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DOTS: beaten up 1993 Suzuki Swift GTi

April 25, 2010 / banpei / 0 Comments

This trashed 1993 black Suzuki Swift GTi has been standing near the office for quite some time and I wondered who would leave this car behind…

Black 1993 Suzuki Swift GTi
Apart from not having any MOT for the past six months it has been beaten up severely: mirrors are broken loose, front fender shows some big dents, scratches along the side of the car…

Black 1993 Suzuki Swift GTi
Rear wiper gone…

Black 1993 Suzuki Swift GTi
Mirror on this side broken loose as well and even more dents on the car…

Of course for most of the Dutch population this car will recall the 2009 Queensday attack where the attacker used a black Suzuki Swift and killed eight people before missing his target and crashing into some monument… I still remember seeing the footage of that attack and thought from now on any black Suzuki Swift will be a very impopular car to own/drive… Next Friday that will be one year ago exactly and I like to express my deepest respects to the victims of this madman.

WTF: Mullet Motorsport Mazda 323

April 24, 2010 / banpei / 1 Comment

The Mazda 323 on this picture drew my attention because of the second grille (where the bumper used to be), but upon closer look I thought the whole car was brilliant!

Mullet Motorsport Mazda 323
This Mazda 323 by Mullet Motorsport is competing in the Granite City rally 2010. I really wonder what hairstyle the driver has. :P

Found at:
AL’s Car Stuff blog

Hilarious: Taiwanese kids drift better than Nomuken!

April 23, 2010 / banpei / 0 Comments

This video shows the amazing biking skills of two Taiwanese kids:

Not only has this little girl great parallel parking skills, she and her brother can also drift the corners of the corridors in their appartment.

Their Youtube movies already became a big (internet) hit in Taiwan and they already featured on national TV:

Simply amazing!

Now, how do I learn my son to do that? ;)

Need car guidance? Nissan Laurel C32 Medialist

April 22, 2010 / banpei / 0 Comments

In a previous Car Guidance you were guided for the Nissan Skyline R31, so how about its sister car the Nissan Laurel Medialist?

This Laurel C32 Medialist basically is the same as the Skyline R31: it has got the same floorpan, the same hardtop (designer was the same guy), the same weird folding rear power windows, got the same RB20 engine (this C32 doesn’t have the twin cam head though) but is a bit more luxurious on the inside: it has a steering wheel with more buttons than on a modern car, the double DIN car stereo looks like it consumes more amps than a boombox, the digital dashboard mimics the Knight 2000. Compare that luxury to my two year older (plain) Carina!

Now if only I could get one here in Holland… :(
(btw: I do know one in Holland but it is not for sale…)

Carina Sightings: white Carina AA63 drifting on a wet Suzuka

April 21, 2010 / banpei / 2 Comments

My heart jumped last wednesday when Alexi Smith from Nori Yaro posted this white toyota Carina GT-R AA63 drifting on a wet Suzuka:

White Carina AA63 by Nori Yaro
Did he know wednesdays is always my Carina Sighting day? Did he do that on purpose? Can’t he post up a wallpaper version of that picture? :P

Anyway, head over to Nori Yaro for more pictures of this white beauty:
white Carina GT-R AA63 at Nori Yaro

Japanese cherry blossoms in Holland

April 19, 2010 / banpei / 0 Comments

Last year I already noticed the trees next to the red Mazda Miata were Japanese cherry trees and I was hoping I could take a nice picture of the Miata with the cherry blossoms this spring. Unfortunately I only could take that picture:

Japanese cherry blossoms in Holland
As you can see: the Miata disappeared after the snow melted and a Vølvø S40 replaced it shortly afterwards. I was hoping it would return, but since the blossoms are almost dead already I really had to take this picture instead.

Dunno what happened to the red Miata. Maybe the owner got fed up with a convertible during winter time, had family expansion or even moved away. We’ll probably never know…

(btw: picture was taken with my new phonecam. Color quality is better than the crap cam, but the focus is terrible. I had to sharpen the picture twice to have as it is right now. So not a good replacement for the crapcam I guess!)