Ah, ok. Yes, those pesky tariffs and local rules. Most unfortunate. Good thing for deregulation?

To me, it seems like exactly what he trying to achieve. I don’t find his stuff super compellingly funny but I can see how some might find it amusing.

I see. Sorry to bug you again but you mentioned the market was restricted in NZ. A little place like that (especially that long ago) would seem to access more to Australian product as well. What was NZs car restrictions composed of? 

Gotcha. Over here, the rose-tinted glasses have long since passed except for those who believe only in V8s and straight axles and recirculating ball steering and drum brakes. 8 track also. What was the preferred JDM of that period?

Awww. Are your feeling hurt for some reason? Are you taking things very personally nowadays? That’s alright; the holiday season makes some people angry and disillusioned too. As mentioned elsewhere, get your meds and chillax for a while. Life’s too short to get all worked up online. If you’re feeling that life’s out…

Hmm, did you miss your morning meds today? You seem to be a bit on edge. Perhaps you should learn a little yoga or meditation. It might help you with your anger issues.

It’s great. Most of us only see what we see. We don’t know all the behind the scenes activity. It’s interesting to know the the Japanese had such a big interest there. I wonder if any Japanese engineers are still around from that era and what they think of things now.

I approve. I used to work for a company that contracted road service for Saturn. Saturn was a great outfit until GM got tired of it.

Quite right. The only problem is that Colombia has been a mess for a very very very long time. Police overreach in Colombia is sort of like saying cartel reach at the same time. There’s not much difference. The assumption that things in Central and South America should be done like here in the US is good. But that…

Yeah. Weird of all places to choose a vacation. It might be easy to get into but there’s always for that. Especially in todays climate. Colombia but not Costa Rica? Weird. Something else going on. Maybe he went there thinking it was going to be easy to score weed(s). Sure. Except there’s some baggage that goes along…

What period is this? I was always of the mind that ‘70s and ‘80s era JDM were making it to NZ and what not. ‘Course used bits are always dodgy so there’s that but it seemed at least here in the states if one could there hands on JDM hardware, it probably was going to be ok. Nowadays, it’s not so much the case anymore…

It’s reality tv before it became a national thing. 60 Mins had a stamp on it first before some of the local stations started doing “busts” on business scam artists. Wonder if anyone recalls Wally George, the conservative radio and tv host. He was quite a thing to watch; could only stand it for a few minutes myself.

It’s so they can sell more big trucks when their cats get ripped out. Truck gets totalled by insurance or the cat dealer/car dealer gets a turnaround benefit. 

Odometer rollback is an old trick. It’s way harder nowadays with all the digital tracking and OBC stuff. In the old days when odometer were entirely mechanical you could do it very easily. Some guys could do it with an electric drill if they had the right kind of odo. Not hard at all. A lot of places did it, even bad…

Ilyushin. Aircraft that are meant to fly but really prefer to be on the ground. 

LOL, really? That’s the best you can do? Your lack of reading skills is quite incomprehensible. Your cut-and-paste is quite average. But that’s for another day. Today, I feel like Chobham composite. It’s truck after all, right?

My favorite game on Xbox OG.

Wonderful article. Stay strong and keep going. You’re an inspiration.

Yeah, bit of a shame about Delorean. Imagine what those cars would be valued at now if he had designed it to handle a GM smallblock V8 engine. Even a smog-tuned version would’ve been better than the PRV.

Hey, he’s launching SpaceX Starship prototypes with the same stuff and spotwelded hulls. It’s not really difficult. It’s not titanium or Inconel or nickel based alloys. Sure it’s not as cheap as standard sheet metal but if you don’t have to have body stamping dies that need to be renewed every couple of X number of…