We're Taking the Rest of the Day Off for This…

by Steph Willems

August 7th, 2017 10:39 AM

we re taking the rest of the day off for this

Up here in Canadia, home of your humble associate editor, today marks the country’s Civic Holiday — a day where Canadianites from far and wide bundle into the country’s best-selling car ( 20 years running) and head to Alliston, Ontario.

Why Alliston? Honda, silly.

As laid out by our forefathers (they reached an accord), the Civic Holiday unites countrymen in their love for Japanese engineering, high-revving four-cylinders, and mods, mods, mods. At 6 p.m., we assemble in the parking lot of the Alliston plant to mark the return of the Civic hatch, the volume knob, and give thanks for the Type R, so long denied to us by the powers that be in Tokyo. There’ll be Labatt 50 on tap and government-mandated Uber rides.

Actually, it’s just a simple mid-summer holiday that doesn’t correspond with a similar day in the United States — and a rather scattershot one at that. Still, we’re planning to rest up, tip a glass to Archibald J. Civic, and return tomorrow with all the things you need to know to live an informed, fulfilled life. Until then, here’s another Civic.

[Images: Honda]

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EChid on Aug 08, 2017

Take note, that in the French Republic of Quebec, we do not get this holiday. As a transplanted Ontarian, I'm still a little mad about it.

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- JimC2 on Aug 08, 2017
  
  You need to rewrite this post in French and in a bigger font.
  
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- 28-Cars-Later on Aug 08, 2017
  
  Why?
  
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No Nickname Required on Aug 08, 2017

Jeff: Happy holidays! Walter: Screw you! It's merry Civic day!

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