When the Apocalypse comes, I beg you to be in this Badass Honda Passport

Welcome to 2025. The ice caps are gone, society has collapsed, Twinkies is exhausted, reality TV is no longer, and the comic style of Carrot Top is (thankfully) a distant memory. You have been warned that you should buy a refillable water bottle and stop leaving the lights on in your empty house, but you have not listened and now the planet is a hellish landscape consisting of carcasses of buildings and bands of wandering scavengers. All semblance of world government has disappeared, as well as the electrical networks and the 12 packs of La Croix. Fortunately, you have a car equipped for this new cruel world. You had the chance to come across one of the Honda Passport Adventure Lifestyle projects.

Built by Jsport in 2019 as a Honda concept vehicle for Overland Expo West, the Adventure Lifestyle project includes a lift kit (1.5 inches at the front, 0.75 inches at the rear ), a modular roof rack combined with a Roofnest retractable tent. Nitto RidgeGrappler mounts off-road tires around more aggressive 18-inch wheels, running boards and, of course, Honda's all-wheel drive system.

All of this means you can get up and get out of the city and make your way through the arid desert that was once America's agricultural land. The standard passport offers ample storage space for the rest of your life with exactly 100.7 cubic feet of storage space, with the second-row seats folded down. The cargo area is littered with compartments and smart receptacles, including a tray located under the rear storage floor – ideal for hiding your stock of hand sanitizer that is alarmingly depleting.

Night stops during your arduous journey (where are you going anyway?) Are easy: the tent on the roof can be opened in seconds by simply releasing the metal latches and pushing up – hydraulic struts do the hard work for you. The tent is pre-installed with a very comfortable mattress and a storage net. There is certainly enough space to accommodate one (or two who have conjugal relationships), which is ideal for your solo adventurer status. The included ladder that snaps into the base of the tent facilitates the entry and exit of it. The ladder can collapse and be tucked inside with you to ensure nighttime security in case of bears or zombies. Did I mention that there are zombies? There are zombies.

Inside, Honda, as usual, has all the technical and technological comfort you can enjoy during the apocalypse. Heated and ventilated seats, wireless phone charging and three zone air conditioning are just a few of the features you get. More usefully, there is a 115V household socket on the passenger side to power your distress beacon. Or Xbox. It's your world now. Adaptive Cruise Control, Android Auto and Apple CarPlay features, and traffic alerts are a little less useful. These are features much appreciated before the great disaster.

The base passport has never been an off-road hero, with its all-wheel drive system better suited to wet pavements than rubble collection. Even with a freight elevator and Mulisha metal studded tires, it will still be very easy to get in the way of aggressive tracks and get stuck in a situation. The beautiful side steps of the footboard look great, but bite at the ankle when you leave the driver's seat, they have also become the lowest point of the chassis and the most likely to go aground when trying to achieve true off-road outings. This will put a stop to your emergency getaways through the ruins. The standard Honda Passport has never been designed for extreme or even less arduous terrain adventures. This is always the case even after modifications ready for the apocalypse. If you are not careful, it will be your death in the wastelands.

The fuel consumption of the Adventure Lifestyle Project is another major problem for your survival. When the standard passport is 19 mpg in the city and 24 on the highway, with its roof tent and aggressive tires, your fuel consumption will be much lower than this consumption (we have an average of 16 mpg over two days of mixed driving on and off the road). This means a lot more fuel recovery and shootings with local gasoline groups. Good luck with that.

But for these few negatives, it is always the choice of the car of the person who thinks in the apocalypse. The Land Rover Defenders are not cool, the Lexus GXs are rugged and luxurious, and a Jeep can take you to the most remote places. And now, they are certainly all down. Overlanding was a cool hobby when a 7-11 year old mechanic or mechanic was never more than 3 hours away, but without reserve available anywhere, you have to bet your life on reliability , and not on the credibility of the street.

The Hondas last forever, we all know it. The roaches and cars of the Japanese economy will inherit the Earth, making the Honda Passport the only logical decision for the end of the world. They are not fragile. They have the right kind of technology to keep you safe and moving, without the luxury features that will eventually break (looking at your air suspension). The Hondas are easy to repair with hand tools, with many parts scattered on the wrecks of the company. And they last 200,000 km with negligent or even clever talk.

Mad Max has it all wrong with his hot rods Burning Man. The winning gangs after the collapse of the society will all lead CR-Vs, elements and other seasoned Hondas. And you can manage them all in your One-of-One Adventure Lifestyle project. You have chosen correctly and now you must survive. Well done.

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