62", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tombo62/", "bidAmount": 14369, "content": "$14,369 bid placed by Tombo62", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1732135079, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16167950, "authorName": "Epi", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/epi/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Goo tombo62", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1732135178, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16167954, "authorName": "ronst", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ronst/", "bidAmount": 14761, "content": "$14,761 bid placed by ronst", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1732135188, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16167957, "authorName": "Tombo62", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tombo62/", "bidAmount": 15169, "content": "$15,169 bid placed by Tombo62", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1732135200, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16167964, "authorName": "wigglysqiggly", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/wigglysqiggly/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Savage!!", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1732135214, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16167966, "authorName": "ronst", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ronst/", "bidAmount": 16551, "content": "$16,551 bid placed by ronst", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1732135218, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16167989, "authorName": "mcvecchio", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mcvecchio/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1732135288, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16167993, "authorName": "Tombo62", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tombo62/", "bidAmount": 17269, "content": "$17,269 bid placed by Tombo62", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1732135299, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16168000, "authorName": "wigglysqiggly", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/wigglysqiggly/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "LET'S GO!!!", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1732135315, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16168036, "authorName": "Tombo62", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tombo62/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "At this rate, I can\u2019t afford gas for the Moto conpacto!", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1732135416, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16168038, "authorName": "Tombo62", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tombo62/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Sold on 11/20/24 for $17,269 to Tombo62", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1732135419, "type": "bat-bid-reserve"}, {"id": 16168045, "authorName": "wigglysqiggly", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/wigglysqiggly/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Congratulations!!!", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1732135437, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16168071, "authorName": "carsfromafar (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/carsfromafar/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Congrats to @Tombo and thank you to all who bid and commented, and many thanks to @bringatrailer for always having me! Thank you!", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1732135492, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16168304, "authorName": "RidleysRides", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ridleysrides/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Congrats to @Tombo you got an extremely KOOL & Very RARE CITY! Where is it GOING?", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1732136208, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16168779, "authorName": "Tombo62", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tombo62/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@RidleyRides It\u2019s a keeper! It\u2019ll go next to my Autozam AZ1, Honda Beat and Suzuki Cappuccino! A new C in the ABC lineup!!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1732137650, "type": "comment"}]