Takumi tax

[Instigator]

I was once a youngster who had no idea about cars. I used to read Hot 4s and want big bodykits and doof.

Then in around 2000-2001 I got into anime and manga a bit and found Initial D.

Haters say what you like but it got me into Toyotas and fostered a fondness of 86s that may one day see me own one. I'd like to think that being a few years ahead of the bandwagonners means I'm not quite as lame as them.

It's only been the last year or two that I've started to get into working on my own cars, researching ways to mod them, what parts I want to run etc. Before that I didn't really know or was too intimidated to try things in case I stuffed it up so I drove a bog stock SS Commodore.

For the meantime I can't justify the cost of a nice/done up/restored one and don't have the space to do it myself how I'd want to so I have my 71 to have fun in.

[Instigator]

Might be a topic for a different thread also but wtf is the go with all this JDM this JDM that yo?

A part is a part as far as I'm concerned if it looks similar, does the same job and offers no benfits over a local part wtf is the point? So you can say "Yeh bru I have fully hektik JDM mirrors on my car aye"?

I will not be spending my hard earned on something just because it comes from Japan if a locally made/sourced item does the same job. I noticed someone said something about a bottle being different to clear something that's fair enough...

[Kid Karola]

Yes the whole JDM thing is a little over played as ALL the AE86's were manufactured in Japan and exported, all be it to slightly different specs depending on if they were for the Japanese Domestic Market, Australia, USA, Europe, UK, etc... so they are all effectively Made in Japan (unlike KE's that were put together in Japan, Africa and even Melbourne!)

[sun_moon]

wow instigator said something pretty decent and true.

i agree.... so many people just FAP at japanese parts or japanese tuning houses and shit english.


anywhoo, back to topic. i have two point five ae86s, so my retirement is set.

[MJ86]

Jesus, watch out you could get banned for having an opinion like that on here, but yeah agree 100% with what your saying.

[Kid Karola]

watch this and see what it goes for... Even at this price it would be $20000+ landed.

[Frak]

That is in awsome condition!

[Kid Karola]

only 5 6 4 8 6 km full Toyota service history FTW!

[Revan]

pwoooaaah careful there son, I'm first to climb aboard the aussie V8-taxi-cab bashing..... but settle.... the delorean sure, the car was a lemon and market failure which lives on only in the minds of "back to the future devotees"...

but easy on the GTHO, and Congrats to ppl who have a mint one....

Have no interest in local cars these days, but keep in mind the old phase 3 was the fastest sedan in the world BAR NONE in its time. If the local blue oval boys pulled off the same feat today, you'd probably bow before whatever plasticky bodykit laden fake scoop wearing, heavy ass 22" rim pedalling monstrosity it might be...

again, never owned anything not built in japan, except i guess my KE70...

but you gotta give credit where credit is due.