klubhead 0 Posted June 8, 2002 Share Posted June 8, 2002 forget cars!!! I live in tokyo and RIDE a sic yamaha Tw200 custom and it IS cool!! Rent a car in winter, much easier!! Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted June 8, 2002 Share Posted June 8, 2002 Got a great motor - well, maybe. A Subaru Legacy. Link to post Share on other sites
Davo 1 Posted June 8, 2002 Share Posted June 8, 2002 My wheels have a basket in the front which is very handy for doing the shopping and storing rubbish-pretty flash eh! Link to post Share on other sites
oo 1 Posted June 8, 2002 Share Posted June 8, 2002 Ocean, why do you take brochure pics of your car like this? Davo, nice bike then? Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted June 8, 2002 Share Posted June 8, 2002 Shame on me... I have no excuse. Am I a materialist then, after all? Link to post Share on other sites
7-11 2 Posted June 8, 2002 Share Posted June 8, 2002 It is a nice brouchure pic, it has to be said. Is it for sale? Nice to hear they have cows and sheep up there. I hope they're not cooked up in a big shed all day without any space to move. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 20, 2002 Share Posted June 20, 2002 I have a very cool black Celica. Link to post Share on other sites
kobet 0 Posted July 5, 2002 Share Posted July 5, 2002 Hey, I have a small old and in bad condition K car. Embarrasing. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted July 9, 2002 Share Posted July 9, 2002 Yes but K-cars do have cheap shaken, cheap running costs, cheap insurance and cheap road tax. They're also good for the environment. In quite a few places you don't need a registered parking space for them. Many K-cars hold their value better than ordinary cars, so they're a good choice if you want a car but won't be in Japan for so long. That's unless you want to go up big hills all the time with four big gaijin and lots of gear onboard. Just got my (non-K) car shakened 166,000 Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted July 9, 2002 Share Posted July 9, 2002 My mate got his Kcar shakkened in January and that cost 170,000 yen. He could have got a new second hand Kcar for that, as was less than pleased. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted July 9, 2002 Share Posted July 9, 2002 170,000 for a KCar's shaken? Must have had a fair bit done to it. A lot of the unavoidable costs go on stuff that depends on the size of the car, inc. a weight tax. Even the jibaiseki hoken is size related. My car only had minor stuff done (new brake pads, a new radiator cap, new coolant, and the bottom rustproofed). Even a totally clean bill of health would have come to 120,000 plus with the paperwork. Link to post Share on other sites
C.Frog 0 Posted July 10, 2002 Share Posted July 10, 2002 That sounds like an awful lot for shaken on a kcar! I got 2 years shaken on my Mira for 90,000 (including fixing the brakes!). My car is now for sale by the way, if anyone's interested. It still has 13 months of shaken left too! Contact me if you're interested (I live in Iwate) ------------------ Cheers, C.Frog Link to post Share on other sites
hide 0 Posted July 16, 2002 Share Posted July 16, 2002 I have a porsche, my baby! Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 I got a sweet motorcycle!! Nothing beats that in Japan. While all of you are waiting at the lights, Im the bloke flying 6 inches between your car and the person next to ya. That, and I got a nice pair of chains for the winter and a heli pack!!! Just grab my skis and head for the slopes! Link to post Share on other sites
scoobydoo 0 Posted August 12, 2002 Share Posted August 12, 2002 I'll be new to Japan folks and want wheels, but scared of horror stories on price, checks, etc. Anyone know of good places to start out looking for 2nd hand (cheep) wheels? cheers Link to post Share on other sites
LiquidX 0 Posted August 12, 2002 Share Posted August 12, 2002 Nothing beats buying from friends or colleagues I find - a good way to get a reliable good deal! Link to post Share on other sites
xxx 2 Posted August 13, 2002 Share Posted August 13, 2002 If you know someone selling of course.... Link to post Share on other sites
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