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No, we didn't give any rice crackers to the deer this time. But Troy said he got bit on the asse... I mean buttocks when he went to Nara last time. One deer tried to eat my camera case...

Thats it mate... square her up.

Can you spot Troy in this pic?

Anyone up for a piece of asse? Now THAT... is a nice asse. Stop munching on asse, it'll make you sick. This asse tastes like sh!t... Nara persuit car. It's slower than it looks... I narrowly missed being shat on by these bloody birds... my wife wasn't so lucky

Ok, in decending order: "Tufted luggage carpet" "Luggage under box" "Luggage floor hook" "Luggage side hook" "Luggage hanger rail" "Reversable luggage floor" Are these specs for some kind of Van or something?

Btw, those online translators generally directly translate Japanese script into English, which is good for only 50% of the time...

Hehehe... it says "luggage side box"...

"Ke" with a small "to" after it??? Do you mean small "tsu"? If you mean small "tsu", it actually make the syllable abrupt, for example "kekkou" (depending on the situation, it can mean "fine" as in "I'm fine" or "ok") would be pronounced as "ke...ko". Where the "..." is, you'd give an ever so slight pause, instead of pronouncing the entire word directly like "keko".

That is assuming he lets me post them up... or he posts his own.

Ikeri, thanks so much for helping me with the number plate bracket!!! By the way, I took some pictures of your AE86, can I post them up here?

Awesome shots as usual Dave Those mini-avalanches look a bit scary though!

Dave it's the same for us Aussies... hand over your Aussie Drivers license, application form and passport photo, and get handed back a Japanese one (after an excrutiaing 3 - 4 hour wait). I wouldn't say there was heaps of red tape...

Apita shopping center??? Now I KNOW your gf is in the country...

They're there... keep looking grasshumper... I mean grasshopper

Mmmmm... the aero parts at least are "order made", meaning you order it then they make it. Having said that they're hideously overpriced! Those aero parts are just half spoilers and lip spoilers, but they're at "full-bumper" prices... the hassle of owning a not-so-popular car. The coil overs are about double the price of new Tein or JIC coil overs, but they are Ohlins... top shelf stuff. Even the muffler looks pretty ordinary but it's approaching the price of some of the cheaper Titanium mufflers. You might be better of making mods to an Apex N1 (or whatever) muffler to fit your car? In fact the only commonplace (read: cheaper) parts that you really can't make to fit your car would be the coil overs but at 348,000 yen (A$4,360) without shipping, you could probably ring up Whiteline Suspension to design some coilovers for your car from scratch and still have money over for lunch!

I'm in Ashiya in Hyogo-ken about 14km west of Osaka. Actually it takes about 10mins on the Shin-kaisoku from JR Osaka to Ashiya.

Have a look at the "Photo Diary" Shan... it's all there.

Mate, I wanna say the same thing about TAS/Daves house!!!

Take it easy! He just joined and you're already thinking about what he can offer? Geez. Don't try so hard Shan...

Suuuuugoi nihongo!!! Ima made jissho wo tsukawanakute mo ii kedo, saki no MESSAGE wa yomu toki hotondo wakaranakatta! Tatoeba, "noriTSUzukeruka" to "shOUKO" ;) ga wakaranakatta. Boku no tsuma ga tetsudattekureta... anshin shita Motto shouko wa iranai desu tokoro de ii kuruma to omou, VERTEX no earo- (aero) ga kakkoii yo.

Thats right... and I know how some of you Perth guys can W-H-O-R-E.mcnamg, you probably know my brothers Nick (Option Tinting) and Trent (TKO Tinting)?

No Shan... he's the Japan forums very own genuine SuperAutobacs mechanic. I met him through Troy after he had some work done there. Ikeri: do you have free time tomorrow to go driving with me and Troy?

I can't wait to try the Nurburgring!!!! One thing I thought they'd fix was the wheels... they all *still* look very 2D. Have a look at the way they did the wheels on Battle Gear 3 and you'll know what I mean.

I have a love/hate relationship with Japan right now.

Right now I'm watching one of the "epic" reality shows on Japanese TV where they follow some dude around with a camcorder while he "traces his footsteps back to his hometown, stopping by every shrine on the way and praising buddah for the glad tidings"... all with sickly sweet 1980's new wave emotional pop songs in the background. He finally meets up with Obaachan, gives her a peck on the cheek, says "genkisou!"... then thats it... Wheres the remote?