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what even ARE you posted:On a rare/oddball vehicle like that, what happens when a rock hits your windshield and you need a new one? Ebay? Ebay from some Chinese vendor is probably the best bet. I know when I had my SVX it was the only realistic option.
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I don't think those Kei-trucks are street legal are they?
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1500quidporsche posted:Ebay from some Chinese vendor is probably the best bet. I know when I had my SVX it was the only realistic option. Can we have a smiley of an SVX owner with a cracked windshield with tears streaming down their face?
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Oct 3, 2016 21:01
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MrYenko posted:Can we have a smiley of an SVX owner with a cracked windshield with tears streaming down their face? They already made one of those. 
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Oct 3, 2016 21:05
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Are windshields for an SVX just simply not available in North America or are they just horrific? I can't imagine shipping a big plate of glass like that across the ocean.
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Oct 3, 2016 21:06
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It wasn't available and the stock you could get in japan was only of a certain colour tint (Subaru colour tinted the top to match the interior). The stuff from China didn't include the moulding either so you were pretty much counting on the old one coming out intact. There was rumours immediately after I sold mine that north america was getting more stock of windshields but given their outright hostility to acknowledging that car existed I don't think that could be true.
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Oct 3, 2016 21:12
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1500quidporsche posted:They already made one of those.  It'll be ok. Show me where on your transaxle the OEM touched you.
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Oct 3, 2016 21:16
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A MIRACLE posted:I don't think those Kei-trucks are street legal are they? I'll tell you they're at least extremely uncomfortable. Any sort of comfort has been sacrificed to increase cargo space. The seat backs are less than 2 inches thick, even less for the pitiful head rest that stops you banging your head on the rear window as the truck jerks back and forth struggling to overcome its own gear shifts.
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what even ARE you posted:On a rare/oddball vehicle like that, what happens when a rock hits your windshield and you need a new one? Ebay? A MIRACLE posted:I don't think those Kei-trucks are street legal are they? It's a 1988 so (unless they imported it wrong) yes it is legal. NHTSA explains that as long as it is 25 years or older from date of manufacture it can be imported into the United States regardless of it's original market and be legal. I have a kei van that is registered, insured (through Progressive even) and legal that I daily drive. I get more attention than any vehicle (and I mean anything) from most people and I get the most confused looks from bro truck drivers and peacocking dudes in sports cars. Half the time they go 'woah awesome' because people usually can't help but smile when they see this little goofy van with 'Honda' on it. The other half of the time they get weirdly aggressive and angry. Just today my wife and I were driving back from a tile place and this guy in a 911 convertible got all weird and rev'd his engine and took off. I mean yeah guy I do understand that your sports car is indeed faster than my sub-40 hp van. It is also hyper practical too. Here is me parking in a spot even though the person in the accord parked like a jerk.  RillAkBea posted:I'll tell you they're at least extremely uncomfortable. Any sort of comfort has been sacrificed to increase cargo space. The seat backs are less than 2 inches thick, even less for the pitiful head rest that stops you banging your head on the rear window as the truck jerks back and forth struggling to overcome its own gear shifts. I mean I don't know what one you rode in but our other car is a 2013 Golf R and while the R is much more comfortable the Acty isn't bad at all. I can't speak for the back seats at all and I do know that mine is a 'Street G' which is an upmarket meant-for-passengers version of the baseline commercial variety but I am always really surprised by just how not-cheap-as-poo poo the thing is, including the comfort level of the front passengers. Heck I even have A/C that works reasonably well in the Florida summer heat assuming you don't have the sun blaring directly in the windshield because then you will most certainly die of heat stroke. 
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Oct 3, 2016 21:36
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I want a kei van so badly. I mean, I already make do with the bad parkers with my beetle, but I think your wheelbase and width is actually smaller than my beetle   
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Hah, this really demonstrates how large "small" cars are these days. I would have never guessed that a Beetle was THAT much smaller than a new Fiat 500.
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Slim Pickens posted:I don't know what the venn diagram overlap for "guys with a half million burning a hole in their pocket" and "Guys looking through craigslist for a car" are, but I still wanna offer them an Xbox 360 and $800 for it. Park Place must carry a GTLM or GT3 series team, they were at the Petit LeMans last weekend. Saw this car there, it is stunning no doubt, but next to it was a Bentley Conti GT3 (droool).
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beep-beep car is go posted:Hah, this really demonstrates how large "small" cars are these days. I would have never guessed that a Beetle was THAT much smaller than a new Fiat 500.  Sucks being 6' 7" sometimes (most times).
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KakerMix posted:I mean I don't know what one you rode in but our other car is a 2013 Golf R and while the R is much more comfortable the Acty isn't bad at all. I can't speak for the back seats at all and I do know that mine is a 'Street G' which is an upmarket meant-for-passengers version of the baseline commercial variety but I am always really surprised by just how not-cheap-as-poo poo the thing is, including the comfort level of the front passengers. Heck I even have A/C that works reasonably well in the Florida summer heat assuming you don't have the sun blaring directly in the windshield because then you will most certainly die of heat stroke. I think the vans are probably more comfortable than the flatbeds. I was riding something like this:  Those are the headrests I'm talking about. Regular passenger kei cars can definitely be some really nice cars though. The car my old job lent me however was a super base model Mira with no radio and the cheapest seats imaginable. More luggage space than my Miata though I once got a half size fridge in the back.
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KakerMix posted:Heck I even have A/C that works reasonably well in the Florida summer heat I didn't realize these had A/C. One of these would make an outstanding home-to-work-and-back vehicle - and the narrow track would mean no more needing to squeeze into my assigned spot... where should I start looking for these? generally i'd buy a car in the states and have it shipped down, but since Customs considers us to be international i might just consider bringing one in from asia.
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buttcrackmenace posted:I didn't realize these had A/C. One of these would make an outstanding home-to-work-and-back vehicle - and the narrow track would mean no more needing to squeeze into my assigned spot... Where are you at geographically? Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands or something that is still the US? There are lots of places to search for yourself, two of them being https://www.tradecarview.com/ and http://www.goo-net-exchange.com/. Otherwise a lot of import services will import to any place in the US on your behalf, generally a lot of the outfits will have offices or some point of contact wherever you are if it is in the United States. You'd be able to get one that is inspected and checked out but then shipped directly to you vs. shipping it to the states proper then wherever you happen to be.
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KakerMix posted:Where are you at geographically? Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands or something that is still the US? Can you legit buy these and register them in CA?
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Kramdar posted:Can you legit buy these and register them in CA? No because California smog laws gently caress you up. If you can find one that's pre whatever-the-year is for California then yea, otherwise California is the one state that these aren't legal because your state has smog rules that are outside of Federal rules. Note that I have zero experience with California smog laws but from everything I've seen while researching for myself has said this. On another note, less than two years before I get one 
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Oct 5, 2016 02:09
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I need to flee the state, ugh... I need a tiny stupid car.
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Right? My wife wants a Transit Connect, but there's an Acty on there that looks like a VW Bus.
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There's a whole cottage industry/subculture in Japan that loves turning the Subaru Sambar into a kei VW bus clone.
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Dannywilson posted:There's a whole cottage industry/subculture in Japan that loves turning the Subaru Sambar into a kei VW bus clone. IMO the best Japanese kei car conversion shop is Dream Factory Blow.    
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I would drive that all day long.
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Kramdar posted:Right? My wife wants a Transit Connect, but there's an Acty on there that looks like a VW Bus. Dannywilson posted:There's a whole cottage industry/subculture in Japan that loves turning the Subaru Sambar into a kei VW bus clone. Yeah this, that's a Sambar kit thing. They also do other things:    edit: beaten like my legs in a front-impact crash over 2 mph edit again, look at these righteous things http://www.blow-net.co.jp/custom-usedcars/603 http://www.blow-net.co.jp/products-cars KakerMix fucked around with this message at 02:56 on Oct 5, 2016 |
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Oct 5, 2016 02:52
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KakerMix posted:pre whatever-the-year is for California 1975. I honestly didn't know they made kei cars that far back, but it looks like they did! Neat.
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Raluek posted:1975. I honestly didn't know they made kei cars that far back, but it looks like they did! Neat. Kei cars have been a tax classification since 1949  There were even a few officially imported into the US in the 60s by Malcolm Bricklen (who later went on to make the Bricklin SV-1 and import... Yugos), the Subaru 360 and the Subaru Sambar (in van and truck form). Unfortunately, at the time they were made, the kei specification only actually allowed for engines no larger than 360cc, so you're not getting anywhere in a hurry. I think a forums member was working on a Sambar belonging to a friend of his? That thread might've fallen into the archives at this point though.
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KakerMix posted:edit: I mean, I doubt you'd do much better in an actual C10.
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Oct 5, 2016 06:17
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The most adorable "free candy" murdervan. 
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The tiny, tiny side pipes are my favorite.
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i need one of these just so i can park it next to the real ones when i go anywhere http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/csw/cto/5779149390.html ??????????????????????????? quote:selling my 04 rx8 with a big block ford, nearly finished the project but life happened and now i need the cash. 170 horsepower of raw fury
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I don't know if Keith cars are illegal to drive on US roads but there is a guy in the area that brings a sweet rear end Kei van to cars and coffee once in a while and it has an Indiana plate on it. And I know someone in the process of importing a Beat and he plans to drive the poo poo out of it.
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razorscooter posted:i need one of these just so i can park it next to the real ones when i go anywhere A 300cid inline six is not a big block, haha what the gently caress Rhyno posted:I don't know if Keith cars are illegal to drive on US roads but there is a guy in the area that brings a sweet rear end Kei van to cars and coffee once in a while and it has an Indiana plate on it. And I know someone in the process of importing a Beat and he plans to drive the poo poo out of it. Ask Keith, maybe Raluek fucked around with this message at 08:16 on Oct 5, 2016 |
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Rhyno posted:I don't know if Keith cars are illegal to drive on US roads but there is a guy in the area that brings a sweet rear end Kei van to cars and coffee once in a while and it has an Indiana plate on it. And I know someone in the process of importing a Beat and he plans to drive the poo poo out of it. Keith is a jerk and doesn't get to tell me what to do  KakerMix posted:NHTSA explains that as long as it is 25 years or older from date of manufacture it can be imported into the United States regardless of it's original market and be legal. Honda Beats just recently started becoming legal under the 25 year rule which is why they are somewhat popular right now. Montu Motors has the most that I can find in the USA for sale right now already imported. October marks the month that the first Suzuki Cappuccinos are becoming legal under the 25 year rule so get ready to start seeing those. I'm still holding out for the Autozam AZ-1. There is a bit about 'mini-trucks' in various flavors of law around the country which tends to confuse some people when they start looking up the legalities of kei cars because lots of people import newer-than-25 years old kei trucks for use on farms and things. A tiny air-conditioned Honda is a pretty good vehicle opposite one of those John Deere open-cockpit ATV crawler things. However if the vehicle is over 25 years old all rules go out the window and it's legal baby! KakerMix fucked around with this message at 07:52 on Oct 5, 2016 |
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razorscooter posted:i need one of these just so i can park it next to the real ones when i go anywhere Of all the loving engines... I mean, yeah, it'll run forever, but... WHY? Also, yes. Not a big block. That's not how those terms work.
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Oct 5, 2016 14:16
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Buy my unfinished project car, I don't even know what engine I'm putting in.
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I can't wait to get an Autozam az-1 and die in a 5mph collision.
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If you can't handle me at my furiousest you don't deserve me at my fastest
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razorscooter posted:i need one of these just so i can park it next to the real ones when i go anywhere DRIFT CAR DRIFT CAR
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 Fender flares, Boeing 747 wing, rebuilt title. Better buy now before this deal takes off, literally.
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