Want a red fire truck? We have red fire vans, plenty.

Thanks.

“That’s backed up by a 4-speed automatic, which is the only way these things came back in he day.”

Never heard of it until your post. I’m no expert, but religion here is a bit mixed. Birth and death are marked by Buddhist ceremonies. Shinto is animist and about life: before a meal giving thanks to whatever died so you can eat it. That sort of thing. It’s all fairly informal. I give thanks too, for living in such a…

Its a hard life in snow country. Average winter snowfall here is about 11 metres. Sometimes it less but I’ve seen over 18 metres of winter snow twice. There are compensations. The local ski slope is about 20 minutes drive. Zao, the best mountain in Tohoku is less than an hour. My skis are 10 years old, and they have…

Oishida machi (大石田町), pop 10,000 and falling. It’s “heavy snow” country. Us oldies are dieing, and the children leave for an easier life when they grow up.

Nicely described Kat. It’s exactly the same here in sleepy Tohoku. I live at a junction directly opposite the station. The crocodiles of primary school children, each led by a senior, all meet up and have to cross the roads outside my house. In the morning there’s always an attendant and a couple of retirees…

Sounds like Thatcher, only to an American. Witness has a definite Australian accent, though not dinky-di. Thatcher was pure cut glass.

If you want to import a car to Japan, you import it and if it passes inspection (stuff like brakes, lights, tyres, rot) and it isn’t laying a smokescreen then it can be licensed.

The original Lotus Elan used Alfa GTV tail lights. Chapman liked the entire GTV tail treatment so much he essentially transplanted it to the Elan. No harm in that, Giugiaro was at the top of his game at the time.

Hm. 1976 6.55 litre engine producing 175bhp: 26.7 bhp per litre. Compared with my 1959 Mini (a slug), 850cc, 36 bhp, 42 bhp per litre.

Indicator on the right, gearchange on the left. It allows you to signal and change down simultaneously when you find that overtaking opportunity. Logical, legal, courteous. Simples.

I'll raise you a Daihatsu.

So it should. It was a 5 year later deign, and things had moved a long way in that time.

It's safer than having the canopy closed. It was standard practice. I used to think it was gung-ho, wind in the hair, but if you screw your takeoff and it goes titsup (wheelsup!) you've a chance of getting out alive before being burned to death. I had that information direct from a WWII Spitfire pilot, so its good.

Remember folks: a) when in Thailand it helps to drive on the left; b) the majority of other road users will be on motorcycles. If you can’t handle that, then don’t drive or make sure you are well insured.

That Triton is a really nice looking toy, but having grown up with 1960s British bikes, needing one for daily transport, I'd be leery. Triumph built the best vertical twins of the time, but they all constantly pissed oil from the vertically split crankcases and primary drive cases. Pre unit construction were the…

That's mine. 4th gen Legacy Wagon, except mine's black. Yo. Everything I need in a car. Comfort, refinement, handling, grip and the space I need for my stuff. Long roof gives me the stability for long loads on the roof rack. Plus there's enough length for the good lady and I can kip overnight on the 6 hour drive to…

Noted :thumbsup:

It's not a tank. It's a Scorpion CVRT Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked). Now out of service and de-militarised.