Rezz

Bwahahahaha! Why didn't I get caught... wow in the first year I was here I must've stolen about 10 bicycles (after a long night out in Shinsaibashi) ALL of which ended up being thrown into the Yodogawa!! B-b-b-b-b-baaaaaad to tha bone...

Done. Cheers man

I think it'll be the same: Vans and oddball stuff in the left halls, a mixture of stuff in the middle halls, and hard tuned stuff/racing cars in the right halls.

Exactly...Wow. I'm speachless.

Looking very professional Rob, I like Easy to navigate, looks very simple, and I like the thumbnails all arranged nicely at the bottom of the specs of each car you review. Just one grammatical error though:

Is it really necessary to tell us that? No really... is it? Delete please

Hahaha... cheers Troy, that could've turned out ugly. Hey, you up for the Nismo Festival this weekend?

Woohoo! Excelent turnout again this year! So it's imperative that we have some kind of plan so that we can see as much of the show as possible while spending the least amount of time waiting! Now, a couple of things were evident last year: 1) The guys who were in Japan for the first time all took off on us the moment we got inside... I totally understand, but it was hard to catch with them again at lunch, and almost impossible after the show (aw g'day Nick! ) 2) Although the layout of the place is fairly simple, it's good to know which way is north, because I remember trying to explain to somebody where we were and it took ages for them to find us... when we were at the opposite end to where they were looking. So heres the (rough) plan, please feel free to put in your 2c if you think its a ghey plan... Saturday 15th January 10am - Meet at the East exit of JR Makuhari station. 2pm - Meet at the 2nd floor level cafeteria/rest area directly to the left of the gates as you walk in. 6pm - Meet directly infront of the Makuhari Messe Hall (same place as you entered) and we'll go and have some dinner (undecided location). Over to you guys...

Gentlemen, please edit your posts with your real names... internet nicks are good but damned if if meet you guys saying "g'day chopobo!"...

Hmmm, right... so thats when I'd refer you to 2) America... ie: it's a foreign car so near enough is good enough.

Dave, any of the UK guys going to show up on the Saturday?

Thats ok, for sure.I'll put you down for the Saturday then? Thats when most people are going.

Theres 2 things that should be pointed ut here: 1) Don't rely on software companies to know entirely what their talking about... especially with cars (nerds remember). 2) America.

turbocharging6: I've browsed your site a bit, and you may want to let that guy "Troe666" that he's way off about the next Skyline... way off. He's just spreading the same rumours from the last 4 years even though theres heaps of evidence (that he obviously hasn't seen) to prove otherwise... Either that or just have heaps of wrong info on your site just like r35gtr.com

... kinda like hollywood

I can see what they're trying to do... get some kind of uniformity going in the AU Import scene... and good on them. But I can't see all the top people from the various "brand name" websites (ie: SAU, Nissansilvia, Ozrotary etc) signing up with as much enthusiasm as they have for their respective websites. Still, I hope Carscene can carve it's own niche. Btw, if there are any blatant errors I might come on and straighten things out ... Evo_Lee might help out too if he's feeling overly generous

Holy crap lets revive a 6 month old thread!!! ... hang on, I just had de ja vous...

I'm a bit patriotic to SAU... so I won't be contributing. On the otherhand I do go to GTRCanada/GTP Forums and lurk in GTROCUK to keep an eye on what they're doing... but as far as other AU sites... nothing except Nissansilvia.com (only coz of Ken - gday mate). Btw, whats a "R35"? Is that some new car Nissan released that no one knows about?

Absolutely wicked mate... Dave thats what I was waiting for Cheers

Btw guys, I did say that those pics of the next GT-R are a design submission, definately not the final design... but as Evo_Lee says, pretty much what we should expect.

They're still writing articles about that? Wow... I remember Japanese mags making a fuss about it over 3 years ago... I thought it was common knowledge? All the Japanese guys and girls I've spoken to don't like what has been printed in mags *or* the 2001 Concept (styling wise), very impressed with the engine/driveline though. In fact they just can't get over Nissan in general, let alone the next GT-R. What I mean by that is Nissans complete line up is "soft" in their eyes. Nothing in the Nissan range really gets them excited nowadays... although things like quality and competing with Europe in the marketplace gets the thumbs up by most Japanese... Nissans world prescence has improved alot according to them.

:spamcan:

Poor quality coupled with a Mercedes Benz price tag...

Alright people, it's getting closer. Could all those going to TAS '05 please post here and I'll make an updatable list below: Friday 14th January '05 (Press day): Rob aka Yukio + 5 friends Dino aka DCD Inspector Gadget aka IG + missus (maybe) GTROC UK Bunch (a few?) Saturday 15th January '05: Blitz aka Nick Poida aka Peter Circusmonkey aka Christian Dave aka Dave + missus + eldest Son mmmgtir aka Richard XSJ aka James Inspector Gadget aka IG + missus (maybe) JCV + brother Japtaxi + gf Chopobo + 2 mates xKx_31 aka Benny + gf Sunday 16th January '05: Poida aka Peter (maybe) Circusmonkey aka Christian (maybe) Japtaxi + gf xKx_31 aka Benny + gf (maybe) Not going: Rezz Evo_Lee aka Troy (it won't be the same...) Micheal Jackson aka Diana Ross (unfortunate court appearance)

Far be it from me to report anything about Holden, I guess it's more to do with how little press the HSV Maloo is getting in Japan. Holden lovers, you probably couldn't care less what the Japanese think... well, back at ya, I assure you they aren't spending too much time thinking about Holden anyway! The article: ホールデン　HSV　MALOO 豪州からやってきたトラックの形をしたスーパーカー ホールデンは豪州のGM系メーカー。GM傘下のOEM車の他、オリジナル車も販売する。中でも個性的なのがUTE（ユート）。主力セダンのコモドアがベースのピックアップで、全長は5メートル超とオージーサイズ。「HSV　MALOO（マルー）」は、そのUTEをホールデンの高性能車両開発部門「HSV」がチューンしたもの。コルベットと同じ5.7リッターV8エンジンは387馬力を誇り、0-400mは13.5秒を達成。まさにコルベットのピックアップ版。 And translated: Holden HSV Maloo From Australia, a super-car in the form of a Truck. (thats what it says! ) Holden is a manufacturer which is part of GM. Holden sell original vehicles along side OEM vehicles from GM One vehicle in particular is the "Ute". Based on the brand leading Commodore sedan, the Ute is "Aussie sized" and measures 5m in length. The HSV Maloo Ute is tuned by their vehicle development section HSV. The 5.7L engine from the Corvette is used producing 387hp, with a 0 - 400m time of 13.5 seconds. It's just like a pickup version of a Corvette. At over 6,000,000 yen, I don't think they'll sell at all.