E30 Zone

Big power skylines and supras aside, i think jap cars have the gayest image.

Nothing worse than the sight of a 30 something meathead driving a 'scooby' or a mitsubshi evo.

What do you guys think?

honda ek9 type r's,nsx,rx7 are about the only jap cars i like,old skool beemers and benzo's for me all the way

All modernish (i.e post 1990) Jap stuff is wrong. Fast and Furious Council Drift etc. Type R-soles and whizz bang Scoobies are just nasty. Don't care how fast they are.

The only Japs worth being seen in are proper old ones, 240Z Datsuns, early seventies Celicas, early seventies Toyota Crowns (esp. Coupes), Datsun 280C plus nicely modded 140J Violets and 160B/180B Bluebirds.

Have owned two and both were exceptionally good , in there own different ways.
1988 mr2 mk 1, a real blast to drive, not on long journeys though.
1992 lwb 2.5tdi Pajero . More Extras than enough inc, twin battery pack, heated leather
seats that folded down into a double bed. Bit juicy and slightly under powered though.
So, nothing against them, per se.

Mk1 mr2 was such a fun car. It's a shame Toyota make mostly boring looking cars now (brilliantly reliable though they may be).

If I won the lottery there would be a GTR in my stable - but not tiill I'd collected all the classic BMWs first!

240Z

moved to other marques

My last car, a Subaru Legacy estate, was, pound for pound, one of the best cars in the world.

DC2 integra is a fantastic bit of kit

Nasty cheap tin with shitty plasticy interiors. Engines are only saving grace.

Fast and furious made things far worse and the image very poor.

Most jap stuff is seriously council. From max power drift wannabe's to council estate lucida grand lounge imports on northern irish "private" plates.

the ricers I like that have not already been mentioned are ef civic ivt, crx, celica supra, celica gt4 rc

$hit I forgot the ae86 corrolla, awesome cars

i hate jap cars i think there a pile of crap looks wise and whats the point of having a good engine if your car looks like a fuckin space craft from that oldskool cartoon 'the jetsons/jacksons' or whatever it was called lol. My mate bought a civic type r and sold of his 330ci and now regrets it....

70's and 80's Jap is where it is at. I've got a EP1, perfect shitter for work tbh.

I want a 120Y

I don't dislike all jap cars in the same way that I hate french stuff.

However as per the OP I can't stand the knuckle-dragging class of nobhead usually found behind the wheel of an Impreza or an Evo.

on the A5 today I left some scooby driving t1t covered in diesel smoke by knowing what lane to be in when he didn't - he then decided he had to prove a point by blasting past me and nearly taking out the car in front a few miles later. Wow so your subaru is faster than a diesel mondeo. Big deal you tw@t

My best mate has a Mistubishi FTO which he absolutely loves but I just dont see the appeal

capri_rob wrote:My best mate has a Mistubishi FTO which he absolutely loves but I just dont see the appeal

Now they really are a sorry spastic! A GTO i can understand but a 2.0 V6 hair dressers car.

bss325i wrote:

capri_rob wrote:My best mate has a Mistubishi FTO which he absolutely loves but I just dont see the appeal

Now they really are a sorry spastic! A GTO i can understand but a 2.0 V6 hair dressers car.

It handles well as its so small and low but you have to scream the nuts off it everywhere as its an Auto.

Not my bag - always preferred low down grunt to having to rev to 9k to get it to go.

I had use of a new Integra Type R for a couple of days back in the late 90's when the whole V-Tec thing was still new - it went like a missile at the top of the rev range but was fookin hopeless at anything under 5k. I couldnt wait to give it back.

I fancy a black r32 GTR. Oem with a few mods. I know somebody with one running about 700bhp - certainly doesn't hang around.

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The drift works s15 is awesome, had the pleasure of shooting it at wembley in september.





The engine sits so far back

The Jap car culture is really different to the one I have experienced with my E30 and yes there is a lot of council action there. I've owned 2 jap cars , a MK1 MX5 V-special and my current ride my Impreza P1. For me I had always loved the 2 door Impreza from watching Mcrae and Burns in the WRC. I also have a guilty pleasure for like the Evo 6 Tommy Mak editions. Also after years of playing Gran Turismo I've gotten a taste for some of the Jap offerings..

The newer offerings from Japan are fooking massive with bumps , wings and vents all over. Not the best of looks.

The rb26 and the 3jz 6's are the saving grace of the cars i mentioned. Probably 2 of the best engines ever made.

All the rest are just highly strung 4 pots. And why to scooby owners have to attach all those stickers to their £1200 k reg shitters.

Im not to keen on these brace of new RS fords either....

i like jap cars... have owned two... a 95 accord coupe and an 87 mazda 323 AWD 1.6turbo... fun little car!

this is a few pics of a friend's r34 skyline.... he's built it himself it started life a 2.5 gtt and now is running circa 600bhp i can't say what he's done as i aint got a clue lol...







this car is anything but ugly

I was just going to comment on the councilness of the R34 , then I clocked the E38 'police car'

Don't the 'unterhench' have any shame !

pacerpete wrote:I was just going to comment on the councilness of the R34 , then I clocked the E38 'police car'

Don't the 'unterhench' have any shame !

how is it council???

tuned to 600bhp
carbon bonnet, wings, rear quarters, boot... stripped out interior, fuel cell, cage.... it's a drag car that's had a LOT of money ploughed in to it, all work taken on bar the paintwork by himself... and he's a mechanic for a porsche gt cup challenge team.... hardly council... just because it's not bog standard doesn't mean it's council at all.

The_Haywood wrote:

pacerpete wrote:I was just going to comment on the councilness of the R34 , then I clocked the E38 'police car'

Don't the 'unterhench' have any shame !

how is it council???

tuned to 600bhp
carbon bonnet, wings, rear quarters, boot... stripped out interior, fuel cell, cage.... it's a drag car that's had a LOT of money ploughed in to it, all work taken on bar the paintwork by himself... and he's a mechanic for a porsche gt cup challenge team.... hardly council... just because it's not bog standard doesn't mean it's council at all.

You have answered your own question.........

diable wrote:

bss325i wrote:Nasty cheap tin with shitty plasticy interiors. Engines are only saving grace.

Fast and furious made things far worse and the image very poor.

Most jap stuff is seriously council. From max power drift wannabe's to council estate lucida grand lounge imports on northern irish "private" plates.

I bet you secretely love fat birds.........

No but i have smashed a few.

I don't understand the connection though.

pacerpete wrote:

The_Haywood wrote:

pacerpete wrote:I was just going to comment on the councilness of the R34 , then I clocked the E38 'police car'

Don't the 'unterhench' have any shame !

how is it council???

tuned to 600bhp
carbon bonnet, wings, rear quarters, boot... stripped out interior, fuel cell, cage.... it's a drag car that's had a LOT of money ploughed in to it, all work taken on bar the paintwork by himself... and he's a mechanic for a porsche gt cup challenge team.... hardly council... just because it's not bog standard doesn't mean it's council at all.

You have answered your own question.........

so now spending a ton of money on a 1/4 mile car is "council" and there was me thinking council was a term for stevie's style of modding... learn something new every day

The_Haywood wrote:so now spending a ton of money on a 1/4 mile car is "council" and there was me thinking council was a term for stevie's style of modding... learn something new every day

One day Stevie might aspire to councilness...

I like some jap cars!

The_Haywood wrote:

pacerpete wrote:

The_Haywood wrote: how is it council???

tuned to 600bhp
carbon bonnet, wings, rear quarters, boot... stripped out interior, fuel cell, cage.... it's a drag car that's had a LOT of money ploughed in to it, all work taken on bar the paintwork by himself... and he's a mechanic for a porsche gt cup challenge team.... hardly council... just because it's not bog standard doesn't mean it's council at all.

You have answered your own question.........

so now spending a ton of money on a 1/4 mile car is "council" and there was me thinking council was a term for stevie's style of modding... learn something new every day

my opinion this is a nice and fast car as you say but is a little ott for me to own it ie if the bnnet was standard looking but carbon , but this council word i hear used alot now i think people use it todescribe a car that is not to their liking or not oem , wouldnt council represent chaved up cars with big bumpers gay wheels rip speed stickers a very cheap a fooked car ? ie corsa ?

BATTS91 wrote:
wouldnt council represent chaved up cars with big bumpers gay wheels rip speed stickers a very cheap a fooked car ? ie corsa ?

Nope. What you have mentioned is included within the council category but some people buy cars that are council by default, spend a fortune on "modz innit" - end result = Still council.

The number of Impreza's and Evo's currently languishing on council estates across the country is proof of this.

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