Tag: Carina sightings (Page 31 of 39)

Carina sightings: Carina AA63 winning D1SL North

September 2, 2009 / banpei / 1 Comment

Found a Carina AA63 competing in D1SL North 3rd round (Chitose) on Youtube. The car is driven by Taoka Tomokazu and he ends up winning this event!

During quarter finals it competes against a JZX100 Chaser and wins:

During the finals it is put against a Nissan 180SX RPS13 driven by Masayuki Ono Akira where the Carina wins the first run:

The second run the Carina spins due to the 180SX touching the Carina. In the rematch the Carina spins again, but this time by its own error so the error by the 180SX is now nullified. Then in the final run the Carina and 180SX are equally matched in lines, but at the final corner the 180SX spins.

So the outcome is that the Carina won!

The 180SX driver pretends to be angry at his RPS13 and climbs on top of it pretending to stamp on its roof. :D

Of course the Carina could never have come this far without the help of a bit of rain, like what Alexi lacked during his third round in D1SL Central when the track dried up… The rain neutralizes the factor of having a more powerful engine than the others, so even less powerful cars have a good chance of winning. Still it is a very very good result controlling a car in such heavy rain and winning in such fierce competition! ?(´?`)/

Carina sightings: ninja Carina Coupe TA40

August 26, 2009 / banpei / 1 Comment

After the TA45 Coupe two weeks ago I’d thought it would be nice to post another Carina (TA40 Coupe My Road) from the second generation:

I’m not sure how that Carina My Road can be compared with that bunch of ninjas? Is it supposed to be as fast and agile as we think of ninjas or should it also include their other trades like espionage, sabotage, illusion and assassination? Personally I would rather not drive a car which is both an illusion and will stab me in the back at the same time…

Or else you can see it in this (even more unlikely) perspective: it is supposed to be a follow up on this video with Sonny Chiba driving a Carina TA17 hardtop coupe escaping from a motorcycle gang:

So is the other Carina Coupe TA40 supposed to escape from a bunch of ninjas then?

Carina sightings: beware of the Carina Sheriff!

August 19, 2009 / banpei / 0 Comments

Beware of the Carina Sheriff:

I couldn’t stop laughing when I watched this video yesterday: my coffee almost came back through my nose! It is amazing what they did to that poor Carina! ;)

So now we have a Carina Firevan, a Carina policecar and a Carina Sheriff car. What’s next? A Carina ambulance? ( ???)???????????? ? / ?/ ?

The Carina is most probably a Carina TA60 sedan from Portugal: the uploader of this video is from Portugal and I do see a white hachi-roku in the background (Portugal is a hachi country).

Carina sightings: tuned Carina Surf (van) with 20v 4AGE blacktop part 2

August 12, 2009 / banpei / 2 Comments

More than a year ago I posted some pics of a very nicely tuned white Carina Surf van. I got reminded of it last week and browsed through the owners pictures taken during the passed year. So, here are some highlights:

How the white Carina Surf van (AA63) looks now

How the white Carina Surf van (AA63) looks now

And what I really liked was his attempt to find the ideal tire/rim combination on the Carina:

Pre stretch the tires first

Stretch the tire 175/60/16 to the max on a 8.5J rim!

Compare the lot: 195/50 on 8.5J vs 175/55 on 8.5J vs 175/55 on 8J

And then fit them to the Carina:

Fitment of a 195/50/16 8.5J on the Carina Surf

Fitment of a 175/55/16 8.5J on the Carina Surf

Personally I would choose the 195/60/16 combination. But that is, of course, my personal taste. ;)

In the end he chooses the 175/60/16 8.5J combination. It is a tiny bit too wide and hits the fender regularly and damages it a bit:

175/60/16 8.5J hits the fender
However I don’t think the owner will car about it that much: he will probably keep it this way because of the looks and fix it up whenever needed. ;)

Picrtures can be found here:
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Carina Sightings: Carina GT coupe TA45

August 5, 2009 / banpei / 1 Comment

This week we don’t feature an A60 Carina, but the previous generation: a Carina GT coupe. Basically it was the predecessor of the TA61 Carina GT, but it didn’t have the IRS as found on the TA61 yet. IRS was only available for the Celica Camry model, which was basically a facelifted Carina A40 with IRS.

Closeup of the Carina GT Coupe TA45

So, why feature the TA45 then? Well, because of a topic on Japanese Nostalgic Car forum about that car. It contains a link to where it is sold and I was stunned by its beauty! I’d say let the pictures (and video) speak for itself…

Rear view of the Carina GT Coupe TA45

Just look at those lines: it looks like a minified Nissan Skyline Japan C210! A small downside is that the bumpers were already made from plastic, so less chrome on the car. :(

Front view of the Carina GT Coupe TA45

There was also a video attached showing the passengerside and interior of the car. I took the liberty of downloading the video and uploading it to Youtube and preserve it for future generations:

That gives you a nice impression of the interior: immaculate! But here are some additional pictures of the interior and GT seats of the car:

Dashboard of the Carina GT Coupe TA45

GT Seats of the Carina GT Coupe TA45
The GT seats may not be as impressive as the bucket like seats of the third generation Carina, but they sure look comfortable enough while taking on some tight corners. ;)