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06-19-2013, 09:21 PM
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Originally Posted by JDMLOL
When you lived in Japan?
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Nope, had a legit R34, and a Mitsu built Mini clone (they built them under license to the old Mini company - Cooper, I believe, but they had a Mitsu built 1.6 or 2.0 in them) when I lived in Misawa, didn't even add them to the list, totally forgot!
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06-19-2013, 09:26 PM
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Re: What Other Cars have You Had?
Originally Posted by downtime!
Nope, had a legit R34, and a Mitsu built Mini clone (they built them under license to the old Mini company - Cooper, I believe, but they had a Mitsu built 1.6 or 2.0 in them) when I lived in Misawa, didn't even add them to the list, totally forgot!
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Nice. I forgot, a 240sx was actually a 180 in Japan...
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06-19-2013, 09:30 PM
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What Other Cars have You Had?
Originally Posted by downtime!
Nope, had a legit R34, and a Mitsu built Mini clone (they built them under license to the old Mini company - Cooper, I believe, but they had a Mitsu built 1.6 or 2.0 in them) when I lived in Misawa, didn't even add them to the list, totally forgot!
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You had a legit R34?
I hate you.
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06-19-2013, 10:40 PM
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Originally Posted by DirtyD
You had a legit R34?
I hate you.
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It wasn't the same back then as it is now. It was just another car at the time. The locals didn't like them much, at least where I was (400 miles North of Tokyo). I ended up selling it and getting a Nissan S'Cargo so I could carry groceries and things.
They seemed much more impressed with the Mini, or the '85 VF1000R Interceptor I had shipped in from the States (Japanese citizens, at that time, couldn't legally own a motorcycle larger than 250cc).
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06-19-2013, 11:03 PM
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Originally Posted by downtime!
Way up North man! We had a ski hill right on base and got to use it every Winter. I worked there as a civilian DoD contractor for Lockheed in the late 80's. Even bought a house while I was there (cheaper than renting at the time). Recently sold the house to the AF family that had been in it since I left in '92. Would love to travel back someday and see all the old sites.
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You were lucky you could afford to buy, it must have been cheaper up there. I was in Kansai at the same time period and housing prices were crazy.
Originally Posted by downtime!
It wasn't the same back then as it is now. It was just another car at the time. The locals didn't like them much, at least where I was (400 miles North of Tokyo). I ended up selling it and getting a Nissan S'Cargo so I could carry groceries and things.
They seemed much more impressed with the Mini, or the '85 VF1000R Interceptor I had shipped in from the States (Japanese citizens, at that time, couldn't legally own a motorcycle larger than 250cc).
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I had a ZZR 750 but it had to be double exported to buy it. Loophole in the law.
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06-20-2013, 01:34 AM
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Originally Posted by jrhagen
You were lucky you could afford to buy, it must have been cheaper up there. I was in Kansai at the same time period and housing prices were crazy.
I had a ZZR 750 but it had to be double exported to buy it. Loophole in the law.
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My roommate and I were paying almost $500 a month for rent. Landlord came by one day and was talking about selling the place, we asked how much. Under $20k (roughly 1200 sf, typical 3/4 scale stuff, 7 foot ceilings and 6 foot doors, I felt like a giant over there! LOL!). We got it financed through Bank Of Fort Sam Houston (base bank at the time) and the rest was history. Mortgage ended up at $200 a month for 15 years. Roommate got fired a year later (odd, since his dad was our HR guy) and moved back to the States, so I bought him out at that time. Held on to it until last year, when I sold it for appraised value (right at $60k). Nice little investment in the end. Kind of planned on retiring there though, so I guess that's out now.
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06-19-2013, 09:59 PM
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Originally Posted by downtime!
Nope, had a legit R34, and a Mitsu built Mini clone (they built them under license to the old Mini company - Cooper, I believe, but they had a Mitsu built 1.6 or 2.0 in them) when I lived in Misawa, didn't even add them to the list, totally forgot!
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Damn, you lived up in the cold area, I was in Kansai 20 years ago. Much better weather.
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06-19-2013, 10:33 PM
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Originally Posted by jrhagen
Damn, you lived up in the cold area, I was in Kansai 20 years ago. Much better weather.
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Way up North man! We had a ski hill right on base and got to use it every Winter. I worked there as a civilian DoD contractor for Lockheed in the late 80's. Even bought a house while I was there (cheaper than renting at the time). Recently sold the house to the AF family that had been in it since I left in '92. Would love to travel back someday and see all the old sites.
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