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Why drive about seaching for stuff at shops when you got oodles of parts right there on the monitor, at ridiculous prices and gets sent straight to your door? *edit: I got some parts (namely my wheels/tyres) from Seco-han Ichiba, so it is worth checking out...

Yahoo Auctions! ... aaaaah... thats all I can say.

Lol good call

Geebus not again... ebay scam

Hahaha I liked that one...

Please truust me on this one mate: It's R33 GTS25-t Type M.What you saw in Car Sensor was R33 GTS25-t "Type M.... Spec 2"

I say the Europeans and USians should get tha f$#% out...

Don't you know about the bar called "Liitle Feet"? They bought about 15 of them through that pet shop about 4 years ago.

Seriosly though, I can't say there are any customs that are a "slap in the face" to me, but it depends on who you ask I guess. Some newcomer foreigners to Japan have asked me "why do Japanese wave their open hand up and down (like a karate chop) when they want to get past you?"... I guess they asked because they were a bit taken aback by it, maybe they felt intimidated, but it's actually a very polite way to show your intention of entering someones personal space... like giving them advance warning before you barge through (eg: on the train). Other than that... not eating until everybody has been served their dinner? Some gaijin just jump right in regardless to the disgust of certain mothers-in-law (hehe )... Oh I just remembered one: sniffing all the snot up into your upper nasal cavity as loud as you can because blowing your nose in public is considered offensive... I cannot dig that.

I don't know about any menstruation laws??? The only one that come to mind is "If it smells like Trout get tha f$#% out"... j/k

Don't listen to anybody else except me!!!!! It's "Stage-ee-ah" ok? [/size] That is all...

Put it this way... theres a pet shop in Kobe that sells MONKEYS. Not the Japanese type either, I'm talking about Spider Monkeys... the odd chimp... even the little black and white ones that steal sh*t... thats not to mention the MINIATURE PENGUINS, the ARMADILLO and... wait for it... a WALLABY. I kid you not.I think its illegal, but you can't deny Japanese girls of cute animals.

Yet another page in the next GT-R development unfolds... a) Nissan are well aware of the popularity of the GT-R outside of Japan, and are looking to make the next GT-R well and truly stand out more than previous incarnations. The "World Market GT-R" as it were... just by translating the article from Holiday Auto, you can feel that the next GT-R has truly broken away from the "old" R-series GT-Rs... (I can hear the crying and monitor bashing from here!) B) Porsche 911 Turbo is going down... in fact, it seems Nissan are already claiming victory (???)... such is their confidence after the Nurburgring tests. Aparently, the first test failed because some driveline hardware was faulty, but the subsequent 2 tests were successful enough for Nissan to make final descisions on the driveline: 3.2L V6 Twin electric-assisted Turbo, FR-L platform (Primary Front engine/Rear wheel drive transaxel, motor-assisted front wheel drive or "e-4WD") with Getrag 7-speed sequential gearbox. After much deliberation about 3.0, 3.5 and even 4.1L capacities for the VQ engine, they've decided on 3.2. The thing to bear in mind here is the Porsche 911 Turbo... it seems Nissan may want to defeat Porsche with less capacity... Expected final power output: 480ps @ 7,200rpm, 58.0kg/m @ 5,200rpm. c) Other specs of note are the "semi-wet sump" (as opposed to the dry sump originally quoted) and the aluminium spaceframe, steel cabin and bulk usage of carbon throughout. And now... let the cursing and coffee spitting-out begin... This... my fellow SAU brethren... is one of the submissions from a joint Nissan Japan/Europe/US design team that is going into the draw for an "in-house" GT-R design competition... :spcow: Just a little bit cloooooserrrrrrrr... :spcow: :spcow: Just when you thought they couldn't F$%# up the GT-R design anymore... I give you: THE REAR END!!! :spcow: :spcow: :spcow: Of note here is the 255/40/20 front, 285/35/20 rear tyre size on 20" wheels. Thats about it for now... theres still quite alot of the article that I haven't translated yet, but it all centers around the transaxel and Getrag gearbox which even Holiday Auto themselves aren't so sure about (the Getrag box in particular). Stay tune... /Rezz

HOLY SH!T... where'd you get that purple one???? Looks like one of those really deep sea ones that glow... you can see right through them.But anyways, here in Ashiya, it's without a doubt DOGS. DOGS are EVERYWHERE. They poop EVERYWHERE. Pedigree C0ckaspaniards, Golden retreevers, Poobles (shaved really wierd), Rottenwielers... you name it. But of course Ashiya is a well to do area, so the people here can afford larger places with small backyards for the dogs... Dogs are much more common in the country.

Yeah, I had a plate of thinly sliced Kobe beef which set us back about 10,000 yen just for the plate! But damn... smother those slices in salt and butter... best sliced beef I've ever had, but that was it, sliced beef and beer... *edit* - the beef was grilled over an open flameLike this:

Gordon: SWEET sig mate... up there with akeenan's avatar

Are you talking about the "Type M" champ? Because the only M-Spec is a version of the R34 GT-R...

Bah... you're ALL wrong. It's "Type M". lol

tried to add a car and got "fatal error"...

Lol "Om-rice"...I like it on the odd occaision.

What about Family restaurants guys? Troy and I usually go to "Royal Host", "Bamiyan" (Chinese and *really* good), "Big Boy" and "Kobeya" (probably the best one). They're not cheap, meals are usually between 1,000 and 1,700 yen but you can have a good feed with side dishes and what not.

MOS Cheese Burgers are the best: Couple a buns, a beef patty, a thick slice o tamato, a "slice" of melted mild cheese (looks more like mayonaise by the time you eat it) and MOS secret sauce... in fact if it wasn't for the secret sauce MOS would be very ordinary IMO. Their hotdogs aren't bad either.

I'll e-mail them Lucien, just give us as much info as possible about your donk, shassy, 2pak code, glove box diameter etc... Just don't expect anything either positive OR forthcoming

You'll never guess what the "MOS" in MOS Burger means!!! M = Mountain O = Ocean S = Sun What that has to do with hamburgers and servings of fries with 2 (no more, no less) onion rings is anyones guess!!!

Yes, this is what I was told too... in fact the school I work for has had many an ex-Nova teacher pass through with them all complaining about how tight they are, not only with class allocations/locations, but with teacher student interraction out of class or lack of! About 30% of our student base are ex-Nova, all complaining of strict classes and low on the fun factor... which is why they join our school - the complete opposite. Hell even our schools owner is ex-Nova!I a nutshell, Nova doesn't have a good reputation with teachers OR students in my experience and Nova seem to be doing business strictly on the fact they they are the biggest and most widely known school... the "corporate" tag also helps with the image too I guess. I'd last 2 minutes in Nova before being sacked wouldn't I Troy?