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I think most guys here would be used to it called "Sil-Beer" like they're more often used to seeing it as when it comes through the babelfish translator.

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How does the "car tax" work in Japan?.. I have always wanted to know.

I have heard all the rumours but no one over here really seems to know.

I tried searching but the search tool seems to be buggered :huh:

It's worked out according to vehicle dimensions and engine capacity. So a Kei car will be cheaper than say a Toyota Crown Majesta. For my R32, I had to pay 46,000 yen (A$541) a year.

So for the R32, I had running costs like this:

6,000 yen/fortnight fuel

15,000 yen/month parking

7,000 yen/month insurance (3rd party,fire, theft)

46,000 yen/year tax

100,000 yen (roughly)/every 2 years shaken (roadworthy inspection)

So disregarding the shaken, my regular outgoings for 'car expenses' were 446,000 yen (A$5,247) a year not including maintenance and modifications OR TOLL. Highway tolls can blow that figure out considerably. I also said 6,000 yen/fortnight for fuel as I didn't drive so much after my mate Troy left Japan...

thinks back to someones bablefish translated avatar heading  :D

That was the whole idea... point out how wierd a machine translation can be. I develop japanese -> english translation systems as a part of my work.

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cow is to bovine as pig is to swine.

Here she is in all her bovine glory:

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A$700 from Yahoo Japan auctions...

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I guess a nice set of chromies and big lairy graphics are good for the genitally challenged, but you *know* a guy is *big* when he's got a brown interior in his car... tongue.gif

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I must be pretty well endowed! HOT DAMN IT'S A CA18DE!!!

... WORD.

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Rear strut brace, 10 CD stacker, hight adjustable coilovers, Cusco 1-way LSD, and Field fuel controller were nice to find on board, but the Carozzeria speakers that light up blue, blue led bizness in the parking lights/reverse lights and other little nick-nacks will more than likely get binned.

**Anouncement**
If you wanna know why I bought it, it's because I wanted a challenge, and to break the 'teenage hoons drive S13' stereotype tongue.gif

Cow is to bovine as pig is to swine ;)

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