The new official TOJ thread, 2011 - Page 843

MT cars are actually cheap here since nobody wants to buy one, kinda rare though. You have to be classified to drive a manual in Japan, it's a different driver's license test. I don't think many people get qualified for MT.

there aren't that many MT cars over here man, really none at all anymore. I'm sure there were a lot back in the old days, but from the little 660cc kei-cars up to the supercars nowadays, they're all automatics. Manuals are niche or hobby status at this point, and it's only a very few cars that you can even buy with a manual over here - just the cars that only ever came with manuals, like old sports specials basically. Tons of 911's in Tokyo, they're all automatics unless they're GT2/3's - regular Turbos would be Tiptronic here. Ferraris are all F1, Lambos are all automatic, BMW M cars are all DCT, the GT-R is an all-automatic affair now, can't even think of anything that would be new and surely a manual.

I love a good manual car, but it'd be pretty impossible to drive one here. Just too cramped, no real place to drive anyway - Tokyo traffic can be horrific, needless to say, and parking is comedy. You'd think cars can just hover around laterally, the way you see cars parked. In a city like this, cars are A to B and more about style and less about 0-60 and their quarter mile, haha. In that sense, a basic 911 C2 with a tiptronic or a BMW M3 with an SMG is actually a great Tokyo car - they are nice and compact for parking, fit two comfortably and can carry small cargo (they have delivery on anything one buys here) and you can squirt around town in them on rare occasions.

used car prices are these days. Seems like he is barking up the right tree, but I think Corollas are like the Miller Light to the Civic's Bud LIght and cost a little less, right? At least they used to be. A 2006 Civic with 9,100 miles though- that's old church lady status; my grandma has a 2005 or 2006 Civic with like, 10,000 miles on it too, she only ever drives to church.

Not standard sizes bone stock, but you can wear standard sizes customized with added length for sure. Being skinny is not a problem.

Yeah, somebody ordered one, but not in the original form. I probably wouldn't do that now, but that was a long time ago, and I really just wanted to make the T-1 jacket. It was a great one, nobody ordered though. I'm sure if I put it out again, it'd go off, but that's just another piece that can go in the reissue bin I guess.