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DOTS: Nissan 200SX S14 in fall

November 15, 2009 / banpei / 3 Comments

And we have arrived at part 4 of the deteriorating 200SX!

The Nissan 200SX S14 in November
It is currently in a very beautiful state with all those leafs on and around it!

Now the car really starts to intrigue me! Its condition gets worse and worse and apparently nobody really cares for it… Could it be that the car itself now is in the fall of its life?

Well, at least the rust didn’t get any worse than last month:

The Nissan 200SX S14 in November
And some of the blisters disappeared magically…

The note I left some time ago has disappeared and I found this stuck behind the door:

The Nissan 200SX S14 in November
So either the owner removed the note and this note is new or some secondhand dealer removed my note and tuck this behind the door instead! I suspect the latter is the most probable case… :(

Japanese rustoseums (part four)

November 14, 2009 / banpei / 1 Comment

It is time for some more rustoseums! :)

Let’s start with this four door Nissan Skyline sedan:

Nissan Skyline R32 4 door sedan
As you can see it must have had some really big fender extenders which now have been removed. Would that mean the fender extenders were considered more expensive than the Skyline?

What about a nice Toyota Mark II X7 wagon with some plants on it?

Toyota Mark II X7 wagon
Is it actually going to be used as a flowerbed? Or did the owner intend it to grow into a Crown MS120 wagon?

Somehow I always smile when I see these third generation Honda Accords:

Honda Accord Mk3
The front of the car really resembles the Trueno. Of course the bumper is a bit different, but it is styled closer to a Trueno than the Silvia S12! Sad to see this example without its eyes…

A really (c)rusty Corolla KE30:

Toyota Corolla KE30
And it has got the great looking hubcaps!

Personally I thought this was a first generation Cedric 130, but the poster of the picture says it is actually a Isuzu Bellet sedan:

Isuzu Bellet sedan
Bellet sedan? Were those actually made??

Hilarious: Street computing in Akihabara (Koike Style)

November 13, 2009 / banpei / 0 Comments

The latest trend in Akihabara: Koike Style!

Koike Style is basically nothing else than using your computer while moving. This can involve walking/cycling/bus rides/whatever. It actually is quite a silly look to see someone walking with a laptop, or standing still pressing the laptop against their lap and typing as fast as they can to keep the laptop from falling! :D

I can see the use for it, but what I don’t get is why most of them use a full size laptop and not something compact as netbook or an iPhone to stay connected! ;)

Site updates!

November 12, 2009 / banpei / 2 Comments

As you may have noticed I made some minor site updates in the past few days!

Logo changed
I changed the logo to a bit more car related logo. The old logo showed a set of Celica Supra rims in a close-up but it wasn’t really clear immediately that you are on a car related site. Hopefully it is clearer this way. ;)

Facebook
I opened up a Banpei Facebook fan page!
It will contain all updates from all blogs I write for and some other interesting links I encounter daily.

If you are not a fan yet, you can become one directly by clicking on the link in the fanbox:

Banpei.net on Facebook

Sidebar from left to right
I changed the sidebar back from left to right. It simply wasn’t working correct under all browsers and I wanted to be able to post content to Facebook. Facebook interpreted the left sidebar as the actual content. :(
So, if anyone still has problems with the display of the sidebar: please contact me!

Changed banners
I removed the banner from the sidebar. It freed up a bit of space there and the sidebar looks a lot better now! Instead of that banner I put up a big leaderboard at the top of the page. There is not much content yet, but there will be a lot more interesting content there as well.
Also if you wish to advertise there or any other place at my site: please contact me! ;)

Video: how to change a tire by a machine?

November 12, 2009 / banpei / 0 Comments

As a follow up on last Mondays How to change a tire by hand? an high tech machine to change tires automated:

Now that certainly is a big difference compared by doing that by hand! :D

Actually in both titles change should actually have been remove: in both videos the tires get removed and no new tires will be mounted on the rims again.

Also this machine was new to me: I’m still used to the old hub rotating machines where you stick an arm on the hub (and between the tire and the rim). Not anything near this machine with three different arms to loosen the tire from the bead and another arm to push the tire and another finger coming from the first arm to actually remove the tire… Maybe I only went to old fashioned tire shops in the past! :D :D

Carina sightings: my Carina on Google Streetview

November 11, 2009 / banpei / 0 Comments

Google Streetview has been updated in the Netherlands yesterday. Of course I checked some familiar spots first including my house.

For some reason the images of my house are mixed up with the images of a street right next to it. Fortunately enough there are images of my Carina on Streetview:

My Toyota Carina TA60 on Google Streetview

Unfortunately this is the only “good” picture I could capture since the other images were from the street next to mine…

I also found some of the Down on the Street entries as well, so I’ll post them next Sunday.

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