Tag: down on the street (Page 16 of 32)

DOTS: Miata hunting (part nineteen) plus bonus

September 25, 2011 / banpei / 0 Comments

After two Miataless months I thought it would be and excellent time to post up something I snapshotted half a year ago when I was at the Santa Clara conference hall. A USDM Miata had been parked at the conference parkinglot and while I was searching my bag for my HTC phonecam a white Celica RA42 parked right next to it! Yes, the Celica was indeed driven by a disabled person and it did have an automatic transmission.

If you look at the Celica and Miata and compare it against the other two behemoths next to them you realize these two cars are very very un-American. ;)

When I walked around to take a snapshot up front the Miata owner returned left, so all in all I just had about one minute of luck to take the above snapshot. This is how the Celica looks up front: Continue reading

Imported Nissan Figaro in an non-OEM colour

DOTS: Retro imported Nissan Figaro

September 18, 2011 / banpei / 5 Comments

Since the Nissan Figaro (just like the Pao and Be-1) was delivered in Japan only it is very uncommon to see anywhere outside Japan. So I was a bit surprised to see one while I was on my way to the local gardencenter (yes, really I do have a garden!)

I kind of prodded my imaginary passenger to take some pictures while driving behind it, hence the quality is not entirely as it should be…

After a few kilometers I had to say goodbye to it: Continue reading

DOTS: Nissan Sunny B11 van

September 5, 2011 / banpei / 2 Comments

I spotted this rare Sunny B11 van some time ago near the place where I shot the Eclipse and the mysterious old racecar. Since I didn’t have a camera at hand I was unable to take a picture of it. Naturally when I returned with a camera it had disappeared in thin air…

So last week I was very happy to see it parked just a block away from where I spotted it initially!

The Sunny is a 1987 van and back then Nissan sold, unlike Toyota did with the Corolla wagon, the current generation wagon for heavy duty purposes. But why? If it were rear wheel drive and has extra weight into the back of the car it would have benefited a lot for the drivability of the car. Nevertheless it should have been quite capable of doing its job.

As you can see this wagon has four door and a rear seat and a separated compartment of its load: Continue reading

DOTS: 1990 Nissan 200SX drifter

August 28, 2011 / banpei / 0 Comments

It doesn’t happen very often anymore that I encounter interesting cars down on the streets. Finding a interesting Japanese sportscar like this Nissan 200SX RS13 is quite rare and what is even rarer: it is used as a grassroots drift car!

Nissan 180SX RS13 drifter
Judging from the side this car has seen some action already. And what was more surprising: the 200SX passed me a couple of days later and the driver turned out to be a girl.

The rear of the car was empty and a strutbrace was placed between the two rear towers to give the body more stiffness.

Nissan 180SX RS13 drifter

Extra gauges are placed in the A pilar:

Nissan 180SX RS13 drifter
The body had a matte respray not too long ago and I must admit the matte finish makes this car stand out even more!

DOTS: Fungilicious Nissan Cherry N12

August 5, 2011 / banpei / 2 Comments

Some time ago I was cycling around my hometown and passing some buildings with a huge fence around it and I took this picture:

What is that behind all that bokeh?
Now what is hiding behind all that bokeh?

It is a fungilicious ~~Sunny B11~~Cherry N12:

Nissan Cherry N12 covered in fungus!
Now that was a nice surprise!

Nissan Cherry N12 covered in fungus!
I had to climb all the way up here to take a picture of that car. From the road the car was hardly visible.

Nissan Cherry N12 covered in fungus!
Apparently I was cycling on a road behind some wrecking yards and the one specialized in Mercedes Benz delivery vans did not really have the use for a Nissan Cherry N12 and just put it on top of a pile of rusty old vans. The car must have been there for ages now since it is gathering all this fungus… I hardly wish to know how much of that stuff is actually inside as well. :(

DOTS: Miata hunting! (part eightteen)

July 18, 2011 / banpei / 0 Comments

No I’m not dead…yet. I’m just in holiday mode so a bit less postings will be made in the upcoming weeks.

Not to refrain you from your daily dose of JDMness I’ll give you the photo of this Miata I spotted earlier this week:

Down on the Street: Black 1994 Mazda Miata
As you can see it rained heavily meaning a topless Miata would have been no fun at all!
You don’t see too many black Miatas, so I guess this one really is an exception to the rule. :)