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MetaJew posted:So can anything be done with these cars wrt the headlights having the incorrect cutoff for LHD countries? That's generally not as big a deal as many make it out to be, very few vehicles have an asymmetric beam pattern. if it is a problem you can swap US market lights or aim them to the right a bit. Even the worst of em are not as bad to meet on the road than, say, a lovely HID conversion or a stock 2017 Corolla. 
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I've heard people say that Japanese market dipped beams are a bit feeble compared to other countries anyway, but I guess it depends on what's actually required. From my understanding of the US norms, a UK car for example, has a bias in the sense of an absence of light thrown in certain areas, so it's not actively "nonconforming" despite being different.
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Larrymer posted:The BRZ/FRS is newer and better in probably every way except it isn't a hatch. I don't get why people are clamoring for some old shitbox when they aren't even buying the spiritual successor. To me at least, the new one looks like poo poo. That's one reason... Cars are not just about what is factually better performance wise seeing as that's poo poo you can't look at, they're rolling pieces of art and some art is lovely looking. I'd much rather have a ratty looking AE86 that breaks down every month than a brand new GT86/BRZ purely on looks alone, that's how crap I feel Toyota did the 'spiritual successor'
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This popped up in my youtube suggestions. Clarkson in rad kei cars. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxVApIcIDXM
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Powershift posted:This popped up in my youtube suggestions. Clarkson in rad kei cars.  Mitsubishi Dangan ZZ  Daihatsu Mira 660 TR-XX Limited For sale right now  Also there is a holiday of some sort in Japan at the moment so the auctions are closed and everything is quiet.
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KakerMix posted:
I never thought my 6'2" butt would fit in those, but if Clarkson does, then I'm in like Flynn. I think I may want a Mira Turbo now. That's a neat little car when it's got all the bells and whistles.
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Darchangel posted:I never thought my 6'2" butt would fit in those, but if Clarkson does, then I'm in like Flynn. I'm almost thinking i could wear a honda beat if i pulled the drivers seat out.
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If you have problems fitting in a kei car, a smaller steering wheel to allow a slightly different leg position will make a big difference. I fit in them, and I'm a 6'2"  .
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They had this up for £1250, previously, now down to £800: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/232449536937
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InitialDave posted:They had this up for £1250, previously, now down to £800: I like this.
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I'm probably going to set a bunch of folks off with my next comments (since it seems to go against the grain of a lot of the internet folk), so just agree to disagree since we probably won't see eye to eye. Olympic Mathlete posted:To me at least, the new one looks like poo poo. That's one reason... Cars are not just about what is factually better performance wise seeing as that's poo poo you can't look at, they're rolling pieces of art and some art is lovely looking. I'd much rather have a ratty looking AE86 that breaks down every month than a brand new GT86/BRZ purely on looks alone, that's how crap I feel Toyota did the 'spiritual successor' I will never understand your POV if you complain about the BRZ's looks and yet like the original AE86.  Even as an 80's kid it looks to me like a shitbox. It seems to elicit more feelings of "member berries" to people than actually be a decent performing car by today's standards (IMO). Maybe it was fun for it's time, but I wouldn't waste my time with it today.I like old cars though, it's just modern things do most things so much better even if they lose a little bit of the "soul" of the car. I'm also one of those people that won't complain about manual gearboxes going away (even though I still own one) because DCT's can do it better and faster.  Sorry, done going OT. Sorry OP.
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I'd love a DCT in my xB, but unfortunately it's a 4 speed auto which I'm going to sell so I can get a 5 speed manual DCTs are great and all, but what are the odds of all automatic cars getting them, and then what are the odds of all of them actually being good and reliable? The way things are going it looks like CVTs are going to be the dominant automatics.
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Larrymer posted:I'm probably going to set a bunch of folks off with my next comments (since it seems to go against the grain of a lot of the internet folk), so just agree to disagree since we probably won't see eye to eye. No problem. It does seem like you don't 'get' it though, which is fine! Most people don't, that's why we gather on the internet and make and buy those awful 'SAVE THE MANUALS' stickers and plop them on the back of our Tacomas. Modern cars are better, safer, faster, more comfortable, better handling and far, far easier to live with. Fortunately cars (like most things) aren't just a numbers game, it's an emotional one too. That little 'hell yeah' you get when you are in a car that you truly like, maybe even love, and drive it around. When you drive an AE86 you want to, that right there excises all logic from the game because now it's emotional. Just like manual transmissions, they make driving more fun for a lot of people which is something a DCT can never do. You can't engineer in fun when you are trying to slay numbers, and a DCT is a number slayer. Especially when it breaks .
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I smile every single time I turn my headlights on, simply because they pop up. That's never going to be a thing on a modern car. If there's a kid looking at my car I pop the headlights up and the kid invariably starts pointing and alerting their mum/dad/whoever that it's the coolest thing ever. Headlights! When a modern car's headlights elicit such a visceral reaction from anyone I may concede that modern cars aren't all shite.
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I don't hate the 86/BRZ styling, it's just that cars designed between 1978-1992ish look much better. But the market seems to like bulbous, organic styling so we've been stuck with that for 20 years.
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Human Grand Prix posted:But Not an empty quote.
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Put down $500 and got my first free inspection on a 91 gtr. Inspections are crazy in depth. it came down to paint is peeling (clear coat) and inspector thought rust was so bad that it went through in many places. Walked away sad, but glad that I didn't buy a POS.
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Lord of Garbagemen posted:Put down $500 and got my first free inspection on a 91 gtr. Inspections are crazy in depth. it came down to paint is peeling (clear coat) and inspector thought rust was so bad that it went through in many places. Walked away sad, but glad that I didn't buy a POS. I am guessing rear quarter panels, bottom of the doors, front suspension tops aaaaannnnndddddd spare wheel well.
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Tonight on 'Missed Opportunities'  I'm working on how to understand having the auction system send you emails when vehicles you are after come up for auction. I think I have it set up for Mitsubishi Minicab Vans all the way up till 1992. I promptly got an email about one that had just come on the auction. It linked me back to this specific van. 
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Did that thing really sell for $1140? 
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Loving the Momo steering wheel
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Olympic Mathlete posted:Did that thing really sell for $1140? It indeed did. It could have also been sold locally, whoever bought it doesn't have to be from out of the country. I can't read any Japanese still but I do understand that the AC doesn't work, or at least there is a problem with it. The very bottom of the sheet in the center that says 'AC' and then has those characters after it gives it away. Lots of air conditioning systems in Japan not working it seems, about 70% of the cars I inquire about have inoperable AC systems. From what I can see though it's usually just they don't use it and the refrigerant naturally vents through the rubber hoses and they simply never recharged it. Functional, just not operable.
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https://www.facebook.com/JDMAuctionDirect/posts/254150615095393 Dayum
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This thread is full of so many rad vans and vehicles i didn't know existed but, for me, that one takes the cake. Way awesome.
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That thing looks perfect at that ride height with those steelies. Edit: according to Wikipedia, an '85 shouldn't have the little windows in the doors. I wonder if the previous owner swapped doors with an earlier model just because they looked cool? Darchangel fucked around with this message at 19:29 on Aug 25, 2017 |
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BlackMK4 posted:For the non FB people Found it on the auction block itself, it did not sell. https://auc.japancardirect.com/st-n13noL57tCpTyOU.htm It has some corrosion on some door edges and the rear hatch. The interior is rated 'C' so it might be ok, seat looks a little sunk but that steering wheel is rad-o-max. It might come up for auction again!
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Vans? Vans! 1990 Toyota Lite Ace, 5 speed manual w/ AC, 42000 km. Sold for $910  1991 Toyota Hiace, 5 speed manual, 4WD, AC, 347,000 km Sold for $3430 It's a little too rusty and rough for me but I can't imagine there are many of these that ever existed, let alone exist now. Plus the interior looks pretty good and it has sweet decals, and it's a 5 speed manual 4WD Toyota van.  1992 Toyota Hiace, high roof, 5 speed manual, maroon interior, AC, 173,000 km Didn't sell, might come back to auction.  1992 Toyota Hiace, sunroof, 5 speed manual, cool stripes and double brown. 369,000 km Goes up for auction in 8 hours, according to previous auctions its worth is around $1160 but that's just a suggestion and since I can't read Japanese maybe something on the auction sheet swings that value one way or another.  1990 Nissan Vanette, 4WD, 5 speed manual, AC, big ol' bumper bar and rally lights. Green! 271,000 km Sold for $390 A bit rusty but look at it.  1990 Mitsubishi Delica, 5 speend manual, 4wd, AC, 269,000 km Up for auction in 9 hours I really like the looks of these things.
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KakerMix posted:Found it on the auction block itself, it did not sell. Hell yeah, is there a way to see what bidding got up to, or did it not even get a bid?
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BlackMK4 posted:Hell yeah, is there a way to see what bidding got up to, or did it not even get a bid? Nope! I haven't found a real answer for why sometimes it shows an amount and says 'not sold' or why it just 'not sold' with no amount at all. You assume that everything gets bids because of the way the system actually works (its all computerized, automated and the auction itself lasts for something silly like 25 seconds and then cycles through) but if it doesn't sell it doesn't sell. I can't imagine it would go for anything north of $2000 but who knows. Sometimes things sell for pittance and sometimes something that doesn't look special at all rockets to high prices.
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Delicas are rad.
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BlackMK4 posted:Hell yeah, is there a way to see what bidding got up to, or did it not even get a bid? There used to be, but USS have stopped letting 3rd parties poll their auction results.
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astropika posted:There used to be, but USS have stopped letting 3rd parties poll their auction results. This, they also stopped posting their results so sales data is skewed.
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KakerMix posted:Nope! I spent a bit of time looking at some of the Japanese car auctions earlier this year and while it didn't seem definitive, the answer I could find was that 'not sold' and an amount meant that the bidding didn't reach the hidden reserve set by the seller/auction house, and not sold and no amount should mean no bids were placed. I also found the unsold cars would often pop up the same day next week, or next fortnight.
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:Delicas are rad. Essentially a Mitsubishi Starwagon van bolted to a pajero chassis- they're almost 100% paj running gear under there, which means the lift kits and like fit them.
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KakerMix posted:
This went for $1650 KakerMix posted:
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Just how awful an idea is this? https://www.japaneseclassics.com/vehicle/1990-master-ace-surf/ Because it feels so right.
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big crush on Chad OMG posted:Just how awful an idea is this? It's an excellent idea just be sure to ask them if the AC works (notice they don't mention it even though the vehicle is equipped with it). My guess is it doesn't hence them not mentioning it. Also the quality of the tires and brakes. When I bought my Acty from them it needed new rotors and brakes including hardware, new tires and I needed to have the AC system recharged as well.
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https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1988-suzuki-alto/?utm_source=dailymail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2017-08-28 This thing looks fun, shame about the decals being gone. Not sure if the front seats are better or worse than the original.
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