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Input needed: tough choice to make

September 3, 2013 / banpei / 11 Comments

It has been a while since I posted on the blog. First there was my vacation that came in between (yes I still have a shitload of pictures to post!) and then I had to catch up with various things at my work and finally this weekend it was my son’s birthday celebration that came up. So finally I have some time again to post stuff here.

First of all my latest struggle is to replace my current daily driver with somewhat more decent car. In the very rare occasion I would buy a new car, which one would be the best choice of these two?

2013 Honda Civic Sport (so not the Type R displayed here!)

or…

2013 Mitsubishi Lancer Sportsback (so no EVO either!)

The Lancer is a lot cheaper than the Civic but decreases in price a lot earlier. Lancer is a lot bigger (and roomier) while the Civic is more agile. Also the model of the Lancer is already six years old while the Civic has only been one and a half year on the market. If I sit in the Civic and Lancer and compare the two I have the feeling there is a gap of 8 years between them.

So…can you help me out with this tough choice so I can free my mind and start posting stuff again! ;)
And no: I can’t buy both of them!

WTF: Celica Supra MA61 cabrio

July 14, 2013 / banpei / 14 Comments

I have seen a couple of topless Toyota Celica AA63 before, but never a Celica Supra mark II. That was until now…

Yes, someone chopped off the roof of this Celcia Supra MA61. Or even better: someone did this professionally!

Now the most interesting part of this car is the rear: Continue reading

Ebay treasures: fancy a Mitsuoka taxi?

July 10, 2013 / banpei / 0 Comments

No this is not a product of an undiscovered British car brand with an exotic name:

It is is also not the new London taxi built by a Chinese car manufacturer either…
It actually is a product by Mitsuoka called the Galue and is based upon the Nissan Crew taxi!

All Mitsuoka products are inspired by 40s and 50s British cars (like Jaguar, Rover, etc) and the two versions of the Galue are no exception to this rule: Continue reading

Top Gear missed it’s chance with the Toyota Comfort GT-Z!

July 8, 2013 / banpei / 0 Comments

Today I watched the second episode of the new Top Gear season (season 20 already!) where Hammond organized a Taxi race. In this race he featured taxis from various countries like Russia, India, South Africa but for some reason he left out Japan. Now this is a missed chance as Japan would have an adequate contentder:

Okay, the supercharged 3S-FE may not be the most powerful of the whole bunch, but with its tweaked suspension it probably would have beaten the competition in half a lap… Or could it be that they were actually frightened?

See the full video of the Comfort GT-Z here: Continue reading

Carina Sightings: Crimean Carina Coupe!

June 29, 2013 / banpei / 1 Comment

Earlier this week I received an email from fellow Carina A60 owner Andrew who sent me these two pictures:

Andrew spotted this Carina Coupe in Yalta, Crimea (Ukraine) and snapped these two pictures!

The Carina still appears to be in good nick after 30 years: Continue reading

Count the MX5s!

June 18, 2013 / banpei / 0 Comments

Can you count the number of MX5s in this picture? It was taken at the MAX-5 2013 event in the Netherlands where they set the Guiness World Record of the largest Mazda parade:

It is a pity I did not know about this event before reading it at Jalopnik: would have been nice to hunt down some Miatas. ;)

So now don’t rush over to Jalopnik to find out the answer (if you didn’t know it already because you attended it!) but just think about your answer first. ;)

Via Jalopnik (photos are taken from Jalopnik and they did not give any credits to the rightful owners)

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