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Gismo R
02-28-2002, 09:40 PM
You see all these kids running around with Japanese letters on their hats, shirts, pants, and even their cars. I wonder if it's a big thing in Japan the have English letters on their clothes, or maybe it's cool to drive a cavalier with English letters on it. LOL

Omega
02-28-2002, 09:57 PM
rofl!

BlankFlip
02-28-2002, 10:04 PM
i see what ur sayin' w/ that. but remember how big english is all over the world. they have english stuff on their cars. notice how the s14 or s13's actually say "silvia" in english n stuff?

-E-
02-28-2002, 10:05 PM
I was told that they do have Cavalier in Jap but its know as Toyota Cavalier

crazycuban
02-28-2002, 10:08 PM
<a href="http://www.engrish.com" target='_blank'>http://www.engrish.com</a>

02-28-2002, 11:20 PM
I trade stuff with this one guy in Japan all the time. I send him anything that has Lexus emblems on it, he gets like $200 for a emblem, because all our Lexus are badged Toyotas there. And Toyota sells the cavalier under their name. Thats why Bomex sells Cavalier kits if you ever noticed. Do a search on Yahoo and youll find alot of pages for the Toyo-Cav.

mbmbmb23
02-28-2002, 11:27 PM
Slightly off topic...but.....American pop culture is HUGE over there..........people over there will pay big bucks for used pairs of Air Jordan shoes (decent condition of course), and other crap like that.

-E-
02-28-2002, 11:28 PM
Are the Toyo/cav big sellers in Jap

VERTiG0
02-28-2002, 11:28 PM
</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Quote: from EONE914 on 12<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':0'>5 am on Mar. 1, 2002
I was told that they do have Cavalier in Jap but its know as Toyota Cavalier
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Yes, this is true. &nbsp;Chevy gave Toyota permission and rights to produce a Cavalier over there in Japan called the Toyota Cavalier.

Don't know about the engine, but it came with stock Bomex body kit and nice wheels and stuff. &nbsp;Came all done up from the factory.

anthony240
02-28-2002, 11:56 PM
I was playing Tokyo Extreme Racer and it had California plates on the cars. Is this for the US version or do people in Japan use California plates?

-E-
03-01-2002, 12:03 AM
I think they both use the ECOTEC motor

91CRXsiR
03-01-2002, 12:09 AM
i heard of some honda guys wanting Acura badges..
and changing thier integs to USDM front ends..

u think we could trade ppl out (180) fronts for thier S13 fronts? since 180 parts are so expensive?

03-01-2002, 12:19 AM
Im sure you could find someone to swap with but you'll be paying alot for shipping and customs charges because its auto related out of Japan. That is of course you properly report whats in the box......

Coldsun
03-01-2002, 12:36 AM
LOL
is this serious....
Thats how it is all over the WORLD... We picked up on Japanese culture the same way they do to ours... Heres a great example for ya'll

The next time you pick up your PS2 and play a game, you and i know that the game was most like developed, thought up, and made in japan.... But how many games do you see starring asian people....?!?!
Metal Gear 2 , Snake is a rough American dude and it takes place in New York and has to do with US Goverment, in FF7 Cloud is Blonde haired and Blue eyed.... in Resident Evil it takes place in the US and the stars are all american.... the the Japanese kids love it...

But in the US we need to catch the next Dragonball Z episode, (oh yea, think of what happens to there appearance when they change into super sayians) hahah

So yeah man, it plays back to them alot... I dont know about them loving Caviliers or not, but they like our culture and they #### sure know our language alot better then we know theres... So if i walk outside and see a kid wearing a shirt that has some Japanese letter it wouldn't surprise me if a kid is in Japan putting on a shirt that says &quot;Jakes Towing and Transport&quot; or something like that
-Sun

Grant
03-01-2002, 12:42 AM
dude, back in japan, they love caprice wagons and astro vans, have you guys even seen the japanese version of lowrider magazine?? I almost fell over.

Coldsun
03-01-2002, 12:45 AM
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dude, back in japan, they love caprice wagons and astro vans, have you guys even seen the japanese version of lowrider magazine?? I almost fell over. </td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
OH LORD
ahahah
well there it goes

Takumi
03-01-2002, 12:59 AM
Not to mention the Japanese are into one of my first loves.....HIP-HOP! ####, there's even a very popular hip-hop group in Japan called &quot;M-Flo&quot;, check 'em up! The emcee in the group, Verbal is ill! They've even got hip-hop clubs there too, I think maybe Roppongi Square or something.

Coldsun
03-01-2002, 01:02 AM
yeah
thats true they are really into hiphop over there... they like alotta music over there period, but there hiphop scene is big
i am seriously gonna take a trip over there one day, they got everything i love, hiphop, nice cars, technology, and sexy asian chicks &nbsp;<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>
-sun

DuffMan
03-01-2002, 03:25 AM
What I wonder is why do most Japanesse cars have italian sounding names.

sykikchimp
03-01-2002, 08:36 AM
I had an instructor that lived in japan for 10 years. &nbsp;Big fat white guy. &nbsp;probably 350lbs. &nbsp;He said asian chicks love american guys, b/c we are nice. &nbsp;He said all he had to do to pick up a chick was open a door for her. &nbsp;He said asian guys over there where assholes to the women. &nbsp;

He also said that the japanesse LOVE to put english on things. &nbsp;Even streest signs and stuff. &nbsp;He agreed that the screwed it up a lot too. &nbsp;He showed me the engrish site, and said that stuff was everywhere..

Krunko
03-01-2002, 08:55 AM
I wonder if Japanese people think most or all white Americans people are like Solid Snake and Bruce Willis.

That solid snake sure is a cool guy.

camppain
03-01-2002, 09:29 AM
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yeah
thats true they are really into hiphop over there... they like alotta music over there period, but there hiphop scene is big
i am seriously gonna take a trip over there one day, they got everything i love, hiphop, nice cars, technology, and sexy asian chicks <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>
-sun
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couldn't of said it better myself, specially the last part ohh yeahhhhhhh! <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'>

AZN GTR
03-01-2002, 09:46 AM
Over there, ppl stereotype white ppl as ppl with really good manners and very friend just like how white ppl here stereotype asians as being really smart or whatever.

Gismo R
03-01-2002, 01:37 PM
</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Quote: from Takumi on 12:59 am on Mar. 1, 2002
Not to mention the Japanese are into one of my first loves.....HIP-HOP! ####, there's even a very popular hip-hop group in Japan called &quot;M-Flo&quot;, check 'em up! The emcee in the group, Verbal is ill! They've even got hip-hop clubs there too, I think maybe Roppongi Square or something.
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Watch out for Japanese thug-life

sykikchimp
03-01-2002, 02:32 PM
</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Quote: from Krunko on 10:55 am on Mar. 1, 2002
I wonder if Japanese people think most or all white Americans people are like Solid Snake and Bruce Willis.

That solid snake sure is a cool guy.
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No doubt.. &nbsp;&quot;I wanna be like Snake..&quot; &nbsp;(sung like the ..Mike adds)

wherezmytofu
03-01-2002, 05:05 PM
im cool like solid snake.......

whateverjames
03-01-2002, 05:06 PM
i talked to a 240sx owner that was stationed over in japan for 7 years. he said asian women love american guys who drive fast japanese cars, i forgot why, but he said there was a reason. and he said something about 7-11's too, how there are two different kinds and they are way better than over hear. oh and you can make a lot of money being a door to door salesman.

wherezmytofu
03-01-2002, 05:13 PM
</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Quote: from Krunko on 8:55 am on Mar. 1, 2002
I wonder if Japanese people think most or all white Americans people are like Solid Snake and Bruce Willis.

That solid snake sure is a cool guy.
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im sure all the american tourist messed that idea up....now add metal ninja to your game so i can start forken shit uo! <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'>

(Edited by wherezmytofu at 5:14 pm on Mar. 1, 2002)

wherezmytofu
03-01-2002, 05:19 PM
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and you can make a lot of money being a door to door salesman.
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dont door to door salesman get to http://www.hondasociety.com/board/images/paulie/smilies/bj.gif with all those loney housewives?

whateverjames
03-01-2002, 05:26 PM
in the movies i watch they do. i mean, the movies that this one guy....at work that.. i really don't know

rancid240
03-01-2002, 05:28 PM
i dont remember the cavaliers coming all done up from the factory...they looked pretty stock to me last time i went. its wierd around there though, you will go for days without seeing an american car and then a dropped 66 impala will pass by, followed by a body kitted out 4 tip exhaust astro van. &nbsp;pretty crazy place if you ask me

03-02-2002, 06:55 AM
if i went to japan i would be flipping out to see a real s15 silvia.. skylines just rolling around and other nissans.. &nbsp;i would really walk around hard on all day...
:x

Tuck&Poke
03-02-2002, 08:07 AM
oh man im goin to japan to go pick up some women and to go nut on all the cars i see. &nbsp;but why do they have 10 different names for the same car. &nbsp;i went to the honda website in japan and they had the equivelent of the TL over there and it had like 5 diff names. &nbsp;whats up with that?

Goodbar6
03-02-2002, 09:55 AM
Ive heard that the Jappanese really like the big V8 Muscle cars. Theres a foreign exchange student over here in Omaha that bought an old 260Z and dropped a chevy 305 with a 100 shot of nitrous in it. That same kid saw one of the guys i know putting an SR20DET into his 240SX, and the exchange student was all confused on why we would drop in a stock engine. Hes pretty cool.
Tyler

Drifting Ricer
03-02-2002, 02:34 PM
I love to go to Japan and watch there goofy culture. No really after I seen those option vids. I'm bringing to think that japanese people are crazy! Putting a stick across there ass and snapping it with there butt chicks?<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'> What's up with that?

Man I love to see Japanese pro drifters! I wonder is you get looked down there is you have a big engine with supercharger. Like people here get looked down for having turbos in their cars. Anyone know the Japanese version of a HIC?