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No probs... I'm gonna be working right from the time I get there so in the afternoon is ok. I'll give you a call...

I'll be there with my missus and Ikeri (maybe) so do you want to hook up?

Absolutely mate, absolutely all taken with my brand new Nikon D70

Yes... usually the smaller tuners who don't have enough money to travel to Tokyo are at Osaka Auto Messe eg: RS Feast, GT Shop Endless, Sequential etc. Alot of the bigger shops are there too, but places like Top Secret never come.

lol somebodies bored!

lol @ carport/garage... why can't we just have one name for it? I was taught British English but teach 'American style' English, native English speakers not knowing what the other is saying drives me nuts.

Ok, I've never bought a house in Japan before (and I don't intend to) but seeing as you asked, heres what I came up with: 4LDK 2 story house (thats 4 bedrooms, living, dining, kitchen) for US$373,364. I got it from here Century 21, and I strongly suggest that you call them (they have english speaking staff) and talk more about it because I honestly have no idea. I'm from Australia and buying big houses as investment properties is part of our culture, so buying a house in Japan (small, way too expensive for what you get, rapid depreciation etc) is not very wise for the foreigner... unless you're going to immigrate here?

Alright... TA-BL5 Subaru Legacy Blitzen 2005 model: Engine: EJ20 2.0L DOHC 16 valve 'Dual AVCS' twin scroll turbo BorexStroke: 92.0x75.0mm Capacity: 1994cc Injection: EGI multi point Power: 206kw @ 6000rpm Torque: 343nm @ 2400rpm 'AWD' system (god I hate that term): Viscous LSD rear differential Suspension: Front struts, rear multi-link with Bilstein dampers Brakes: ventilated disk F/R with 2-pot calipers (front) Wheels: 17" Blitzen special alloy wheels with 215/45/17 tires all round Other stuff: alloy pedals, MOMO steering wheel, quick steering gear ratio: 15.0:1, HID projector head lights, front wiper 'de-icer', heated side mirrors, rear fog lamps, 'electroluminescence' dashboad lights, 140w MD+6 stacker CD in-dash sound system, 4 front speakers - 2 rear speakers, Blitzen special leather seats and logos, Blitzen full bodykit and badging, 4 channel ABS, dual SRS airbags... etc. tTheres a whole host of sundry parts and gizmo's attached to this thing aswell, so thats not all.

Thanks PM sent.

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7tune has some issues at the moment... the content is all ready to go but just final touch ups etc need to be done. We wan't everything go be perfect!

Wow.. I missed this one Hi mate, welcome to the Japan forum For car parts, check out Yahoo auctions Japan for (non-electrical) anything you need, I've bought tonnes of stuff from there and 99.9% of the items have been excellent, real bargains. Other than that, try Autobacs 'Seco-han Ichiba', they also have majorly reduced prices on lots of new 'out of production' stuff... seats, wheels, tires, exhausts, electronic goods you name it. It's like a SuperAutobacs 'outlet' shop.

Akihiro, are you going? I wanna go on Sunday (it's my day off) but we can meet on Tuesday anyway and go to Central Circuit

No... only the GTS-R

You can do that with the Japanese version...

Kenshou ha.... 'Mister Donuts' no 'Choco Fashioned' no donuts dayo... eeeerm, gomen, tabeta bakari!!!

I'll be there on Sunday the 13th. Yeah, it's the same as TAS except instead of being held in one giant hall like Makuhari Messe, it's spread over 5 or 6 smaller halls huddled together. It's a bit easier to navigate there, as you can just not visit the halls that don't interest you. It's ****ing freezing walking between halls so it's like 'jacket on', 'jacket off', 'jacket on', jacket off'... IMO it's a good show and worth going to.

Seikai desu!!!

Well... the first thing I noticed about Tokyo was that it had WAY more money spent on infrastructure during the bubble economy years... and along with that the government is there, National headquarters are there etc so it's like Tokyo is *it* as far as most people are concerned. Over here in Osaka though... it's a little smaller than Tokyo, I guess it feels like it's more 'Japanese style' big city, whereas Tokyo is more 'international style' big city. Having said that, I've heard alot over the years that fashion trends actually start in Osaka... then the so called 'best' of those fashion trends make there way over to Tokyo Ginza whatever. But yeah, Osaka is more 'down to earth' and 'rough' I guess...

Hehehe... sore ha chotto chigau... ja 'hint' wo oshiete ageru yo *it's a* ha, *Itte* de arubeki dayo... sore mo, hyougen no hatsuon ha zenbu *it's a black eye* no oto ga issho desu yo (moshi 'mystery' hyougen ha sugu ni ittara, zettai wakaru yo)

Good job Rob, it's all good

Guys, Nissan had the RB series engine lifespan planned from the very beginning... they were always going to have the total R+D lifespan pegged at 20 - 25 years. Nissan didn't just suddenly say "geez we're in the sh*t financially after 40 years of building straight 6's, lets build V6's from now on", rather it's a technological, packaging AND financial move. The RB series engines were the best straight 6's in Japan and no other manufacturers really tried to compete at the same level as Nissan.... but where were they gonna go from there? During the Bubble economy years in Japan, there was serious talk that Japan was going to 'take over the world' financially, so the vibe within Nissan, Japans flagship car manufacturer, was very much a reflection of that: 'let's build the best racing straight 6 in the world and call it the RB26DETT'. So they did. Why the RB26 wasn't changed much over 10 years is pretty much testimony to how good the original design was. But that was then, now is now, so goodbye RB26...

lol... Ostukaresama desu.. Ja, tsugi wa... 'It's a black eye!' (????????)

Or they could just call their office in Japan...? I translated a DuPont colour recipe for LV4! Wow, the Aussie branches of some companies never cease to amaze me.