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Carina Sightings: Blue Carina Sedan

October 28, 2009 / banpei / 0 Comments

Apart from its color, this Carina Sedan looks really blue:

Blue Carina GT-R AA63 sedan

You can see the paint is already blistering and fading away. In my opinion it looks like a bad respray done 15 to 20 years ago…

Blue Carina GT-R AA63 sedan

It sits on its original rims and it has AC, power windows and power steering as luxury options. It still has its original 4A-GE with only 159000 kilometers on its odometer, so that engine should still be purring like a kitten!

Blue Carina GT-R AA63 sedan

It may not sound much, but you can’t complain for a car that is for sale at Auctions Yahoo and has a current bid of only $500! Even better: it has a buy me now option of only $1600! The auction will end in about 5 hours, so if you are quick you can just get it for $501! ;)

You can find its auction here: Blue Carina GT-R AA63 on Auctions Yahoo

Got better!

October 27, 2009 / banpei / 0 Comments

I have almost fully recovered now! I will start posting from tomorrow onwards again! :)

We went to the doctor (together with my son) and it turned out to be, as the doctors say, a bad gastroenteritis. In other words: flu which only affects the digestion system. So it couldn’t be swineflu. Besides that: I haven’t eaten any pig for ages so it can’t be swineflu after all. ;)

BTW: is the contact form also sick or is the contest that difficult? I have only received one single solution to the contest so far and that is my own to test the contact form…

Got sick?

October 25, 2009 / banpei / 0 Comments

As you may have noticed on bosozokustyle.com the posts have dried up a bit… Same will happen here. :|

I’ve been sick since last Thursday evening and unable to write anything since then. Lucky enough I do create some posts beforehand which will get posted when scheduled (a few dots and exhaust of the week) but I’m not sure when I feel well enough to post again… I am feeling a bit better tonight and let’s hope it stays that way!

I have no idea what I have but I will see the doctor tomorrow. Let’s hope it’s not swineflu! ;)

DOTS: Even more scruffy looking Nissan 200SX S14

October 25, 2009 / banpei / 2 Comments

When I started with the Down on the Streets series I posted the Scruffy looking Nissan 200SX S14 in the second feature. Back then I wrote that there was a lot of moss growing under it and the paint was falling off the bumper… Those first pictures were taken in june, so I stopped by the car early september and things got worse:

Scruffy looking Nissan 200SX S14 in September
There were already a lot of leafs and dirt on the car: not very shocking.

What was shocking was this:

Scruffy looking Nissan 200SX S14 in September
The paint starts to get blisters all over the car and falls off on other parts as well!

Let’s zoom in on that passenger door:

Scruffy looking Nissan 200SX S14 in September
Currently only surface rust so it can still be repaired.

Scruffy looking Nissan 200SX S14 in September
And the boot wasn’t much better than the passenger door…

So of course I paid a visit early October to see how bad things got now:

Scruffy looking Nissan 200SX S14 in October
Even more leafs and dirt on the car!

What about the passenger door then?

Scruffy looking Nissan 200SX S14 in October
Rust didn’t get any worse than before, however more blisters can be seen on the door…

And the boot?

Scruffy looking Nissan 200SX S14 in October
Same story as the door: rust didn’t get worse but the amount of blisters did…

To prevent this car from getting worse I left a note on the car but haven’t received any answer yet. Will try again soon! ;)

Contest: win a copy of Need for Speed Shift

October 24, 2009 / banpei / 0 Comments

I was already fed up with the game after only playing it for a week. I won’t get into details, nor will I make the pun on its title. So, I decided to deinstall Need For Speed Shift and give it away for free in a small contest. ?(´?`)/

The contest is simple, just name the TV show this “blooper” is taken from:

and send it through the contact form with the subject “CONTEST” before next saturday 0:00 CEST (October 31st 2009). From all correct answers I will pick a winner (random) and announce it later that day on the portal.

The prize:
prize for the contest: nfs shift

Disclaimer: The copy is a European version of the game (so you will have the annoying language selection menu) and I can’t guarantee it will allow you to install it since I already installed it on one single computer and played it only for the first league. The game was deinstalled though. If you want to I can put my signature on it and it may be a suitable wall decoration!

Hilarious: Star Trek versus tokusatsu!

October 23, 2009 / banpei / 1 Comment

If you thought tokusatsu was bad, the first Star Trek series was even worse:

It has got it all:
– Slow motion fighting? Check!
– Good guys in spandex and bad guys in rubber suits? Check!
– Fighting in deserted remote areas? Check!
– Lifting heavy boulders and throwing them in a straight line while landing 30 feet higher than the angle was pointing to? Check!
Yes, Captain Kirk surely did learn a lot about tokusatsu from his crewmember Hikaru Sulu…

To give you another feast for your eyes (and something to compare to), watch this:

Now, which one was worse? Star Trek or Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman?
(Actually I did not dare to post this example for obvious reasons… I mean: one of the good guys disguising himself as Hitler? WTF!?)

Next week more tokusatsu?

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