I recently go the chance to catch up with racing driver Tarzan Yamada and Hideo.
It was nice to catching up with them. Quick chats, ideas, and brainstorming.
Great lunch!
久々にレーシングドライバー ターザン山田と富高さんとランチ。いろんな話したな〜
今後もまた一緒に何かできそう…楽しみだ。
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Written By: toshi on February 15, 2010
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Written By: toshi on February 9, 2010
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On Feb 2, 2010, the drifting community lost another important member.
Atsushi Kuroi passed away due to a motorcycle accident. He was 42.
I had the pleasure of working with him on various projects including JDM INSIDER and all the D1 events…
It’s quite a shock and I’m just sorry that I had to find out [...]
Written By: toshi on February 2, 2010
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Everyone (including me) always complains about Tokyo Auto Salon one way or another…the show is smaller…the cars suck…etc, etc… But the truth of the matter is that we all still go and if you look hard, you’ll usually find a handful of cars you like that makes the whole trip worthwhile.
For me, it’s [...]
Written By: toshi on January 28, 2010
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Here’s another display from last year. A pair of Lamborghini’s .
これも今年展示されていたな。ランボルギーニー。
But screw that, this is much more to my liking. The Super GT GTR’s!
でもそんな車よりこっちの方が全然いい！スーパーGTのGTR!!
The NSX’s were on display too. Now that the Honda HSV-010 GT has taken the mighty NSX’s place, these guys can now take a rest.
NSXも展示されていた。今年からHonda HSV-010 [...]
Written By: toshi on January 25, 2010
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Tokyo Auto Salon is full of cars but the camera nerds still dominate the aisles.
Here is Albert wrecking their game by standing next to the model and taking a picture of them!
Hahaha, they were not laughing…but we were!
オートサロンにはもちろんいろんな車が展示されてるんだけどやっぱりカメラ小僧が目立つね。
みんなキャンギャルを撮りに来てるんだけどちょっとやり過ぎな面もあると思う。
そこでアルバートがこんな事を！キャンギャルの横に立って撮影の邪魔！（笑）最高！！
This isn’t a Mustang like you might think,…it’s a JZA80 Supra base…
これはムスタングではない！よく見るとJZA80スープラ…
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Written By: toshi on January 25, 2010
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DJNABS and Power Enterprise was nice enough to hook us up with tickets to TAS 2010 this year.
今年は渡辺さんとパワーエンタプライズからチケットをもらい、東京オートサロンに行ってきました。
Here is Bon, Shikachan, DJNABS, me and C☆。
ぼんちゃん、しかちゃん、渡辺さん、俺とC☆。
Aside from having a bunch of ECO-POWER showcars, they had this!
A Quad Charged VR!! WTF!?
エコパワー系の車両はもちろん展示してあったんだけどこれもあった！
FOUR CHARGE式のVRエンジン！信じられない！
Of course the engine had the two turbochargers…
もちろんエンジンには二つのタービンが装着されていたが…
Written By: toshi on January 7, 2010
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I love GTR’s…all of them.
僕は昔からGTRが大好きです。すべてのモデルが好きだ。
The GTR was meant to carry more than just 2 people and was originally designed to win at the race track while keeping it’s street car heritage and obligations. They purposely kept the blocky sedan design instead of a more aerodynamic body like the NSX and LF-A. While unfortunately not any [...]
Written By: toshi on November 20, 2009
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My family and I have been Lexus fans since day1. We’ve constantly bought many Lexus’s including LS’s, RX’s, and GS’s. We currently have an LS460.
うちの家族と俺はレクサスファン。もう何台も乗っててLS,GS,RXも全部経験済み。今はLAにLS460が一台ある。
But the LFA is one supercar I’d love to have！
でもやっぱりこれでしょう！スーパーカーのLFAです！
I live like less than 10minutes from the Lexus International Gallery in Aoyama so [...]
Written By: toshi on October 28, 2009
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I have a job opportunity for anyone who is qualified and interested.
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Branch manager of a well known and respected small tuning company.
Location is Orange County, CA
Starting salary is between $30-40K depending upon experience.
Must be bilingual in Japanese and English.
Must have a decent knowledge of cars, tuning, and the current US tuning market. [...]
Written By: toshi on October 16, 2009
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Although a bit late news- wise, Toyota will be displaying their new compact FR sports concept vehicle, the FT-86 Concept at the Tokyo Motor Show.
This car is a joint venture between Toyota and Subaru.It’s scheduled to be released in late 2011. Fuji Jyuko (Subaru) will supervise manufacturing and the vehicle will be sold [...]
Written By: toshi on September 16, 2009
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I went to go visit my old friend Eddie “The Power Doctor” Kim at Dynamic Autosports.
I can’t even begin to tell you how many memories I have with Dynamic.
Let’s just say it’s one of the oldest and original JDM tuning shops in the US.
Many magazines and manufacturers owe their success to this shop.
今回は親友のチューニングショップ DYNAMIC AUTOSPORTSにきました！
日本車JDMチューニング界では超有名〜。
大学の頃からの付き合いなので久しぶりに来れて嬉しかった。
Written By: toshi on July 28, 2009
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Tintin and the rest of us went to check out the History Garage again.
It’s always nice to drop by when you’re in the neighborhood.
まだお台場にいたのでついでにHISTORY GARAGEとMEGA WEBを見に行きました〜
The remodeled a portion of the exhibit. They still had a cool restaurant…
内装はちょっと変わってたような気がした…かわいいレストランはまだあったけどね
and a really dope make believe garage…
こういうガレージが欲しい！
The cars in the [...]
