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Nocheez posted:Am I the only person who thinks the CRZ was a horrible, horrible car not because it's bad, but because it's not good at anything? No one bought them so probably not.
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ReelBigLizard posted:Don't know if this is a re-post, Honda's new micro EV is styled on their 70s hatchbacks like the Z600 - https://www.engadget.com/2017/09/12/honda-s-urban-ev-concept-is-a-throwback-to-the-old-civic/#/ I saw that on CNET. I like it. Hang on - since when have we been able to attach images directly rather than using offsite links? Nocheez posted:Am I the only person who thinks the CRZ was a horrible, horrible car not because it's bad, but because it's not good at anything? Meh performance, meh gas mileage, meh interior (and only 2 seats for some reason) and meh looks. It just doesn't fit into any niche whatsoever. Rhyno posted:I don't hate it's looks. It should have had a meh gas engine that the hybrid system boosted into good performance. Or even a little turbo engine that was decent that the hybrid electric turned into even better.
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Darchangel posted:
They should have gone full blue sky and made it with an electrically driven turbo, freeest breathing exhaust they could manage, and a parallel electric motor
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Darchangel posted:I saw that on CNET. I like it. Since forever if you've got Platinum. If you're on your phone it's part of the dialog box that comes up along with Copy/Paste.
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Nocheez posted:Am I the only person who thinks the CRZ was a horrible, horrible car not because it's bad, but because it's not good at anything? Meh performance, meh gas mileage, meh interior (and only 2 seats for some reason) and meh looks. It just doesn't fit into any niche whatsoever. I like the CRZ, I just think it's too big for what it is. Get rid of the fake back seats, shorten it ~12in, and I'm in
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Olympic Mathlete posted:Nice Golf bro, needs to be on bags though. I would buy a Golf made by Honda.
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Guinness posted:I would buy a Golf made by Honda. It's called a Civic Si / Type-R hatchback
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crz was decent with a supercharger on it, friend has one and is a lot zippier than stock
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Terrible Robot posted:Since forever if you've got Platinum. If you're on your phone it's part of the dialog box that comes up along with Copy/Paste. drat, I haven't been paying attention either.
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BlackMK4 posted:It's called a Civic Si / Type-R hatchback But it looks bad.
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Mahatma-Squid posted:http://fun2drive-japan.com/ That's the place that I've seen referenced a couple times around here. Haven't had anything to do with them myself. (Yet.) Got their BNR34 GT-  booked and staying the night at a baller ryokan nearby in Hakone. Can't wait.I had originally booked the RX7 FD3S but I figure that theoretically I could drive/own an nsx or rx7 in the US. The STI coupe also caught my eye. MetaJew fucked around with this message at 21:06 on Sep 14, 2017 |
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Sep 14, 2017 19:50
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AW poo poo. 
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Yuuuup, that's on the list for my next visit.
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I also booked a reservation to tour the Mazda museum and factory in Hiroshima. I hope it's worth it, and I really hope they have a 787B on display. If I can swing it I want to try and check out DaikokuFuto parking area but I'm not sure if there will be time since it is kinda of remote. Are there any other car or automotive related things that I'm missing while in Tokyo or Hiroshima?
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I was image searching for a car and stumbled on this. God i wish i could pinstripe. https://i.imgur.com/sh2qTeg.png
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MetaJew posted:I also booked a reservation to tour the Mazda museum and factory in Hiroshima. I hope it's worth it, and I really hope they have a 787B on display. There's normally car meets at Odaiba just across the Rainbow Bridge if you want to check out what's on when you're there. I'm going back early November as well, hopefully there's a meet on in that time as well. If your hotel hires e-bikes I throughly suggest hiring one. It's a great way to get around and drivers are very accommodating to pedestrians and cyclists. I felt safer riding a bike around Tokyo without a helmet on main roads than in my home town. Also if you want to see some supercars out in the wild just walk around the back streets, they are all parked out in the wild as theres hardly any off street parking. Puddin fucked around with this message at 21:54 on Sep 14, 2017 |
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DogonCrook posted:I was image searching for a car and stumbled on this. God i wish i could pinstripe. Eis but a Scraech?
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MetaJew posted:I also booked a reservation to tour the Mazda museum and factory in Hiroshima. I hope it's worth it, and I really hope they have a 787B on display. It was worth it when I went. The parking area requires a ride back if you're not driving, do you know anyone there?
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the spyder posted:It was worth it when I went. The parking area requires a ride back if you're not driving, do you know anyone there? I have an expat friend who lives in a suburb of Tokyo, but I don't know anyone there who owns a car. I think my gf and I will have JR passes again so a 15 min shinkansen ride to Yokohama isn't too bad to get near Daikoku Futo, but from what I've read you either take a bus or taxi to get to the actual PA. And by subway it's something crazy like a 2 hour trip to get to it. So yeah, I'm not sure of the logistics of getting in or out since I do t plan on renting a car in Tokyo.
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MetaJew posted:I also booked a reservation to tour the Mazda museum and factory in Hiroshima. I hope it's worth it, and I really hope they have a 787B on display. If travelling by train back to Tokyo, you should go through Shizuoka. Worth a stop, as the Tamiya factory there has a small museum in their main office with some cars they've made models of, a tiny gift shop, and a display of both historical products and competition model kit builds. Shizuoka is also home to Rainbow Ten, a really great model shop with a big range and good prices. In Tokyo, if you want any RC stuff, RC Champ are well priced on most things, I go to the Akihabara store. There's a few other model shops with car stuff there too. Good call by Puddin about the car meets at Odaiba, I've seen a small drift event and a classic car show there. Obviously check out both the Toyota Mega Web and the little museum part of it that's in the shopping centre next door. If you're a nerd, the Joypolis arcade at Odaiba has an Initial D arcade game with full-size cars on motion platforms. Car hire, I've used Toyota before, pretty easy to deal with . I need to start planning the poo poo I want to go see!
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That reminded me about the 767 that wrecked at goodwood. Apparently they ran it 5 days ago for the first time. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HnDTxqUhRFc
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MetaJew posted:I also booked a reservation to tour the Mazda museum and factory in Hiroshima. I hope it's worth it, and I really hope they have a 787B on display. I had a lot of fun at the Nissan headquarters and museum. The Honda headquarters is a definite pass, though; all Honda's cool stuff is apparently up in Motegi.
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Keep adding to the pile, I'm making my trip next year. My girlfriend wants to do all to the Harajuku stuff, might as well find some stuff to do whilst she's busy.
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I went around this time lat year, but I was traveling with a larger group so I didn't have the opportunity to check out a lot of stuff that primarily interested *~*me*~*. We did get to go look around Odaiba and check out the Toyota Megaweb and classics museum, along with the giant gundam. I don't know if my girlfriend will let me drag her to Yokohama for the Nissan museum or Daikoku Futo but I will at least try for the parking area. InitialDave posted:They did have a 787B last time I was there, so hopefully still do. We'll be travelling by Shinkansen so stopping in shizuoka's a possibility, although it's a little tedious to drag luggage around or pay for a locker. We'll definitely spend some time in Akiba, so I'll try to check out the RC car stores. I'd love to pick up a Tamiya model.
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MetaJew posted:We'll be travelling by Shinkansen so stopping in shizuoka's a possibility, although it's a little tedious to drag luggage around or pay for a locker. Don't drag luggage around! Use Takuhaibin. It's reliable and quick. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFoj7utTU5w Send the luggage forward and just carry the stuff you want with you for that day. So much better than struggling with suitcases on the crowded subway and trying to find places for them on the Shinkansen. http://japan-guide.com/e/e2278.html meltie fucked around with this message at 06:49 on Sep 15, 2017 |
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meltie posted:Don't drag luggage around! Use Takuhaibin. It's reliable and quick. Woah that's a cool service and seems pretty affordable. I think we're planning to pack pretty light so hopefully we won't really need to bother with it.
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MetaJew posted:We'll be travelling by Shinkansen so stopping in shizuoka's a possibility, although it's a little tedious to drag luggage around or pay for a locker.
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BlackMK4 posted:Keep adding to the pile, I'm making my trip next year. My girlfriend wants to do all to the Harajuku stuff, might as well find some stuff to do whilst she's busy. Next door to Harajuku in Shinjuku: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLFaNX4WkZ0
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These guys can tell you / show you the where to go for the best out of the way car stuff in Japan http://japancarculture.com/ 
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Terrible Robot posted:Since forever if you've got Platinum. If you're on your phone it's part of the dialog box that comes up along with Copy/Paste. Huh. Totally missed that. DogonCrook posted:That reminded me about the 767 that wrecked at goodwood. Apparently they ran it 5 days ago for the first time. Good lord I love the noises those things make.
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Darchangel posted:Good lord I love the noises those things make. Try to find some vintage race where they're coming out to play... Mazda hauls them out to a couple events in the US per year.
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mekilljoydammit posted:Try to find some vintage race where they're coming out to play... Mazda hauls them out to a couple events in the US per year. I'm in TX, so the only track I can think of that would be remotely possible for that to happen would be COTA. I mean, I guess I could travel elsewhere, but even COTA is a 200 mile drive.
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Darchangel posted:I'm in TX, so the only track I can think of that would be remotely possible for that to happen would be COTA. A 767 a 787 and a 4 rotor rx7 ran it last year. Im sure it wont be the last. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DzMl3Ycvda0
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MetaJew posted:We'll be travelling by Shinkansen so stopping in shizuoka's a possibility, although it's a little tedious to drag luggage around or pay for a locker. Tamiya head office is here: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/34%C2%B058%2709.1%22N+138%C2%B025%2708.2%22E/@34.969181,138.4182812,18z Only worth a visit if you actively like them as a company, it's really just an area they have in the ground floor reception of their offices. It was definitely a good one for me, for instance they had the actual car on display that I had their model of as one of the first Tamiya kits I bought, but YMMV. Rainbow Ten is here: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/34%C2%B059%2751.7%22N+138%C2%B024%2736.6%22E/@34.997692,138.4096221,19z Very good prices and range of plastic model kits. In Tokyo (Akihabara): RC Champ is here: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/35%C2%B042%2712.6%22N+139%C2%B046%2711.3%22E/@35.703508,139.7692458,19z I'd say they're probably the best pricing you'll find if it's a Tamiya RC model you're after. Worth noting that there's also a couple of model shops with a reasonable amount of car stuff nearby: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/35%C2%B042%2711.0%22N+139%C2%B046%2717.8%22E/@35.703056,139.7705037,18z and https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/35%C2%B042%2708.4%22N+139%C2%B046%2718.6%22E/@35.702331,139.7712978,19z Tamiya have their own store in Shinbashi: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/35%C2%B039%2752.9%22N+139%C2%B045%2717.4%22E/@35.664702,139.7542898,19z Not been to this one myself, but apparently they have everything. If Tamiya make it, is should be here. Most of the Tokyu Hands stores seem to have a small model section also. Also in Tokyo, check out the "Mario Kart" thing, where you can drive a kart (in costume) around city streets. If you want a good burger, Fellows, just down a small alley near Omotesando station, is my favourite. Pain in the arse to find first time round though, tiny little place: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/35%C2%B039%2753.7%22N+139%C2%B042%2736.7%22E/@35.664927,139.7096538,19z
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Apologies for the Jalopnik link, but I'm hoping you guys can make an exception for this one. A dealer took the whole "no more Lightning" thing onto their own hands. http://jalo.ps/NWJJzqC Boaz MacPhereson fucked around with this message at 23:52 on Sep 15, 2017 |
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DogonCrook posted:A 767 a 787 and a 4 rotor rx7 ran it last year. Im sure it wont be the last. Oh, HELL yes. Another good reason to get my rear end down to Austin every once in a while.
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:Apologies for the Jalopnik link, but I'm hoping you guys can make an exception for this one. A dealer took the whole "no more Lightning" thing onto their own hands. I like that they resisted the urge to "upscale" it and add every conceivable convenience and luxury option. Base model single cab (which isn't really all that basic any more) and add fast. Thumbs up from me.
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Not precisely car poo poo, but how about a trike that does 260+ KMH in the 1/8th mile, powered by water? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcXnyTA5Rak
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