And sure enough, it did fail.

But that is well shy of the $95,000 and $123,000 the average U.S.-based GM assembly worker and skilled work made respectively, including overtime and profit-sharing bonuses.

Fukuoka is fantastic. It hits the sweet spot- all of the benefits of a big city but a much more reasonable place to live.

Don’t forget this sales downturn is happening at exactly the same time that every major OEM and Tier 1 supplier is spending insane sums of money on electrification and autonomous driving tech.

Being foreign: If you’re going to do it, do it in Tokyo.

Tokyo is a fantastic place to visit and a terrible place to live. Endless nightlife, shopping, entertainment, and dining options await. Unfortunately, you’ll probably spend your days commuting in ungodly packed trains for hours on end, working late every night, and living in a cramped apartment that is unimaginably…

This goes to the core of one of Trump’s many, many frauds- that he is somehow a man of the people that has common interests with those who support him. Does anyone think Mr. Super Wealthy New Yorker ever gave a shit about NASCAR, or its drivers, or its fans, while building failing Atlantic City casinos?

Never underestimate the insecurity of middle-class suburbia. No McMansion is too big, and if Jim and Betsy down the cul-de-sac have an SUV, you’d better believe that we’re getting one too.

The Century (deservedly) gets most of the attention overseas, but inside Japan this is the “nice” Toyota that you will see every day. Ken’s not kidding, these things are everywhere. Dentists, school principals, white collar middle management... this is Toyota’s bread and butter. And out in the countryside, older Crowns…

Absolultely

Apparently it’s gotten quite worse in the past few years... sad to say. Just too many tourists and the infrastructure can’t quite keep up.

I work in the industry. I’m familiar with this. I think this merger could cause levels of geographically diverse part sharing that we have’t seen before. It’s too much “synergy” for management to pass up. In theory, we could see Jeep parts in a Mitsubishi SUV. Nissan parts in a Dodge or Fiat. If everybody thought…

Get ready to see parts sharing. A LOT of parts sharing.

Kyoto has basically turned into a no-go zone for Japan residents due to the absolutely huge number of tourists. Kanazawa, Kamakura, Ginza, and Asakusa aren’t far behind, to name a few. That’s OK though, there are plenty of other great places out there! Don’t be afraid to go off the beaten path!

It was on my wish list too... and it would have made sense, since M2 handled this collection as well as the original development of Rebirth. But I’m afraid that it was probably outside the scope of this project.

If you think anything other than a DC2 Integra Type-R is worthless, as you seem to imply by your criteria, then yeah. Times change. But modern Honda still offers a lot of compelling products. I could list them here, but I don’t think I can change your mind, so there’s no point.

It’s going to happen. 90s Japanese sports cars will be the new 60s American muscle cars for the next generation. We’re already seeing it with the Mark IV Supras.

Exactly. It’s a Japanese designed and built car, made for very Japanese tastes, using materials and techniques that would appeal to discerning Japanese customers, and sold exclusively to conservative, wealthy Japanese elites as the pinnacle of Japanese domestic car production. Remove any of that and the car loses its…

It’s interesting- seems like almost every other NASCAR driver in that area owns a flashy lakefront mansion with little or no additional land, but Dale Jr. went a different route, not living on the lake but having more privacy and plenty of extra space for other fun stuff. You can maybe see the priorities a little bit…

Get that bad boy to Radwood on the double