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DOTS: Miata hunting! (part 2)

This week more I continue with some more Miata hunting!

First of all this MX5 caused a lot of pain:
Mazda MX5 mk2
Mazda MX5 mk2

It came around the corner quite quickly when I was on my bike. I immediately grabbed my camera, pointed it to the car and turned around to take a picture. I was just in time to take the picture. Doing this maneuver strained my back because I was still sitting on my bike. ;)

This red Miata was parked in a multi-story car park:
Mazda Miata (or 323?)
Mazda Miata (or 323?)

Never seen it there before but immediately took a picture of it. :)
When I looked it up at the license plate register it turned out to be registered as a Mazda 323 1.6 instead of the Mazda MX5 I would have expected it to be registered on. The car was imported to the Netherlands in 2001, so that could not have been the reason to register it as a 323. And even tax evasion (import taxes are based upon luxury options as AC and PS) could not have been the case… Maybe the worker at the register could not come up with the MX5 designation and registered it as a 323?

Last one for this week:
Mazda MX5
Mazda MX5

This originally Dutch first generation MX5 was registered on the very last day of 1992. It is currently owned by the same owner for almost 11 years now! Now that is certainly a faithful owner! :)

Contest: win a copy of Need for Speed Shift (part two!)

Last time the contest was too difficult and I still have that copy of NFS! So time to put up a new contest! ;)

Let’s watch this 80s Car Guidance video first:

Now, already impressed by that Honda City Turbo? Now, the question is: what is the nickname of the Honda City Turbo?

Send your answer through the contact form with the subject “CONTEST” before next saturday 0:00 CEST (December 5th 2009). From all correct answers I will pick a winner (random) and announce it later that week on the portal.

And again, the prize:
prize for the contest: nfs shift

Carina sightings: Carina GT-TR with twin cam turbo interior

Yesterday I spotted this amazing all original Toyota Carina GT-TR sedan on Goo-net:
Toyota Carina sedan GT-TR TA63
Toyota Carina sedan GT-TR TA63

The only modifications done to this Carina was adding set of 14 inch Watanabe rims and repairing the front airdam!

Toyota Carina sedan GT-TR TA63
Toyota Carina sedan GT-TR TA63

The car only traveled 82000 kilometers so far (that is 357 less than mine!) which is peanuts for a car like this!

Toyota Carina sedan GT-TR TA63
Toyota Carina sedan GT-TR TA63

It still has the original Twin Cam Turbo interior (GT-TR only) and the interior still looks spotless! Also note that this is one of the few GT-TRs which has no rollcage installed!

Toyota Carina sedan GT-TR TA63
Toyota Carina sedan GT-TR TA63

Engine surely looks like it did 82K, but no more and no less. ;)
Also note that there are no camberplates or strutbars installed. Car certainly has not been used as a circuit or drift car!

Toyota Carina sedan GT-TR TA63
Toyota Carina sedan GT-TR TA63

In other words: this is a very nice uncut gem! You possibly can’t find a GT-TR in a better state than this!

If you are willing to spend 580.000 yen ($6600) on this beauty with full history it is certainly worth every penny (uh, yen?)!
You can find the car here:
Toyota Carina sedan GT-TR TA63 on goo-net

Minkara guide – Part three: add cars

Earlier we covered the registration process and setting up your profile, so let start adding cars now!
Minkara guide step 2: go to car listing
Minkara guide part 3: go to car listing

This is where you click to go to the car listing page…

You will see an empty page on which you have one big button. Now what should you do with that button then?
Minkara guide part 3: click on add car
Minkara guide part 3: click on add car

Click it of course! ;)

Which takes you to the edit car details page:
Minkara guide part 3: edit car details
Minkara guide part 3: edit car details

I tried to put in there whatever I could translate. The only tricky part is selecting the manufacturer and model! The lists are so long that I can’t really translate them. Least I can do is provide you with the most important manufacturers from the list:
???: Toyota
??: Nissan
???: Honda
??: Mitsubishi
???: Mazda
???: Subaru
???: Suzuki
????: Daihatsu
???: Isuzu
??: Mitsuoka

After you selected the manufacturer the page will reload and load the models by that manufacturer. What you can do is use Firefox, select the drop-down box containing the models, right-click on the selection and choose “view selection source”. This way you will get that list in html formatted text which you can put through Google-translate. It won’t work very well, but at least it is better than nothing. ;)

So, filled in all details? Click on the “Check” button to see how it is going to look on your profile:
Minkara guide part 3: confirm car details
Minkara guide part 3: confirm car details

Satisfied? Click on “Submit” button to confirm your car. Otherwise click on the “Edit” button to go back to the edit screen.

Minkara guide part 3: done!
Minkara guide part 3: done!

Well, we’re done! Congratulations: you just added your first car to your Minkara profile!

Next episode we will look into adding modifications to your cars!

Minkara guide – Part two: enable profile

After last weeks registration (Minkara guide part one) we now continue with the basic profile. After you have logged in you must go to your profile page first:
Minkara guide step 2: go to your profile page
Minkara guide step 2: go to your profile page

As you can see it is pretty empty there! First thing they ask you to do is to agree to the terms (yes, once again!):
Minkara guide step 2: agree to the terms
Minkara guide step 2: agree to the terms

So, check that checkbox and press continue…

After you have done that you will see a very very very long page with way too many options:
Minkara guide step 2: edit profile details
Minkara guide step 2: edit profile details

As you can see: it is a bit unclear if you don’t know what it says! I tried to put it all in one single image and tried to translate it properly but some thinks are a bit unclear for me as well…

You can also upload your default profile picture here. It will be used as an icon and also shown bigger on your public profile page.

After you have filled in everything and pressed the Submit button you will get a confirmatiobox asking if everything has been filled in correctly. Press OK to continue… And surprise surprise: your profile details have been filled in!

That’s it for this guide! In the next part (will be posted tomorrow!) we will start adding cars.

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