Rezz

It's coming with me. All the Perth members can check out how crap it REALLY is... lol

#23 ACC 15A 'Cigar Lighter'

I find the best way is to use kanji or katakana/hiragana... for example the request you had above for 'Revolver Osaka', I typed in ”　リボルバー大阪　” into Google and the correct link was the 3rd one down the list. But of course you need to know what to type in Japanese... You can also type : 'ランエボ' for 'Lancer Evolution' 'ハチロク' for AE86 '中古車' for 'used car' etc But mostly I just type the katakana name of the car eg: 'シビック', rather than type the chassis code unless I want something specific like 'ボンネットＨＣＲ３２用'　(bonnet for HCR32).

http://www.revolver-jp.co.jp/index.htm

Good call

Ok, on the PDF, location #6 IGN 20A 'Front Wipers'. It seems odd that they don't work... for an R32 or older it seems possible but an R34? I hope it's only a fuse thats the problem.

Yep, point taken. LOL @ exporting Japanese cops Btw @ everybody: I've had my rant for quite a few days now, and I'm starting to see exactly what I like and don't like about this place. If anything, I hope that you guys that are interested in this thread can see the frustration in my posts, largely due to me not being able to do very much to help my position right now. I'm not discounting the fact that you could spend a blissful 3 years here without a care in the world (quite possible). My last piece of advice is: PLEEEESE make a back up plan before you leave your home country, I didn't, so when everything goes wrong you have a good platform to get out. Cheers all those who replied, it's helped me alot. Justin

Hmmm, I guess what you mean is "thank god the Japanese traffic cops are so lenient"? If they felt like it, they could throw the book at you... at anyone thats down there supporting illegal drift. **Edit: I mean that above comment as in 'there ARE rules', so for all the guys who are considering coming here, please be aware that the Japanese authorities are very lenient towards foreigners to a point, but if you push the boundaries... you're out. Them being lenient is a kind of gift really, I think alot of foreigners here don't deserve it (not meaning you Jess coz of your drifting, more like the assholes who screw J-girls just to get money or whatever out of them).

Sony Sonpo - http://www.sonysonpo.co.jp/N0000000.html is who I use. Pretty cheap.

Just being honest Dave, and yes, after 2 years of 'promoting Japan' (I can't actually ever remember 'recommending' anyone coming here aside from the motorsport stuff) things have changed. If I can give my 2c, Japan isn't a 'no rules, no care' wonderland for foreigners to come here and have the best time of their lives... thats all I'm saying. If you guys can actually read into what I've posted, it's not hate but disappointment that you should be sensing. After 5 years of helping this country, I'm still at square one with no options but to go home and start again. I admit, I'm probably most to blame (poor choices or whatever), but as I've been doing all along, I just want the guys on here to have both sides of the coin. I'll say it one more time, Japan isn't all rosey and smelling lemon fresh... it's just manufactured (advertised/public don't know any better) that way.

Actually, the N1 version *was* just like a Nismo GT-R, but only available in Crystal White (326) with the N1 headlights (non-projector), upgraded engine cooling system and upgraded brake system (brake lines, booster etc for more stopping power) for the N1 endurance race series. Aparently all that accounted for an extra 50kgs to bring the total weight up to 1450kg for the original batch of R32 GT-R N1's. The Nismo versions on the other hand were for Group A Turing Car homologation only... hence why we didn't see a factory R33 Nismo version. The Group A cars were completely stripped and rebuilt, not needing stronger factory internals like the N1s, whereas the N1 cars were virtually run 'as is' in competition. The thing you have to remember about the N1 versions is that they had to be registered with the JAF and sold through the dealership like a regular GT-R, even though they were sold for racing use mainly. 500 had to be sold in order for the N1 to be eligable for the N1 Endurance race series. Just an extra 145,000 yen would net you aircon, audio, rear wiper etc with a standard GT-R, so the appeal of an N1 for street use was limited to say the least. Here are a couple of shots of the Nismo interior sans aircon and audio, and the part of the article where it states the Nismo came without rear wiper, ABS etc:

Lol, I hear ya... It goes like this: It's Japanese 'fangirl syndrome'. Foreign guys come here - more often than not - to screw J-girls. Period. And it juuuust soooo happens that J-girls want to screw foreign guys (for the experience, and the opportunity to a) get out of Japan and B) have what they consider a 'cute baby'). Now, if you were a J-girl wanting to screw a foreign guy but you only had limited English speaking ability, how would you go about initiating a relationship with said foreign dude? Go crazy at whatever aparent skill that dude said he had!!! eg: Foreign dude: "I used to play drums in a band (in high school)..." J-Girl: "Lee-ah-lee??? SUUUUGEEEEEEEEE!!!" Foreign dude: [thinks] "Shit this girl thinks I'm a star"...[/thinks] J-Girl: "Are you famous???" Foreign dude: "Well... yeah! We aaaah... did some gigs...(at home)" J-Girl: "Sugoi.. I wanna hear your song!" Foreign dude: "Ok... maybe later. Hey you wanna come back to my place?" And vice versa for the foreign guys... just string 'em along with whatever BS you can think of and you'll have them beside you in bed in no time. The funniest guys are the ones that are really overweight or whatever then tell everybody that they're 2nd Dan black belts in Karate or whatever... of course they're not gonna kick anyones ass to prove it. Or the total geeks that come here that have rudimentary C++ skills and all say that they're from SILICON VALLEY. Give me a break Japanese staff: "Michiko san... this is our new teacher. His name is Ron and he's from SILICON VALLEY." Ron: "How do you do... I'm from Silicon Valley!" Michiko: "Whats Siricon Barrey?" Ron: [bS]"Silicon Valley is where I used to work, designing computer processors and memory chips for Intel... Corporation!"[/bS] Michiko: (I don't understand what he just said but...) "Suuuugooooooi..."

She actually wants to leave more than I do! She *was* going to go to Australia or the US regardless (had I not met her) so the fact that I can't/won't stay here for much longer suits her. I just wonder what it'll be like for her when the shoe is on the other foot... Streeter: Lol, it sounds like you got it so simple .

Ait: Thanks for taking the time out to post, but you're telling me things about *my home country* in which I grew up in for 25 years. Having said that, I think I know what I'm getting into. The main reason I'm going to leave Japan for good is that Australia offers an infinitely better quality of life. Less population density, less pollution, less psychopaths that want to kill EVERYBODY (as opposed to teen gangs and wierd poofs like Ait pointed out) hell... I can even drink the tap water in Australia! I totally realize why alot of you guys who've only been in Japan a short time find it hard to understand why I don't want to live here anymore. Japan is your magical place where everything has novelty value and is just so clean, efficient and... not like your home country. Yeas indeed, I did feel like you guys when I first came here. But I'm not healthy as a result of living here. "What??? Not healthy? What do you mean?" When I say not healthy, I'm talking physically and dare I say... mentally. Now kids, don't take 'not healthy mentally' the wrong way! It doesn't mean I'm a raving lunatic, it merely means my take on reality has somewhat altered for the worse since coming to Japan. Let me explain: You other Japan residents... have you ever heard the old quote amongst foreigners in Japan "All people who come to Japan are just losers wanting a second chance" or "Foreigners who come to Japan do so because they can't make it in their own country", or even "All foreigners in Japan are wierd"... hahaha! Here I'm saying that there are an unhealthy amount of wierdo's in Japan, yet the foreigners here all think the foreigners are the wierd ones!!! This has had a negative effect on me, because I *have met more than a few 'scary' foreigners* in my time here. Those quotes above do seem to hold some truth now... and I don't want to be a part of that. Heres the bombshell: I think all foreigners ultimately change, for better or for worse when coming to Japan long term. For better I mean financially and for international experience... and maybe language reasons. For worse I mean that every single day they spend here chips away at their inner self, having to put up with the fact that they have no status in society... no matter how long they stay here. This is the truth. Some people (very few Men, even women) can happily put up with this. I can't. I will NEVER be accepted as a Japanese person, so therefore they can go and fu(k themselves. My country accepts 1000's of Japanese every year, helping them mature and become people able to achieve much more than their parents would ever dream of doing, yet what do they do for us? Sure you can live here and buy our computers, cars, TV and other non-necessary bollocks, but you CANNOT have a passport, and you CANNOT vote. You HAVE TO have a JAPANESE GUARANTEUR in order to get a bank loan, because frankly, Japanese businessmen don't trust foreigners. This messes with me. I'm probably more trustworthy than half the Japanese in this country yet I'm classed as 'on par with Japanese women' which in Japan, is not that high compared to Japanese men. The way the Japanese government treats 2nd and 3rd generation Koreans (Koreans who are born and raised in Japan who only speak Japanese) is pathetic too. They can't get a Japanese passport... yes, they're born and raised IN JAPAN, yet get issued a KOREAN PASSPORT. Talk to these 'Korean/Japanese people' for long enough, and you start to draw paralells between them and yourself. YOU ARE NOT JAPANESE, THEREFORE ARE NOT. One Korean/Japanese girl cut me to pieces when she told me about her story... I'm not going into it here, but rest assured that I had a newfound hatered of the archaic Japanese government after I was told. There you go, I hate the Japanese pathetic government, so I pretty much can'T live here any more. Some foriegners can happily ignore it and continue to live here... I can't.

Link: http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/sh...826#post1415826 First mention of a 3700cc capacity increase I've seen here, we might even see 4000cc V6 by the time it's released?

Taken from 'The My Car' magazine (I'm not for or against any info brought out here): SUPER SPORT SCOOP! - We'll see the prototype this autumn, and a January 2007 debut! The Prototype to be shown at this years Tokyo Motor Show will still in fact be a 'design concept', but don't let that fool you. Development is well underway, and what we see at Tokyo in Autumn should be almost final. The Next GT-R's base body type is actually a Skyline! We've seen the test-mule being trialled at Nurburgring in Germany which was a rebadged Nissan V35 Coupe (LHD Infinity G35), but actually the whole body will form the base of the next Skyline series 'V36'. This can be interpreted as 'the next Skyline (V36) will be designed around the GT-R underpinings, rather than the GT-R being based on the Skyline...' Breaking news this time is that the Twin-turbo V6 configuration has had it's capacity increased to 3700cc. With the increased capacity, it further assists low down torque in conjunction with the electric motor assisted twin turbos, creating instant positive boost pressure when throttle is applied, giving a 'linear pick-up engine'. We expect the engine to produce in excess of 380hp, and although far higher figures have been quoted, we expect a conservative figure - in line with previous GT-R outputs from factory. An 'ATTESA Frame' is the new type of 4WD system being used this time around, incorporating a hybrid drive system: an FR transaxel powering the rear wheels, and combined electric motors for the front wheels, similar to the system used on the Nissan March 'e-4WD', but designed with 'Super Sports' in mind, able to produce much more power and torque with an almost instant reaction time (when wheelspin is detected). This system will not bring shame upon the GT-R name as has been seen in public reation so far. A hybrid 4WD system will take car dynamics to the next level. The car name will be 'Infinity GT-R'... not 'Skyline'. /Rezz

Well, maybe it's better to start a new thread with that one mmmmm?

Thanks mate, that pretty much sums up my thought process right there... but thanks anyway.

No worries Andrew, I'm glad I could help Heres a KH2 Gun Grey metallic R32 GT-R in broad daylight, but the pic you posted looks a little dark? Could just be the time of day the pic was taken but yeah, by all means check out the other GT-R, it sure sounds like your hungry for some ATESSA RB26DETT goodness :jump:

Lol, then there's another reason not to come to the city so often To be honest, just walking around Osaka, you can *see* the wierdo's walking around amongst the throngs of people... talking to themselves, moving erratically... I can pick them out. These are the guys that maim and even kill... remeber back in 2002 when that crazed psycho stabbed to death 10-odd kids at the Primary School in South Osaka BECAUSE HIS WIFE LEFT HIM??? Ok, he got the death penalty but what about the kids? Theres more, alot more stories like this but you get the picture. It's incredibly insane and horrifically random murders like this that just reinforce the fact that there are a heck of alot on people in this country (mostly men) who have very little regard for other human beings... or even their own pitiful lives.

Ok, here are the things that make a GT-R Nismo what it is: Metal turbines in the turbo No intercooler grill twin air intakes either side of the front number plate boot lid lip spoiler no aircon no stereo no ABS no rear wiper revised projector headlights Nismo sticker on boot lid Unlike the regular GT-R's, the Nismo models were only available in Gun Grey Metallic paint (KH2), and they were the lightest of the BNR32's weighing in at a clean 1400kg. Only 500 were made, starting production on the 22nd February 1990 and ending on the 11th March 1990. Everything else is pretty much the same as the regular GT-R. I don't have to tell you that the car in the pics above is SILVER, so unless the car wasn't looked after or had crash damage at some stage and thus entirely repainted, it probably isn't a genuine Nismo GT-R. In fact, I can see from the interior pic that that car has climate control aircon, so it's a safe bet that it isn't genuine. Nismo GT-R's are pretty sought after, I find it hard to believe that someone would retro-fit aircon and respray the thing silver... I hope this info helps.

Lol, I can dig it

ARE YOU IN OSAKA? Why don't we meet up??? Streeter can come along too. Let me know...

Bump... This has got to go, A$1,100 + shipping

Thats right. I'm glad you chimed in with that Dave because I think this is where the real discussion is. Just how 'good' is living in Japan compared to your own country? Granted, you live in a somewhat rural Japanese town, which I dare say you wouldn't experience peak hour on the trains very often. Theres a whole bunch of other stuff which I won't go into, you know it, I know it so... yes, it *is* nice to have a choice. BUT... I don't think Japan even compares to my hometown of Perth. I mean, we send 20 - 30 students there on vacation tours and study abroad packages every year. And they keep coming back for more. What in Jeebus's name could they like about 'Perth'???? The rediculously short trading hours (9am - 5:30pm Mon - Thurs, till 9pm Fri, and 10 - 6pm Sat/Sun)? The stupidly inadequate train system? The reliance on cars as a result (thats not such a bad thing IMO ) The tame nightlife? Hers my list of pro's and con's of Japan v Perth (my hometown): PERTH Pro's: Brilliant weather Brilliant beaches Overall high standard of roads Low pollution levels VERY quiet in the suburbs Compact city that is easy to navigate Strong economy (for the State of WA) Easy to find a job (for me anyway) Lower cost of living Public Transport is quite high tech (Hydrogen cell buses/brand new trains) My family live there! Low population density PERTH Con's: Isolated compared with other AU cities (but then again, thats good for Perth culture) Stupid Shopping hours Housing prices are increasing Summers can be too hot Water restrictions in Summer sometimes? Overzealous Policing of traffic/speed cameras Less disposable income due to infinitely smaller economy Slow domestic internet (8meg/sec is fastest right now?) due to low population density... thats a Con AND a Pro. ------------------------------------------------ JAPAN (Osaka) Pro's: Huge market with so many choices Large disposable income Convenient Public transport system (maybe best in the world) Spring and Autumn can be beutiful in the right areas Good choice of used sports cars 'Interesting' nightlife Some real bargains to be found in any market genre (I found 300 yen pints of beer the other week) Generally well recieved because I'm not Japanese. I think Americans have it good and bad... they're the most well recieved sometimes, then other times they're the most hated... depends on who you talk to. But as an Australian, nobody *really* hates us. JAPAN (Osaka) Con's: Pollution Crowds 'Citizen Tax' Road tolls Shaken (Vehicle roadworthyness inspection) Earthquakes (never know when or where - constantly in the back of your mind) Humid Summers... too humid. Endless built up areas that all look the same... a nightmare for navigation Ugly cities Beaches that I wouldn't even piss on... not near the cities anyway Wierd people that could injure/kill people at any time, any place (Amagasaki train crash anyone?) I HAVE TO be an English teacher, no other choices Total ignorance to the fact that I can speak conversational Japanese by the locals... even my inlaws! Staring Strange smell in the city Staring Peak hour Staring Not a good School system for the kids to go through IMO Lame 'all talk no action' Government - Koizumi is pathetic Did I mention 'staring'? Theres more, but they are the main points.