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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: https://www.gizmag.com/the-worlds-most-expensive-speeding-fine/14981/

Edit: Permanent confiscation laws make for expensive tickets as well... that probably makes the confiscated Veyron owner the winner for most expensive ticket.

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1972 Nissan skyline gtr

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+1. I'm shopping for a red CG10 (GT-R replica) now. All-time favorite Japanese car.

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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.

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Because Hertz had a thousand Fastbacks in their rental fleet: Details...

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In September of 1965 Shelby American General Manager Peyton Cramer struck up a deal with Hertz to offer the 1966 GT350H Mustang as a rental car.... As Ford puts it, “The idea was to put high-performance, special-edition Shelby Mustang coupes into the hands of racing enthusiast-minded rental customers.” That’s right, if you were a Hertz Sports Car Club member back in 1966 (and 25 years of age), you could drive off the rental car lot in a performance 306 hp Mustang fastback. Total cost: $17 a day and 17 cents a mile.

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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 spending most of the last year here and love it. An awesome city with just about everything. Good bars, some of the best cuisine and restaurants in the world, really comfortable and convenient living, and nice people. And when I want to get outta the city, I'm a couple of hours from drifting dry flies on trout stream or spirited driving through the mountains, or whatever.

As for xenophobia: I'm white, so not really in a position to say if it's overstated, but I saw plenty of it when I lived in Singapore, and see much less of it here -- despite the reputation. I know South Americans, Middle Easterners, and South Asians who are established here long term who love Japan and really positive about their social and professional networks. Some have said it's less a daily factor than Japan's reputation's would suggest.

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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. I don't speak any Japanese and I think that's part of why I was let off. He used hand motions to explain that I was supposed to stop all the way, and I was like "Oh, hai, hai, hai, sumimasen! (yes, yes, yes, sorry)" He checked my paperwork and then used Google translate on my phone to say: "I'm going to go now." :lol:

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.

Nope. I get stance, and I get rat rods, but this one doesn't have me feelin' some type of way.

That is fairly baller, but I might still prefer this one in Golden Meadow. Just perfect:





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Nora Zehetner from Brick (2005) and Marc Maron's show Maron.

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.