cheela

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Here are some pics I took while i was in Japan.


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drift kit?

















me next to a garbage truck for scale













OMG! This drove right past me!







Inside a toyota car show in Odaiba!












oldskool


here's my girlfriend next to one for scale. She's only like 5'0"




whooo!











concept cars






More goodies



















and the funky










WHOA! I'd drive that


WHAT?!! 4DR Skyline?





droolllssss




This post has been edited by cheela: Mar 1, 2010 - 1:33 AM

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CelicaST_CALI

#2

nioce!!haha that van is P I M P

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Hanyo

#3

dude your a freaken giant! haha i can image me doing the same thing in japan. All my other friends would be locked into an arcade and i would be having a ball at an intersection looking at cars.

Random_Stranger

#4

I am so glad to see that there are GT-Fours being used still til this day out there. Isn't it funny how USA is all "JDM! JDM!" When Japan has more rice than us, since they don't really want to be driving around "Stock" looking cars? Yet to us it is important? LOL Was that a friggin' Cobra that I seen out there as well? Or am I CARtarded?

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Hanyo

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QUOTE (Random_Stranger @ Mar 1, 2010 - 1:41 AM)

>I am so glad to see that there are GT-Fours being used still til this day out there. Isn't it funny how USA is all "JDM! JDM!" When Japan has more rice than us, since they don't really want to be driving around "Stock" looking cars? Yet to us it is important? LOL Was that a friggin' Cobra that I seen out there as well? Or am I CARtarded?

well your looking at completely different cultures here. The japanese car culture is designed to be super futuristic styling (gundam wing?), that is why you see over the top wings and exaggerated body kits. Where-as here in the states, we have colliding culture of raised off road truck , low-riders, japanese sport compact, muscle cars. With all these different car cultures in one locatoin, there is bound to hate between them. So anyone who ever modify asian cars are seen in a negative light as ricers. Americans try to make our cars look as JDM as possible to avoid the hated term ricer, because JDM screams unique and tastefully modified at the same time. After all its pretty hard to get everyone to agree that a factory jdm car is a ricer.

Just the way i see it.

This post has been edited by Hanyo: Mar 1, 2010 - 5:38 AM

njccmd2002

#6

what is that pet sheet on the bag, LOL>

hope is not what im thinking...

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808celica

#7

****en GTV!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

funny how you didnt mention your trip to JDM land?!??!?!
nice pics also funny i dont see and hachi pics. that FTO is nice, should've jacked some parts to bring home

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SwissFerdi

#8

Call me dumb if you will, but R34s are kind of ugly to me now...just look at the third pic, the rear end looks like an El Camino. I think it'd rather have an R33 now.

So many goodies though...I'd rock the piss out of that VIP van, whatever it is. Looks like a Honda judging from the Acura headlights, which would be sold as a Honda in JDM land. And obviously, that Suzuki MR wagon is clearly the most awesomest car there.

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#9

oh lord

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#10

I think of all the cars I want the Denso Supra the most. It reminds me of playing GT-3 with the jgtc supras That mustang that was rocking what looked like te-37's is pretty cool to.

daazndood

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QUOTE (cheela @ Mar 1, 2010 - 1:25 AM)

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my favorite pic

Ruroniarc

#12

These are sweet pictures. I would love to go there and just check out cars all day.

Random_Stranger

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QUOTE (Hanyo @ Mar 1, 2010 - 2:37 AM)

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QUOTE (Random_Stranger @ Mar 1, 2010 - 1:41 AM)

>I am so glad to see that there are GT-Fours being used still til this day out there. Isn't it funny how USA is all "JDM! JDM!" When Japan has more rice than us, since they don't really want to be driving around "Stock" looking cars? Yet to us it is important? LOL Was that a friggin' Cobra that I seen out there as well? Or am I CARtarded?

well your looking at completely different cultures here. The japanese car culture is designed to be super futuristic styling (gundam wing?), that is why you see over the top wings and exaggerated body kits. Where-as here in the states, we have colliding culture of raised off road truck , low-riders, japanese sport compact, muscle cars. With all these different car cultures in one locatoin, there is bound to hate between them. So anyone who ever modify asian cars are seen in a negative light as ricers. Americans try to make our cars look as JDM as possible to avoid the hated term ricer, because JDM screams unique and tastefully modified at the same time. After all its pretty hard to get everyone to agree that a factory jdm car is a ricer.

Just the way i see it.

A really good point you have just made there.

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manphibian

#14

Epic! Thanks for the pics

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cheela

#15

yeah, it was in summer and sorry I did fail to mention it. but I got back just as school was about to start and figured it was no use to say it on here without such epic pics as these but now they're up and yeah. I LOVED Japan.

I went there as part of the Guy Healy USA summer camp. Awesome program for those who want a free trip to Japan over summer hahahahah.

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richee3

#16

Turn signal fail on the GT4

Nice pics!

Turn signal fail on the GT4

Nice pics!

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cheela

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QUOTE (richee3 @ Mar 1, 2010 - 7:13 PM)

>Turn signal fail on the GT4

Nice pics!

Turn signal fail on the GT4

Nice pics!

LOL! yeah I know. When i first saw it, I was like WHOA! a real life GT4!!! but then, fail HAHAHAHAH

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Penkka

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QUOTE (cheela @ Mar 1, 2010 - 2:25 AM)

>WHAT?!! 4DR Skyline?

Yeah, the truth is most Skylines are lame NA 4dr cars..

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joehernandez

#19

nice pictures!
but........................... WHY DIDNT YOU TOLD US YOU WERE GOING OVER THERE SO YOU COULD GET US SOME PARTS!!!!!!

Hazmat

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QUOTE (SwissFerdi @ Mar 1, 2010 - 11:02 AM)

>Call me dumb if you will, but R34s are kind of ugly to me now...just look at the third pic, the rear end looks like an El Camino. I think it'd rather have an R33 now.

So many goodies though...I'd rock the piss out of that VIP van, whatever it is. Looks like a Honda judging from the Acura headlights, which would be sold as a Honda in JDM land. And obviously, that Suzuki MR wagon is clearly the most awesomest car there.

Kinda have to agree with Swiss here, not a huge fan of R34s but that one looks pretty cool. I'm assuming our assumptions of it being a drift kit is right? I could be way off but I could have sworn I've seen another R34 with that kit. R33>R34 any-day though for myself

Thanks for sharing all these pics Cheela, looks like you had a good time!

Edit: Zomg is that a black Evolution 1?! That is beautiful...

This post has been edited by Hazmat: Mar 3, 2010 - 11:05 AM

cheela

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QUOTE (Hazmat @ Mar 3, 2010 - 10:04 AM)

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QUOTE (SwissFerdi @ Mar 1, 2010 - 11:02 AM)

>Call me dumb if you will, but R34s are kind of ugly to me now...just look at the third pic, the rear end looks like an El Camino. I think it'd rather have an R33 now.

So many goodies though...I'd rock the piss out of that VIP van, whatever it is. Looks like a Honda judging from the Acura headlights, which would be sold as a Honda in JDM land. And obviously, that Suzuki MR wagon is clearly the most awesomest car there.

Kinda have to agree with Swiss here, not a huge fan of R34s but that one looks pretty cool. I'm assuming our assumptions of it being a drift kit is right? I could be way off but I could have sworn I've seen another R34 with that kit. R33>R34 any-day though for myself

Thanks for sharing all these pics Cheela, looks like you had a good time!

Edit: Zomg is that a black Evolution 1?! That is beautiful...

actually i like the R32s more. hahahahah.

np, glad everyone's enjoying the pics.

and yeah, evo 1... yummmm

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Rusty

#22

ha looks like NZ, I wouldn't rate the fto high though

really should go to a performance car meet and take heaps of pictures of them.

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Penkka

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QUOTE (cheela @ Mar 1, 2010 - 2:25 AM)

>here's my girlfriend next to one for scale. She's only like 5'0"

And thats a super rare late-sixties Toyota Sports 800.
Little brother of the infamous 2000GT, equipped with 700cc engine..

Only 3131 made in the sixties, so much more rare than a GT-four WRC.

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