JERSEY!!! Not sure if you frequent this board/area much.....

[Guest bastaad525]

Hey man I was wondering if I could get your email address? the one you have listed from over at zcar.com is no good anymore. I'm gonna be doing a turbo swap soon and saw what kinda times you were getting on your stock turbo, and figured you must know what you're doing I figure between you and Yo2001 I'll be covered for tips on getting this thing running and running FAST. I'm gonna be pretty much bone stock too at first so I figure if I can do whatever you did to run 13.3's I'll be a happy man indeed!

[yo2001]

Move to Jersey where the air is good. that's a tip from me. 90 deg with 80% plus humidity really sux in AL

[Guest bastaad525]

actually...... believe it or not I'm seriously contemplating moving to Japan! Move to the source... I always say.... well I dunno if it will really happen but i'm heading out there for two weeks either in spring or summer. I dont even wanna know how much it would cost to get my Z shipped out there and I dont want to think of moving out there w/o my Z!! GAAAAAAAAAAh

[CU Zcar]

I have a friend visiting Japan right now, in fact, and he says it's rare you see a car more than a few years old. Their tax laws favor new cars and really hit you hard when the car turns 3 years old if I understand correctly. He told me he's hardly seen even S13's (our 240SX, their Silvia/180SX if you're not familiar), though he saw a 280ZX once, a few AE86's, an FC RX-7, and some other older cars. I think he did mention that some popular cars like the 240 are held onto regardless of taxes due to their classic value, it's just the middle-aged cars like late 80's/early 90's that not so many love. I'd love to go someday...hope you have fun when you're there.

[Guest bastaad525]

yeah I've heard that too, though I heard it was any car over 10 years old. And as much trouble as I went thru to get this 240, not to mention how much I've put into it, dont think some taxes would convince me to let it go

[yo2001]

Yeah, the emission is tough as the car gets older in Japan. It's just cheaper to keep a new car than older cars. There are few out there. Not rarely on teh road though.

[CU Zcar]

The upshot is that we get a bunch of front clips sent over with all the goodies

[Guest ON3GO]

what did ur friend go for in japan?

he took alot of cool pics.

[CU Zcar]

He's over there on a trip put together by one of the Japanese-language teachers at Clemson with a group of other students. And yea, he takes great pics wish I had the dedication to tote my digicam everywhere I went.

[Guest ON3GO]

i wanna find out what camera he is using cuz there so clear!

you know what kind he has?

thanks

[CU Zcar]

I think it's a Nikon Coolpix camera, one of the ones that has a lens section that rotates separate from the section with the screen (kind of like this one). It was pretty expensive, the one I linked to lists for $600 now, his might have been somewhat less but ??. Good cameras cost money

[Guest bastaad525]

hey uh.... dont mind all the extra subjects but we kinda got thrown off the point..... Jersey where you at man gimme your email dangit!

[CU Zcar]

Yea, sorry for hijacking the thread...your question is still unanswered, so I'll give it a 'bump'.

BTW for anyone who cared, the exact camera my friend uses is a Nikon 995.