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Kono foramu ni youkoso! Welcome guys to the Japan forum. I hope you`ll find what your looking for here, as there are plenty of members who are either living in Japan right now (Demon Dave, DaiOni, Evo_Lee, Streeter, akeenan, DCD, yukz2daizzo, and myself) or have been to Japan before. *This thread in paticular can be used for any feedback that people have about the Japan forum... don`t hold back. So I invite everybody to have a part in making this THE Skyline enthusiasts one-stop forum for anything and everything about Japan... especially the cars! Regards, Rezz

Your in Chiba and you`re not going SW20-GT??? You should come!

Cereal: That logo isn`t photochopped, it is indeed the JMC R34 GT-R Super Taikyu racecar...

Sorry, I meant Toyota Estima "rent-a-car"...!

Sounds pretty difficult! Altough never undestimate the holding capacity of a Toyota Estima...

Sorted. Thanks Blitz!

Aaah PranK? If you read this, can we score some SAU t-shirts or caps or something so we can do the big "SAU - 2004 TAS Contingent Photo"?

Thats cool Funky, whatever suits you best. I wouldn`t mind meeting the J-Spec guys anyway. Theres also 3 or 4 other guys that might be coming along with me, but they`re only tentatively booked.

Yep. I`ll be at the TAS on the 10th with a whole bunch of other guys (foreigners). I probably won`t be going back to Australia for quite some time.... not for at least another 5 years. Whats your clostest Drift Track? Aaaah Tsukuba? Sorry man, I`m in Kobe, and I`ve never been to Gunma. In fact I`d just look on the Internet to find the clostest track... probably what you`ve already done?

Alright! Sounds like we`ve got a contingent going... Franks: You say you`ve got 6 guys coming? Blitz: PM sent mate, sorry. You`ve got 6 coming too. Plus Funkymonkey with the "J-Spec" guys... (how many Funkymonkey?) ...and of course me and Demon Dave and our wives... Thats about 20 people? Two groups of 10? I have a feeling the J-Sec guys won`t want to join our group though?

I`m pretty sure the Skyline will continue on through V36, 37 ,38... but whether it`s ever going to emulate the R31 - 34 series again I don`t know. I hope so, because at the Nismo Festival, the R32s and 34s ruled, there was hardly any kind of enthusiasm for the V35! I like your second question... I agree. There MIGHT NOT be another GT-R for the forseeable future. Carlos Ghosn has pretty much put it on the backburner, and when Car Company CEOs do that, we all know that most of the time it doesn`t go any further. Remember the Nissan Mid-4? Hang on to your R32 -34 GT-Rs!!!

After what Redback suggested about seperate threads for the "Photo Diary" and and "Comments", I thought it might be a good idea... So this thread is solely dedicated to ANYTHING even remotely connected with Japan, or it`s car industry or scene. Fire away with the questions, and if Dave and DaiOni can help out with their expertise in this area, that`d be great. Cheers, /Rezz ...oh, PranK? Could we sticky this one too?

Hi Steve, Did you see me and my wife walking around at the Nismo Festival? Did you meet up with Nick Jenkins from "Croydon Wholesalers" (NZ)? Or did you run into a guy called Rod Wilson and his coworker Nick (maybe!) from Sydney? Sorry for all the questions, I just thought that I had met all the foreigners that were there... but I didn`t meet you!

Nissan Wheel Matching List... I just posted this yesterday Ash... you must have missed it!

Prank, just an extention of what we were talking about the other day, it seems that nobody (regular members) can see the entry fields in the "Avatar" section of the control panel in order to change their cusom avatar. You sent me a screenshot of what it "should" look like, but I`ve had it confirmed by another member that they don`t see all the options in the "Avatar" sectiomn either. Has this feature been disabled for all regular members? p.s. The new look forums are soooooooo easy to use, when I was putting the "Photo Diary" thread together, it was so quick and easy! Cheers!!

Nissan Wheel Matching List... Check it out, theres all the standard wheel sizes, offsets, PCDs and widths. Also, possible inch-up wheel diameters and widths for those who want to upgrade. Sorry, the car names are in Katakana, but you guys should know how Skyline and Silvia etc look in Japanese script, right? /Rezz

Aaah! Another person who can`t alter their Avatar! I was talking to Christian about this, and apparently he can see all the "Avatar customizing" sections in the "Avatar" part of the Control Panel... but now I`m thinking nobody can see it except for him... because I can`t see (or should I say - the customizing avatar entry fields don`t appear) anything in my "Avatar" section, except for a "Do not use avatar" button.

No, but most of the game has English captions and things anyway. The only place where you might get stuck is the "Save Game" and "Delete" features. If you`ve played the Gran Turismo series from the beginning, you shouldn`t have any trouble navigating GT4... I can help you out if you have trouble!

That is just lovely mate, it looks really good. Don`t go putting chrome wheels on it now, will ya?

Aaah Mist, how are ya mate. GT4 Prologue is kinda like GT3: 2001 Tokyo (is it called "GT3 Concept" in Oz?), so it`s kinda like a half-game, the full GT4 version is coming out later on in `04.

Alright lads, who`s going??? I wanna sort this out so it`s done right... 1) Assign a rally point outside JR Kaihin-Makuhari Station. 2) Have a plan of attack so that (if need be) we can get through all the important stands and displays on the Saturday. 3) Assign group leaders (with phones) who can contact each other if we get split up - if theres enough people going that is... 4) Get lagered... 5) Have a "most candid Campaign girl photo" competition... with prizes 6) Go up Tokyo Tower and on the Sunday for those that will stay overnight. Anybody up for a little Auto Salon action? I know you are Dave!!!

To dAVE and Cereal: Guys, bite the bullet. We could go on for days outlining what we did and how we did it... but trust me, your case will be different. The main reason is because we`re (Demon Dave, DaiOni and me) are talking about experiences from years ago. Just come over on a working holiday visa, University degree or not, with $5,000 - 7,000 handy, and see how it pans out. One thing (the only thing!!!) I`ll guarantee is that your life will be changed...

Sure is...

Ok, anyone who can play Japanese games on their PS2 and wants GT4 Prologue delivered to them in December, please leave expressions of interest here. A *tentative* price of 3,750 yen (A$48) I`m quoting to your doorstep. **Note: Depending on availability, I might not be able to ship these right away. Remember, Japanese people love GT4 too, so you might have to be a little patient. To keep this post on topic for General Automotive Discussion, I actually saw GT4 today at the Nismo Festival at Ti Circuit. It`s bloody awesome, it`s like a tweaked, ultra-realistic version of GT3... if you can imagine that! The sound too, is much improved, they`ve really worked on the engine sounds, and the reflections of light off the cars HAVE to be seen live on a monitor to be appreciated. I have no idea how they can top this... Whens the Australian release date?

Heh, heh! Nice one. She`s alright though, she`s still got 1.5 hours before she has to rock up to that armed assault call...