Laurence

I got a 1 year visa on Tuesday... I heard about one guy who got one on THURSDAY!!! He must literally have been the last person in Japan to get one through Nova

I bet at the start of this year that staying at Nova would get me a 3 year working visa this time around...

Trust me it was tough knowing that I was working for no money, but unfortunately I wasn't able to get another job with another company with so little time left on my visa... Going and coming back would have cost more and involved major hassles so I took a bet and fortunately it came off (three days ago).The main reason I stayed at Nova this year was that "usually" the second working visa is for three years which would have given me a lot more time to do some of the more creative things I wanted to do over here. I made a bet and I lost some money and it didn't come out how I wanted, but that is just the way it goes. There are lots of people worse off than me so I wish them all the best.

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20071027a1.html Just about done now... the President has done a Christopher Skase So my six weeks of charity work is now at an end.

Just for future reference, I attached railmaps for Osaka and Tokyo. The Osaka one is much more useful. The following website is fantastic for finding your way around http://www.jorudan.co.jp/english/norikae/e-norikeyin.html OsakaRailMap.pdf tokyo_trainmap.pdf

Well he is certainly not a member of the offset police...

This website has one or two R34s that look "okayish" http://www.g-active.co.jp/01/customer.html

http://search1.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/sea...ccat=2084017004 As Poida says... Yahoo is the way to go. There is a 7% chance your local Up Garage will have one though http://www.upgarage.com/upgarage/shop/shop...mp;tenpo_id=117

I bought this by accident, I have basically taken it out of the box and that is about it. It comes with the sensor and everything you see in the pictures I live in Japan so it will be mailed by EMS directly to you! If you don't trust me then I guess don't buy it. $230 and it is yours (in a week)

The corpse is twitching! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- To all instructors; I deeply regret to inform all instructors that we are unable to pay salaries on Monday October 15th. This is because it has not been possible to gather sufficient funds as quickly as planned. Instructors are now scheduled to be paid on Friday October 19. I am truly sorry about the lateness of this notice and the inconvenience and hardship this causes. I ask for your understanding and patience during this difficult period. Nozom Saruhashi CEO Nova Group

If I am still in Japan I will come up to TAS (as long as m3gtr promises he won't)

1986 called and mentioned the Porsche 959. Dunno if they can really copy their own idea. http://www.autozine.org/technical_school/t...tion_4wd_21.htm

I swear I saved it...

I actually watched that movie... it was soooooooooo bad But it didn't quite make that loop around to being so bad it was good again... I need to finish the review I half wrote for it.

Does the show get less annoying and stupid? As wanky as they were, at least Initial D talked about driving techniques and other junk like that. The most airyfairy they got was with the car's "aura". But Wangan Midnight was just ghost cars and a guy being a jerk to some chick he has had a crush on for ages... does it improve?

I remember being told very confidently by Nissan that the S15 200SX would definitely not be sold in Australia and that the R34 GT-R definitely would. So until I see the brochure in the dealer I won't believe it. If anyone actually does want one, I am in Japan and could arrange a personal import for a price

Looks pretty good moving too

I saw this car with Huddy... click the pic to see the video and story!

Sorry... I will be good. Oh and and I just found out that Sunday at Central is cancelled because of the Typhoon!!!!

Here ya go http://www.power-craft.co.jp/

Yes, he came onto a Skylines forum to ask about his motorcycle's engine...

Dude... you are freaking me out with posts from the future!!!!

So you can have wheel fitment like this... Spending thousands of dollars on making a pure performance machine that wins $5 trophies that nobody cares about is equally stupid, but just depends what floats your boat.

I base it purely on my experience (in real life) where I have never had a single problem with tyres magically exploding or debeading running 215/45 on 9J. I can pretty safely say that I have gone through more tyres in the last two years than most people on here.I have even broken a wheel running a 215/40 on a 9J and the tyre did not deflate. I smashed a 215/45 on a 9J into a gutter destroying the wheel and again the tyre did not deflate or debead. The only time I have had a problem with leaking was when I pinched the bead because I suck at fitting tyres. Actually now that I think about it, the rear wheel/tyre setup on the picture in my avatar is 215/45 on 9.5J, again, no problems. One thing that I do understand people getting upset about, is beading the tyre. Often people will exceed the recommended beading pressure either using an chemical explosion or a very high pressure air tank. If you use a bicycle tube while beading the tyre it is possible to bead the tyre using around 50psi if the stretch is not too crazy. One other way if you are going for crazy stretch is to stretch the tyre on a less-wide wheel to pre-stretch it so you can put it on your really wide wheel later. Also the wheels you are using make a huge difference. The best wheels I have seen for stretching tyres are Work VS-KF, they bead so easily. So basically, I have nothing more to go on than the evidence of what I have seen and experienced in real life. Which I realise can be confusing for many people on internet. edit: I do of course realise that as someone who has been known to partake of the occasional drift, my credibility is through the floor as far as SAU goes