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re: Big kid having fun bullying little kid. Then big kid wishes he had
Posted by etan on 3/13/15 at 5:01 am
Almost as good as [link=(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOQFA6xgFnE)]roundhouse kick kid[/link] (I don't know if it's real or fake but I want to believe).
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re: Most expensive speeding ticket you've had or seen?
Posted by etan on 3/4/15 at 4:29 pm
I know someone who got a ticket for over $4000 and lost his license (road racing in Japan). In some countries, fines are proportional to your income so people get hit with tickets in the hundreds of thousands: [link=(http://www.gizmag.com/the-worlds-most-expensive-speeding-fine/14981/)]http://www.gi...
re: $200K Porsche 911 Turbo catches fire in Costco parking lot
Posted by etan on 3/1/15 at 7:52 am
[quote]Its the ultimate Porsche.[/quote] The 993 GT2 would like to have a word....
re: Classic Car Wishlist
Posted by etan on 2/24/15 at 9:12 am
[quote]1972 Nissan skyline gtr
[/quote]+1. I'm shopping for a red CG10 (GT-R replica) now. All-time favorite Japanese car. [img]http://data3.whicdn.com/images/54858963/original.jpg[/img]...
re: Anyone on the OT ever know or come across a member of organized crime?
Posted by etan on 1/26/15 at 7:06 am
Since I've been in Japan I've met a couple of guys in a Tokyo syndicate of the Yakuza. Nice guys, pretty low key about their, uh, organizational affiliations, but they seem like people I wouldn't want to cross. Mostly it's the shadowy reputation of the Yakuza that makes them seem so powerful...
B...
re: Barrett-Jackson car auction in Scottsdale this weekend
Posted by etan on 1/17/15 at 10:44 pm
[quote]quote:
I am going to assume that Hertz doesn't mean a rental
My neighbor rebuilt a 65 fastback from nothing, and he put the hertz decal on his. I asked him about it, and he was talking about the reason it was on there, but I have forgotten what it was.[/quote]
Because Hertz had a tho...
re: Would you rather live in Japan or a safe part of South Africa?
Posted by etan on 11/18/14 at 10:44 am
[quote]They have good trout fishing? I bet the cost of living sucks, though.
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Cost of living does suck, though I'm getting a break right now because of the currency advantage -- USD is at a 7-year high against the yen.
I dunno if Japan is on anyone's radar as far as an international ...
re: Would you rather live in Japan or a safe part of South Africa?
Posted by etan on 11/18/14 at 8:36 am
Japan, and it's not even close. I'm browsing the OT from the 50 stories above Tokyo right now and thinking hard about living here long-term. Not a Japanophile or weaboo or whatever -- I had many layovers at Narita before actually visiting and never really felt a desire to visit, but I ended up spend...
re: Time to swap out the wheels again on the Tacoma
Posted by etan on 10/28/14 at 8:37 am
I love my Tundra's stock split fives, but the finish is flaking badly... I'm mounting my next set of tires on Stealth Custom Series' F5s... which look really good on Tacomas. SCS isn't the cheapest (F5s are $145 per), but they have some classic designs.
[link=(http://www.stealthcustomseries.com/p...
re: People Who Treat Yield Signs Like Stop Signs
Posted by etan on 10/19/14 at 8:59 am
Funny to log onto the OT and see this topic. I got pulled over by a motorcycle cop today on a toll road in Japan for *not* treating a yield sign like a stop sign - first time getting pulled over here.
Apparently I was supposed to come to a complete stop, not just check that no traffic was coming....
re: BTR Plane Crash?
Posted by etan on 10/8/14 at 6:45 pm
[quote]Damn. That's the Focke Wulf. Very rare warbird that is being refurbished at BTR. [/quote]
Yep, that's PAI Aero's very expensive Focke Wulf. I feel for them, it takes some guts to operate a plane like that: http://www.paiaero.com/projects...
re: Would you drive it? Cruising the Coast edition.
Posted by etan on 10/8/14 at 9:34 am
I thought so too, until I hitched a ride in this car. I don't get the extreme "stancefail" cars that are built to park, but I watched this thing do a lap around Tsukuba circuit about 4 seconds quicker than a 458 Italia. [img]http://www.speedhunters.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/RWB-Rotana-01.jpg[/i...
re: What is your dream automobile? And in which color available?
Posted by etan on 10/8/14 at 9:29 am
I love these "my pickup" posters. It's cool if you're not a gearhead or not into cars, but they sure make a stubborn effort to refuse to get the point of threads like this one. I have an '03 Tundra 4x4 that I plan to never get rid of because it's awesome, but I enjoy it for things other than driving...
re: Would you drive it? Cruising the Coast edition.
Posted by etan on 10/8/14 at 8:57 am
Nope. I get stance, and I get rat rods, but this one doesn't have me feelin' some type of way. ...
re: What is your dream automobile? And in which color available?
Posted by etan on 10/8/14 at 5:20 am
This particular Gulf-livery GT40 [img]http://www.automativ.de/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/1968-Ford-GT40-GulfMirage-Lightweight-Racing-Car-Bild-07.jpg[/img]
Edit: Although, yesterday I drove a 1989 Carrera Speedster and really fell in love with it despite never really being wild about the styling,...
re: A nice looking boat
Posted by etan on 10/2/14 at 9:19 pm
That is fairly baller, but I might still prefer this one in Golden Meadow. Just perfect:
[img]http://gardenandgun.com/files/gallery/Southern-Entertainment-Floating-Duck-Camp-Golden-Meadow-Louisiana-20.jpg[/img]
[img]http://gardenandgun.com/files/gallery/Southern-Entertainment-Floating-Duck-Camp-...
re: Your favorite obscure actress.
Posted by etan on 9/9/14 at 9:28 pm
Yep. She and Christina Ricci and Margot Robbi were reason enough to watch several episodes of Pan Am.
[img]http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/iskander_zombie/17864134/626144/626144_original.jpg[/img]...
re: Your favorite obscure actress.
Posted by etan on 9/9/14 at 2:42 pm
Nora Zehetner from Brick (2005) and Marc Maron's show [i]Maron[/i].
[img]http://media1.onsugar.com/files/2013/05/10/827/n/1922153/4928711dcffcee57_nora-zehetner.xxxlarge_2x/i/Nora-Zehetner-made-excellent-case-heavy-handed-blush.jpg[/img]...
re: what are some good instagram accounts to follow?
Posted by etan on 9/1/14 at 11:27 am
@raskalov -- the guys that take pics from tops of buildings
@twheat -- IG staff/great photog
@fosterhunting -- photog that lives out of his Tacoma on the west coast
@alexstrohl -- photographer out of British Columbia...
re: What vehicle made in the last 30 years do you think qualify as a collectable?
Posted by etan on 8/31/14 at 5:50 am
I've been seeing this one driving around central Tokyo. It's absolutely massive in person... as long as they don't produce very many -- and I don't see how they could find many buyers -- it will begin to appreciate soon. Portal axles from a military truck, 5 diffs, 9000 pounds.
[img]http://ph...
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