Modified cars will not get you J-laid!

[Laurence]

That is right, you heard it first from the transport authority!!!

A little help required for a proper translation, but the jist of it is, I (I being hot J-girl) don't want to ride in a modified car!!!

That's right, Japan's approch to tackling the young male modified car poseur is to hit him where it hurts!

[rinmak]

hahaha, thats gold!

Wonder how much they paid her to pretend she doesnt like modified cars

Oh, and that car in the picture looks like an octopus with wheels

[PhantomS14]

That's great! When is that going to happen in Australia do you think?? :lol:

[Rezz]

BMWs or Mercedes on the other hand will have them scrambling for the doorhandles... just make sure you've got a nice apartment to back it up

[funkymonkey]

It says "I don't want to drive a car like that" on the right and "illegal modification is a menace/annoyance for everyone" on the left. Its a campaign to get rid of em entirely? hah... good luck.

[totoro]

damn i better sell my skyline! now i know the problem.... hahahaha

[funkymonkey]

so basically any non official recognition cars are being targetted? is this for modifications like rollcages and facelifts etc, or the really obvious ones like engine swaps which you need certification for anyways?

It'll be interesting the type of cars people sell when it comes to shakken time.

[MrMayhem]

..................she can walk then

[dopefish]

But seriously, Some of the ****ing yanki's in Chiba are _SO_ ****ing annoying.

They have got the loudest cars i have ever heard in my entire life and they rev the engines on purpose in order to look cool.

[totoro]

that is the main problem in japan as well as in australia.

its hard to distinguish d!ckheads with loud exhaust who hoons/bog laps/donuts and cause ruckus as opposed to car enthusiasts because to an outsider car is a car and loud exhaust is annoying...

each enthusiast needs to be extra careful not to piss the general public off to give ourselves the better image...

[Nozila]

correct me if im wrong, but you guys dont get defect over there for your cars appearance and noise that it produces yet we cop a spanking here.

[someonestolecc]

Where's the pic?

[180Pete]

quick the new style to get the chicks is to drive around in dead stock cars, the stocker the better

[**JaR**]

lol, if you need a modded car to get a chick near you sorry to say thats sad

[funkymonkey]

correct me if im wrong, but you guys dont get defect over there for your cars appearance and noise that it produces yet we cop a spanking here.

you do have cops in japan that test your exhaust DB and CO output and ride height and issue you with a fine. They only do it if you're being an idiot though generally.

[Rezz]

Yeah they could implement the '2 year Shaken' style roadworthyness schedule in Australia and tell the Police to concentrate on other (more important) things rather than defecting high and low... but would that be a preferrable situation?

You've got the 'in 2 years I will have to return my car to almost standard to get it past the RTA' senario (like Japan) or;

you've got the 'I'll drive my illegally modded car for as long as possible without attracting Police attention - and never have to comply to ADRs whatever if I'm lucky'...

Which is better? The Japanese senario has so many wide ranging ramifications such as loewering used car values, but at the same time creating a whole new industry where garages focus on periodic roadworthy certification. Which is good? Maybe not for the end user...

I remember a hooror story I was told years ago by one of my old students. She bought an EG Honda Civic for 100,000 yen off her uncle as a first car, but it only had 6 month or so to go on the shaken. The day came where she had to get her roadworthy check done and at the end of the day it cost her 150,000 yen in repairs. It's likely that she (as a woman) got ripped off badly by the garage doing the work, but even then the cost of shaken was the same as the total value of the car. It was a good EG Civic too. She couldn't sell it without shaken... well she could, but she'd get maybe half her money back, and then be without a car... lose/lose situation that she wished she never got involved in. Factor in car tax, parking fees, insurance etc and she's out of pocket big time.

Maybe the Aussie situation is better for the time being...

[Beer Baron]

i agree, i think we have it ok.

Justin, a sort of related question is does anyone know what the big red line through a number plate means? I've seen this a couple of times on modified cars in japan and i am wondering if there is a connection? like it's a defect or similar?

[Laurence]

Justin, a sort of related question is does anyone know what the big red line through a number plate means? I've seen this a couple of times on modified cars in japan and i am wondering if there is a connection? like it's a defect or similar?

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That is just a trade plate for a workshop, just as in Australia they are abused to allow workshop staff to take unreg cars for a spin.

Where's the pic?

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Looks like the pic didn't survive the forum migration so here it is again.

[Rezz]

i agree, i think we have it ok.

Justin, a sort of related question is does anyone know what the big red line through a number plate means? I've seen this a couple of times on modified cars in japan and i am wondering if there is a connection? like it's a defect or similar?

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Well there 2 types, one 'workshop' or 'trade' plates for dealers to use (different conditions of use) like g0jira said, and theres the usual '5 -day drive it to x location and nowhere else thank you very much ' plates like I've got on my Silvia when you de-register it:

[funkymonkey]

tradeplates on my ceffy at the docks (where its supposed to go Rezzeh... not getting the full tour of Hyogo).