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Yep, Veilside as in "Vey-ill side"...I've heard my mate in Perth say "Veel-side"... I asked him if he was talking about meat, which he promptly told me to fugg off...

That took me 32 seconds to download... it ain't that bad! Basically, theres this 20-something Texan dude with an 86ish Hahnda Praylood with a "55hp" Hahnda "Vay-Tack" engine, and he's giving a running comentary of all the "moaw-de-fi-kiay-shuns"... he goes on about all the flashy lights and crap on the dash that he has no fuggin' clue about. The wheels on it aren't that bad though...

A "Rukus"...

Yes mate, of course there is...Check NEWs PUBLISHING, although it's still under construction, you should be able to subscribe to "Club Skyline" in a couple of weeks... international orders no problem.

Heh, heh... speaking about "nude", theres a men's personal grooming line-up called "Nude" or "Nudy". Can be found at any Mini-stop or Lawson...

Yes, everything I posted above was about the 4-door, if theres any confusion...

I'll be in Perth then, guiding some poor hapless Japanese girls around...

You went to Asakusa! Did you go there on Sunday the 11th? I was there too from about 3 - 3:30pm to 4:30... shitloads of people there though, I'm not suprised I didn't see you.

I don't wanna throw a spanner in the works here, but this is what I've got: 2.5 25GT 98/05～01/05 FR MT/AT 2.5 25GT-V 99/08～01/05 FR MT/AT 2.5 25GT-X 98/05～01/05 FR AT only 2.5 25GT FOUR 98/05～00/07 4WD MT/AT 2.5 25GT Turbo 98/05～01/05 FR MT/AT 2.5 25GT-X FOUR 98/05～01/05 4WD AT only 2.5 25GT-X Turbo 98/05～00/07 FR MT/AT Are you using Car Sensor Troy?

Yes, yes and yes. In fact, I'd go as far to say that you couldn't NOT sell R34s...

Yeah, I've heard of/seen them many times. I usually see them on Cimas and other try hard VIP cruiser type cars. I say 'try hard' coz everybody knows Junction Produce are the dons of VIP with their Scara wheels...

AMEN!

Ok, Troy pretty much summed up the 260RS bar a few things... and one VERY important thing. The series 1 (97/10 - 98/7) and the series 2 (98/8 - 01/9) are pretty much the same except: - Cruise control is omitted on the series 2 - Series 1 (black, white and silver colors avail.) Series 2 (Black pearl and Silver avail.) - Series 2 has some kind of variable valve timing (sorry, no more info on this) - Series 2 has discharge headlights, Series 1 doesn't - Series 1 has front and rear spoilers, Series 2 doesn't (don't know what they class as 'spoilers' though! extra extensions on the bumpers maybe) And the big one... - Series 1 has 'normal' 4WD, Series 2 has ATTESA ETS... I trust Car Sensor, they (along with Goo) are the authorities on Japanese cars here. The no ATTESA thing with the Series 1 is bound to cause some concern, but I can't see why Car Sensor would make an error that big... like I say, they're usually spot on.

If no one beats me to it, I'll post up some good stuff tonight...

Theres one magazine name that amused me... Tamago Club.Tamago (egg) Club: ...for pregnant ladies obviously!:looney:

I was hoping for a "Cheese" option aswell...

I hope we can unearth some real funny and/or wierd stuff in this thread... I'll start: Japanese Product Names Hitachi Wooo, Asse Chocolate (no joke!), T+A Curry, J-Faerie... the list goes ooooooooooon... Who hasn't laughed at some of the product names in Japan? Sometimes it seems that the names are decided by monkey on crack, but in actual fact, alot of thought and planning is put into these names... well most of them! One of my students yesterday told me she works at "Mister Donuts". Mr Donuts is all over Japan, selling donuts and coffee (and other things) in the same vein as McDonalds. Anyway, having been there dozens of times, one of my favourite donuts is the "Old Fashion". "Thats a pretty normal name" you might say. But then theres the "Choco Fashion"!!! Yep, to keep with the "---- Fashioned" name tag, a Choco Fashion donut is an "Old Fashion" donut dipped half-way in chocolate. I told the Mr Donuts student that "Choco Fashion" didn't really roll off the tongue so well, and that it sounded quite funny to say, but she defended the name by saying "But Japanese people can understand 'Choco'!".... rrrrrrrrright.:looney: I left it at that! Fire away with more guys!

We have a winner... WEDs Kranze ERM: Oddly enough, they don't say anything on the Weds site about gold versions though...

My post above was a direct summary of what various Japanese friends have told me, so I don't know how you can "disagree" with anything I posted. Twas not my opinion. You're disagreeing with what Japanese people have said about their own car industry...As for the "Australia isn't as cool as the US", that was a direct quote (although not "" quoted) from my man Kazuya himself. The context is: If D1 had it's overseas debut in Australia, not the US, of what benefit would that give the D1 organizers? Everyone outside Australia would be asking "Why didn't they organize a US event instead?" The US is a drawcard in Japan, Australia is but a curiosity for most. Having said that, from a business perspective, money is the driving force for Japanese expansion to the US, that obviously comes under the banner of "cool"...

:D nice 1....Nick: No, I didn't invite her up the Ferris Wheel (Umeda HEP 5 Navio ferris wheel - for those that know Osaka), but she did invite me to luch last Sunday with one of the Dunlop Direzza girls... to which I declined... I was too tired! (Try speaking Japanese when you got 5 hours sleep the night before - instant headf*ck... theres always next time;))

Iyaya... I *had* that Ikeya Shifter on my site, but after Ikeya went through their 3rd generation make-over for it, I got a bit suspicious about them... good idea if Ikeya actually open up a branch in Australia to handle all the warranty work....

I thought you would...

... in 1955...

Top thread Cam... The Japanese (in the Auto Industry anyway) have a deep seated idea that nothing they do is really *legit* until it takes off in the US. Inferiority complexes are still evident, but very well hidden... A good deal of ego-boosting is derived from Japanese culture making it's way into the US (which has it's own self-proclaimed "culture"), and so it's kind of like reverse satisfaction. The US stuck it to them in WWII, but the Japs now have the upper hand with the cars and all the aftermarket stuff that goes with it. So why not push that angle? This is one reason why you get the Japanese literally just dropping everything to break into the US market, even though the support for such a thing is minimal. Why don't they come to Australia with the D1? Because Australia is not as cool as the US on a world scale... period. Having said that, there are a few drifter guys in the UK who are thinking the same thing. **This just in... I just got off the phone to my firend Kazuya, and he seems to think that in the US, there are a whole bunch of guys who are interested in drift *who have money to make things happen*... whereas in Australia, you've basically got a bunch of young guys with no money who have big dreams of drift becoming a pro sport in Oz... Kazuyas been to Brisbane and Sydney a few times by the way!

FranZ, absolutely top stuff there... you now officially have a fan in Japan!Just one thing, this new one you posted is very similar to the one you posted a few weeks ago... don't get me wrong, they're superb pics, but a *daylight* pic of Perth in the exact same position but during the day around lunch time would show off Perth a bit better, as during the day it's easier to see just how much greenery is there (this is from a Japanese point of view!) Sorry to ask, and I realize this isn't "Photos R Us"... but could you take a pic of Perth during the day? If you can FranZ, when I come down there in April, I'll introduce to you the Japanese girls that I'm showing your work to.