Headlights and kidney grilles are too big for me, I mean, just think of an old pre-facelift E34 525i and then look at this thing. I’ve had BMW’s from each of the last 5 decades, and when going over them while washing or working on them, I think what really sneaks in on you later is how delicate the old BMW design…

I live in Asia and travel a bit for work. I will say straight up, I love flying Air India on the particular route I take, but make no doubt about it, the planes smell very Indian from the moment I get on as if it’s permanently in the upholstery and carpets, and these are virtually new planes, 787's with hardly any…

I remember when the E36 M3 was released in America, it started at $34,995, largely because they went with the dumber motor and de-contented the car a bit with simpler brakes, etc. That’s nearing the upper 50's in 2016 dollars, which is pretty close to what an M3 still starts at.

plenty of USDM models currently marred by ugly orange corner reflectors (and with the state of modern all in one headlights, not easily changed out like they used to be in the 80's/90's) - see S-class, Mclarens, F-type, etc, etc....

Behold its Korean and equally shitty relative, the Samsung SM3:

His socks say ‘New York’

Honda used to sell the EK9 Type-R in Japan on steelies with a stripped interior as a ‘race base’ spec for people ready to go to town with it. Not quite a body in white as it had seats and a motor and the suspension and brakes, just none of the fancy street bits like the forged wheels or Recaros, etc. Now THAT was…

Looks like they are running an S62 in the place of the S85 that should be there.... Any reason for that?

I love these too. Preferably JDM style in black on black on black on black Brabus tri-spoke wheels suited to the period, hardtop on. You can still find the exact style on Japanese used car sites and on the streets, and maybe import the over too. To me, the infinite-black original black Brabus style and the MAE style…

Was in Tokyo a couple weeks ago and I gotta say, I love the G-Wagen Pur edition- they are slightly more common there than any other urban city you’d go to, and they are fucking so spot-on. Combine a cool beige FJ80 (which I also saw and drooled over) and the G-wagen, and strip the G-wagen of all the bullshit that…

Sort of surprised at how far forward the shortblock sits in the engine bay given the outer proportions of the car, is there any info about that?

When I lived in Tokyo, I used to simply rent a Nissan March from the local gas station that was 150ft from my apt door - it was 10 years old and the rental system was more or less on the honor system - and you know, it had it’s own parking spot at the gas station which made it as easy as pie. I only ever did that two,…

Lots (of the run) of these in Japan... and Mendel’s Garage = JDM imports of Germans, no? If so, pretty clear as to seemingly neglected exterior vs mileage. Covered parking in Japan is pretty rare, doesn’t matter what kind of car money you have, to an extent. If you have covered parking money in Japan, you either live…

You’re definitely spot on about the directions part, I think the biggest difference between the Korean (old) and Japanese addressing systems (there aren’t much essentially) is that the Japanese ‘chome’ which is analogous to ‘dong’ in Korean is much smaller, so, Japanese dongs are smaller - you get way up into the…

There are phone/iPhone rentals at both Narita and Haneda airports; I don’t know what they cost, definitely a bit more than the pocket wifi’s, but maybe they cost little enough to you to warrant the upgrade to a proper phone on 4G, you might even want to get an Android with an extra interchangeable battery if those are…

Plenty of Jalop-like Japanese guys living in small 1-2BR apts with some amazing cars in their apt complex garages. No McLaren F1's, but there’s definitely some breathtaking cars sitting three-up in those rotating lift garage things they have. Ex. NSX Type-R v2 sitting below a Karmann Ghia below a clean 930, next row,…

This is not the more desirable early edition which were handmade and highly prized as so on the JDM market today, but 16 and a half stacks are not far off from what a nice one costs in Japan for even a late model square lamp version like this in good nick, think 12-14 for something not so different as what is…