Rezz

lol @ Chevy van driven by Uyoku... har har, at least be consistent

Yeah but the GT-R isn't a Porsche... and $160K is un-fuggin-believable. I just can't believe Nissan will try and fleece the GT-R faithful like that... no way. Good news about March 2009, that's more like it.

That extra $60K-odd for AU delivered GT-Rs better go into a cabin mounted gold plate esspresso maker or a 52" LCD on the dash... otherwise what an absolute joke.

Thanks again guys I'm going to talk to the local Kyouikuiinkai and see what happens... I don't expect to be very successful but I have a plan of attack so fingers crossed.

Thanks Andrew, good firsthand experience was what I was after and you delivered. Basically I'm trying to convince myself not to take the interview. I'm at the stage (well 3 years past the stage actually) of English teaching altogether, but my situation has chaned once again and I have to look at something for at least 6 months to a year to tie me over work wise. About going direct to the BofE, yep that's what I thought you guys would say, I was aware of the clause in the Interac contract which was what pricked my curiosity about it. I also have been told that the BofE pay Interac in the vicinity of 500,000yen/month per teacher, Interac swiping over half of that for themselves... per month! I have heaps of experience teaching, I might try my local schools BofE and see what happens, but I suspect thats a very well trodden path and I may have not only missed the boat, but missed the decomissioning of it as well... lol Adam thats true about the status of the English teaching industry, just nosing around Osaka recently has come up with very few good opportunities for an older jaded fool like myself... seems sub-25 year old professional kids birthday party clown is whats required What I did find surprising is that more people than ever want to come to Japan to live and work! Yep things aren't what they used to be. Oh also what Adam said about the dodgy business of the dispatch companies, it seems that the majority of public schools are going down that path to source teachers "because it's more convenient", ie: they don't want the hassle of resolving probs/have potential contract breaking senario to deal with. I don't really want to be seen as supporting a parasitic company who offer negligable services for what is a crazy amount of money.

I or someone I know may or may not have an interview with Interac Seriously though what are peoples thoughts? I've done heaps of research already but you've got to take every word with a pinch of salt... it seems a lot of the people who've had bad experiences generally expect either the Board of Education or Interac to side with them if a dispute arises (dpending on who its with), not knowing that it's Interac who have about 5 people waiting to take you're place if you can't handle it lol. Also the level of help from Interac depends entirely on your experience in Japan, basically if you're experienced you get none I've heard JETs actually join Interac to get better holidays despite the lower pay... this I find hard to believe but apparently it's happened. Thoughts?

Public transport

I see he couldn't stand you either...

What station?

This probably isn't so weird because it involves manga/anime otaku, but I'll give it a shot. I live on Port Island which is a man made island with lots of cargo ship facilities and residential/commercial mixed in. Anyway, the Kobe international conference hall is on Port Island and once a year they hold some Anime festival which attracts weirdos from all over. (I walk past the place to get to the supermarket so every Sunday I get to see what events are held there.) As per usual theres about 1,000 geeks dressed up in their costumes with an army of photographers taking pics at random. About 99% of the photographers were well behaved but as I go to walk on the overpass there's this guy with a video camera kneeling behind this chick with the camera right up her skirt! Like, the camera was only just visible under the maids uniform lacey skirt thing. The girl is just standing there with a "ho-hum" look on her face while this sicko is filming. I stopped and looked directly at her but she wouldn't make eye contact. The guy was oblivious to everything and kept it going for another 30 seconds or so. She just sort of reluctantly let the guy do as he pleased... wtf. With that I thought "F**k this" and went off to buy the groceries.

Nabari -> typo... glad you could figure it out I thought so too, I just thought the chances of getting a taxi where much greater from Nabari... it's up to you. My car only fits 4 including driver. Sould've asked how big your party was Sounds like you know the way the PT system works, so there's no problem with that then? Just get to whichever station you think is easiest (Muroguchi etc) and hail a taxi. Whether there are taxis there or not is another thing entirely... I'm sure the front desk at the hotel could help you out.

Ok I'm not the resident Osaka drift specialist, but I may be able to help (not that it's recommended). Where are you staying? Because you're going to have to take the Kintetsu Osaka line from Tsuruhashi Station. Tsuruhashi is on the Osaka loop line so it's easily accessable. So Umeda (loop line) -> Tsuruhashi (go to Kintetsu Osaka line platform) -> Nabori Station. Now, as far as I know Nabori Station is closest to Meihan Sportsland, but it's waaaay in the country and you'll have to get a bus or cab to the circuit. I have no idea about the bus, but it's slow travel on tiny country roads out there from what I remember around Nabori. Ok, having said all that, you could twist my arm and get me to drive you out there Bear in mind gas costs a metric ****load and theres tolls to pay too. So bottom line is, pay a fair bit to go by car but get there and leave at your leisure/not worry about the time or, save money but waste time/risk losing your way on PT. Mapion: http://www.mapion.co.jp/c/f?uc=1&nl=34...,&scl=25000

Shot Parts = Short Parts I'm assuming they mean 'sundry parts' Edit: Got it in one Richard

In my experience over the last 7 years in Osaka/Kobe it's been a total mixed bag incorporating everything people have mentioned so far. If I had to sum up driving in a Japanese metro area it would be "generally cramped conditions punctuated by random acts of stupidity, politeness and peril, but for the most part safe if you have eyes in the back of your head".

This is an old thread Neo! I can do it but the pdf is long gone... got a pic or diagram?

I just deleted all the OT posts. I haven't been around here for quite a while but now is a good time to stop a potential OT monster :lol: Please keep posts on topic, this thread doesn't need anymore controversy Edit: Cereal, point taken but I've got to be consistent. By all means continue the discussion via PM. Cheers

Post up what you want done or if it's personal PM it to me or one of the other guys like Poida or Dodgybrooks

If you ignore the bunch of GT-Rs, shakotan, Kaidou racers and old school Zs etc...

Just using the GT Tuned V35 Skyline coupe for drift on Suzuka... the transition from just barely moving in 2nd gear to uncontrolable full oversteer is absolutely rediculous... ends up in an instant on the spot spin every. f**king. time. no matter what settings I use from totally stock all the way to retarded 1,000 degrees toe out etc. You can barely catch it, and when you do, WHIPLASH Monumental fail... GT3 physics for drifting please

NISMO: Ah not really anything different, just 550ps and 1590kg for the 'Spec V', but they did say something about an "over boost function" similar to what Porsche offer on the GT2. This is also one of the things which is 50/50... so time will tell. Smitizen: Apparently the Nissan development team were gunning for 7min 20sec, which due to damp parts of the track didn't materialize. We'll have to wait and see when they return sometime this month. 7min 25sec was hand timed though by an onlooker so the actual time might be different, but def in the sub-30sec bracket.

^^^ Yep that's an older 'chop from Best Car from February. They've since semi-retracted the bit they said about the front bumper having the two intakes on either side, it's 50/50 at the moment whether the Spec V (that's what they're calling it apparently) will actually have them. Having said that it seems they're still testing a lot of different (small) things like a NACA duct here, carbon or titanium bit there... they have to justify the expected 13,000,000 yen price somehow.

Ok fair enough but a) most people have never drifted a 500hp (or even 350hp) Skyline in real life, and b) it seriously takes away from the enjoyment of the game when - in order to take part in one of the games modes ie: drifting - the level of competence needed is so high. This is where 'standard' and 'professional' control modes come in, but it appears Polyphony have made it so you have to use Professional mode to even come close to being able to drift. Compare this to GT3 where drifting was a breeze and everyone has fond memories of, I'd say mimicking the whiplash to such a high degree in GT5 Prologue (and GT4) is just pissing more people off than pleasing them. Polyphony should have an 'easy drift' mode (like GT3) with Standard control settings, and for the GT5 psychos a 'real drift' mode with Professional control settings. Why it is the way it is now I have no idea. Thumbs down Polyphony .. hope they can sort it out in the meantime.

The old "I bet you're no angel either..." response. Sounds like the gaijin image was done no favours that night then, hey? Anyway I was more asking about your opinion on 'advertising the fact' in one thread then denouncing such actions in another. It confused me.

Hey Adam, I saw this and wondered what you thought about it: I'm finding it hard to understand where you're coming from in this instance.

Haven't met you yet actually