by "Jobjoris" (Jobjoris)
Published 03/08/2017 at 09:03
by "Jobjoris" (Jobjoris)
Published 03/08/2017 at 09:03
Tags: Whatever Wednesday
; Nissan Pao
; 1/1 scale
STARS: 14
Damn you Oppo. Another buy that was TOTALLY necessary as I’ve never owned a true JDM car. It left Amagasaki for the Kobe harbor today where it will leave Japan the 17th of March. Destination: Northern Europe. That will take a while... Not sure if it’s a Jalop car but I’m pretty excited to get it anyway.
And that’s quite the cool car transporter they’re using. Thanks Flavien !
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"BvdV - The Dutch Engineer" (dutchengineer)
03/08/2017 at 09:19, STARS: 1
Well, that’s an innovative way to decrease the slope of the ramps, not sure if it’s the easiest, but very cool.
I’m pretty sure driving a Pao in Europe is quite a Jalop thing to do, not that you need those extra Jalop points...
"fintail" (fintail)
03/08/2017 at 09:23, STARS: 1
RHD is no fun for passing in a LHD world, but you won’t be passing anyone in this anyway :)
Nice for parallel parking though.
"Jobjoris" (Jobjoris)
03/08/2017 at 09:31, STARS: 1
Haha, I don’t think I’ve ever seen it before?
Can’t wait to have it over, Jalop or not!
"Jobjoris" (Jobjoris)
03/08/2017 at 09:36, STARS: 0
Well, you answered that yourself ;-) I’m more worried about McDrives and parking garages!
Let’s just see how easy it will be to get it registered over here...
"fintail" (fintail)
03/08/2017 at 09:42, STARS: 1
Old, small engine, shouldn’t be hard, right? Even here, this thing would be easy. Then again, we just have the random 25 year rule bought and paid for by corporate overlords. I know Yourup can have even sillier rules brought forth by guilted social engineering desires. Good luck!
It has to be pretty narrow, I bet you can just lean across the seats.
"Jobjoris" (Jobjoris)
03/08/2017 at 09:56, STARS: 1
We had the car this one was based on over here, the March/Micra, so it shouldn’t be that hard. Other then changing the headlights I can’t think of anything...
If it is that narrow even taking over won’t be that hard! I know Figaro drivers often have this extractable arm/grip for leaving car parkings in their cars. Should get one of those!
"fintail" (fintail)
03/08/2017 at 10:38, STARS: 0
You’ll have no problem, it will be fun. Small initial investment, so if you tire of it, nothing lost.
"BvdV - The Dutch Engineer" (dutchengineer)
03/08/2017 at 11:35, STARS: 1
Me neither, a roll off bed or longer ramps are way more usual.
I understand that, those pike cars are so awesome! I can’t wait to see it, which is a feeling I don’t often have about Micra based cars, haha.
"Jonee" (Jonee)
03/08/2017 at 22:14, STARS: 2
Whoo hoo! So exciting!!! The car looks great. It’s 5 grand shipping included? That seems like a great deal.
"Flavien Vidal" (flyingfrenchy)
03/09/2017 at 03:06, STARS: 1
Enjoy it man, it’s a cool looking car! Well maintained and really solid. :)
"Jobjoris" (Jobjoris)
03/09/2017 at 03:22, STARS: 0
Now get me a Be-1!
"Flavien Vidal" (flyingfrenchy)
03/09/2017 at 03:38, STARS: 1
I can do that fairly easily actually :)
I’ll probably look into selling the orange Pao first before getting one though... I don’t want to end up with a stock of Pike cars, I need sports cars too now to pretext “test driving” them on Mount Rokko haha
"Jobjoris" (Jobjoris)
03/09/2017 at 08:16, STARS: 1
IT IS!!! Yep, $5k ro-ro shipping included. I’d have to pay some taxes and change the headlights but it’ll probably be about 5.5K all-in. I hope.
"Jonee" (Jonee)
03/09/2017 at 23:39, STARS: 1
That ain’t bad at all. Doesn’t appear that the car will need anything else. Besides a nice cleaning of the upholstery. Did you have you pay to get it de-registered in Japan, or did Flavian take care of that?
"Jobjoris" (Jobjoris)
03/10/2017 at 06:17, STARS: 1
Yeah, the seats really need a cleaning. It was an all-in price. Just costs from R’dam are mine.
"Jonee" (Jonee)
03/13/2017 at 23:58, STARS: 1
I guess you can’t drive it back until it’s all legal, huh?
"Jobjoris" (Jobjoris)
03/14/2017 at 06:07, STARS: 1
Oh, I’ll get a temporary license, no problem. Or those green license plates from my Citroën or Porsche friend they use for their own stock.
"Jonee" (Jonee)
03/15/2017 at 23:38, STARS: 0
Well, that’ll be fun, then. How far away is Rotterdam?
"Jobjoris" (Jobjoris)
03/16/2017 at 04:47, STARS: 1
Half an hour driving. Opponaut BvdV - The Dutch engineer... is coming with me to pick it up.
"Jonee" (Jonee)
03/16/2017 at 23:58, STARS: 1
Oh, that’s nothing then. So, when you say the price didn’t include transport from Rotterdam, you’re talking about a couple Euros worth of gas.
"Jobjoris" (Jobjoris)
03/17/2017 at 08:27, STARS: 1
Yep. And maybe some temporary road permit, I think these are 25 euros.
"Jonee" (Jonee)
03/20/2017 at 00:07, STARS: 1
I thought you were going to get one of the green plates off a Citroën.
"Jobjoris" (Jobjoris)
03/20/2017 at 04:08, STARS: 1
Yeah, but the car officially needs to be in Gerard’s company stock for that, he’s figuring out if it’s possible.
"Jonee" (Jonee)
03/21/2017 at 00:36, STARS: 1
Eh, some forged papers and you’ll be good.
"Jobjoris" (Jobjoris)
03/21/2017 at 08:02, STARS: 1
Yeah, a Eendagskentekenbewijs doesn’t seem to work either as it means I’d have to drive to the inspectionbureau instantly. Maybe some Transito license.
"Jonee" (Jonee)
03/22/2017 at 00:18, STARS: 1
Do you need an appointment at the inspectionbureau? You used to be able to get a 1 month temporary sticker here, but now it’s just an Eendagskentekenbewijs which is kind of a pain.
"Jobjoris" (Jobjoris)
03/22/2017 at 09:49, STARS: 1
Thing is there are only five of those bureaus. I have the luck one is nearby a customer though, I went to work and registered my Ducati in the lunchbreak. Gerard, the Citroën guy, looked as if he saw water on fire when I asked about the Transito license. Better check the RDW themselves...
"Jonee" (Jonee)
03/26/2017 at 21:31, STARS: 1
Only 5 in the whole country? I guess that really is a small country. What’s the RDW?
"Jobjoris" (Jobjoris)
03/27/2017 at 02:23, STARS: 1
The RijksDienst voor Wegverkeer. Responsible for the licensing of cars. I’ve heard of a loophole: using a 5-day temporary license from Germany! Not entirely legal but still...
"Jonee" (Jonee)
03/27/2017 at 23:26, STARS: 1
Oh, I see. The DMV. Over here, there are different rules regarding car registration in every state, so we have loopholes like that where you can register it in one state and then re-register it in your home state when you get the paperwork if there’s something off like the title is missing, or something.
"Jobjoris" (Jobjoris)
03/28/2017 at 15:06, STARS: 1
Same here, my F150 officially came in through Germany. Never was there between Florida and my possession though.
"Jonee" (Jonee)
03/29/2017 at 21:30, STARS: 1
How do the Germans help? I’d think they would have the strictest rules.
"Jobjoris" (Jobjoris)
03/30/2017 at 04:21, STARS: 1
Germany is way more down to earth than us Dutchies. No stupid rules. We have many stupid rules. They just maintain the laws very strict.
"Jonee" (Jonee)
04/01/2017 at 00:09, STARS: 0
True. They don’t have rules that get in the way of things working.
"Jobjoris" (Jobjoris)
04/01/2017 at 08:16, STARS: 1
Haha, is she in some sort of closet?
"Jonee" (Jonee)
04/01/2017 at 16:20, STARS: 1
Ha! I think she is. He probably has one in every closet.
"Jobjoris" (Jobjoris)
04/01/2017 at 18:22, STARS: 1
That wouldn’t be a problem for Harvey Dent. He’d need at least two with that two-face of his.
"Jonee" (Jonee)
04/04/2017 at 22:34, STARS: 1
It was such a disappointment that they didn’t use him as Two-Face. He would have been better than Tommy Lee Jones.
"Jobjoris" (Jobjoris)
04/05/2017 at 05:39, STARS: 1
I never really was a fan of Tommy Lee anyway. He freaks me out a bit.
"Jonee" (Jonee)
04/06/2017 at 23:18, STARS: 1
Yeah, me too. Something about his attitude. Especially in The Fugitive . For some reason, I found him to be a real creep in that movie even though he ends up helping Harrison Ford.
"Jobjoris" (Jobjoris)
04/07/2017 at 02:53, STARS: 1
Not sure what was the first movie I saw with him, I think River Rat. He always has that creepy face. And voice.
"Jonee" (Jonee)
04/09/2017 at 21:36, STARS: 1
His face is creepy. I don’t remember that movie, but it’s perfect because it’s kind of like a rat face, but the rat has a glandular condition.
"Jobjoris" (Jobjoris)
04/10/2017 at 04:16, STARS: 1
It is. Pokdalig as we say it. But why are you re-using one of my animated Star Wars gifs????
"Jonee" (Jonee)
04/10/2017 at 04:38, STARS: 1
Haha. I thought it looked familiar. I was trying to use a different one where Vader kicks Luke in the balls, but it didn’t work.
"Jobjoris" (Jobjoris)
04/10/2017 at 07:56, STARS: 1
Haha, sounds great. SHOW IT!
"Jonee" (Jonee)
04/10/2017 at 22:11, STARS: 1
It’s actually Obi-Wan, not Vader.
"Jobjoris" (Jobjoris)
04/11/2017 at 07:12, STARS: 1
So... What’s keeping you from posting it?
"Jonee" (Jonee)
04/11/2017 at 22:38, STARS: 1
I wanted to make you work for it.
"Jobjoris" (Jobjoris)
04/12/2017 at 04:27, STARS: 1
You want me to feel at home now do you?
"Jonee" (Jonee)
04/13/2017 at 19:28, STARS: 1
Always. It’s my job to make sure you’re comfortable.
"Jobjoris" (Jobjoris)
04/14/2017 at 06:44, STARS: 0
You’re doing terrible. Good thing Bones is ending so you can invest more time into it.
"Jonee" (Jonee)
04/16/2017 at 03:10, STARS: 1
Seriously. It’s a full time job.
"Jobjoris" (Jobjoris)
04/16/2017 at 13:44, STARS: 1
Tell me about it, Krista reminds me daily. WOOOOOOOHA! WHAT’S THAT FROM???
"Jonee" (Jonee)
04/16/2017 at 15:19, STARS: 0
This weird 90's horror movie called “Body Bags.” It’s 3 stories by 3 different directors. That one is the creepiest. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106449/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_244
"Jobjoris" (Jobjoris)
04/16/2017 at 18:30, STARS: 1
Now I have to see it. I cannot unsee it!
"Jonee" (Jonee)
04/16/2017 at 23:48, STARS: 1
It’s pretty fun, cheesy 90's horror. Especially the Mark Hamill part.
Oh, Carrie.
"Jobjoris" (Jobjoris)
04/17/2017 at 11:55, STARS: 1
I’m downloading it as we speak!
Wait, did Carrie had a career in another sort of “acting” before Hollywood?
"Jonee" (Jonee)
04/19/2017 at 21:26, STARS: 1
Did you watch it, yet? I haven’t seen it in years. Does your Netflix have Mystery Science Theater 3000? The new episodes are great and feature some of the dumbest movies I’ve ever seen.
She knew what her greatest assets were.
"Jobjoris" (Jobjoris)
04/20/2017 at 05:17, STARS: 1
Not yet. Maybe this weekend. I’m going to the theatre to watch the new Smurfs Sunday by the way.
FLASHY NIPPLES!
"Jonee" (Jonee)
04/20/2017 at 18:32, STARS: 1
Oh, that’s exciting. I never saw the last one. If Hippe in it? Has she been to many movies? I can’t remember how old I was when I first went to a movie.
And look at those buns!
"Jobjoris" (Jobjoris)
04/21/2017 at 03:23, STARS: 1
I have no idea if Hippe is in it. I’ll update you next week. It’s her first time to the theatre. The silver screen that is, she’s been to musicals/plays.
"Jonee" (Jonee)
04/21/2017 at 23:35, STARS: 1
Well, that’s cool. Is she excited?
"Jobjoris" (Jobjoris)
04/22/2017 at 09:16, STARS: 1
Certainly! She can’t stop talking about it. I’m skipping that 3D edition though.
"Jonee" (Jonee)
04/23/2017 at 00:41, STARS: 1
Yeah, 3D is a ripoff. And definitely not for her first time. I wear glasses, so it’s especially a pain in the neck for me.
"Jobjoris" (Jobjoris)
04/23/2017 at 06:43, STARS: 1
It was amazing. Terribly emotional as Smurfette really gets in trouble.
Gargamel even grew hair!
"Jonee" (Jonee)
04/23/2017 at 20:38, STARS: 1
Was she playing Marilyn Smurfroe?
Haha. Is that a wig, or did he come up with some potion? I see he’s doing his signature move.
"Jobjoris" (Jobjoris)
04/24/2017 at 03:12, STARS: 1
Nope, just being her self! And she’s gorgeous doing that!
It wasn’t a wig: By extracting all the energy from several Smurfs he was getting the most powerful magician in the world. And apparently that comes with a lot of hair. Now I understand what’s with the hair of Hans Klok!
"Jonee" (Jonee)
04/24/2017 at 19:29, STARS: 1
Ah, of course. Magicians do have great hair. Do you remember Doug Henning? He was my favorite. I even saw his show live once.
I’d love to see Gargamel try that ‘stache.
"Jobjoris" (Jobjoris)
04/25/2017 at 05:49, STARS: 1
How was that show? That really is from the era magicians wore shiny stuff. You only are truly big if you appeared in a Muppets Show, I only know him from that I think.
"Jonee" (Jonee)
04/26/2017 at 01:18, STARS: 1
It was a great show. Very 70's. His tagline was, “remember, it’s all an illusion .” But, he kind of had a speech impediment, so it came out “iwooshun.” The Muppets were the best. Great guest stars. We were big John Denver fans in the Eisen household, so their many collaborations were a match made in heaven.
"Jobjoris" (Jobjoris)
04/26/2017 at 04:40, STARS: 1
Wooosh! John Denver’s appearance wasn’t just in the show, also in some movies right? I need to introduce Josje to the Muppets, she’ll love it.
"Jonee" (Jonee)
04/27/2017 at 02:37, STARS: 1
Well, most famous was John Denver and The Muppets A Christmas Together . Which was a t.v. special. It featured this gem. I still have the album.
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Everyone loves the Muppets. The whole Eisen clan would watch it after dinner on Friday nights. My dad especially loved the two old guys in the balcony, Statler and Waldorf.
"Jobjoris" (Jobjoris)
04/27/2017 at 03:43, STARS: 1
Too bad John doesn’t seem to hold up next to Rowlf. Rowlf is a God. That must be a great album. Never loose it.
Same here. We even had a Muppet Board game, my parents probably still have that one!
Stadler and Waldorf were Great. Well not too great. Terrible actually. BOOOO! Haha, the way they commented was so AWESOME!
"Jonee" (Jonee)
04/28/2017 at 02:52, STARS: 1
Rowlf is a god. But, so was John. In his own way. I listen to that record every Christmas, so I’ll never give it away.
Whoa, I’ve never seen that game. I had the lunch box.
Whenever the time would come for their final joke at the end of the episode, my father would tell everyone to be quiet so he could hear it and then burst out laughing like a madman no matter how good a joke it was.
"Jobjoris" (Jobjoris)
04/28/2017 at 03:23, STARS: 1
I played that board game sooo much, it was great. I really must find it at the old people’s house.
Pigs in space was my dad’s favorite stuff I think. That was with the interruptions by the voice over which the crew actually heard them selves as well all the time, right? Great Star Wars episode as well ;-)
"Jonee" (Jonee)
04/28/2017 at 03:38, STARS: 1
I still have all my Star Wars boards games that I would play all the time. There’s a Death Star one, and a Yoda one, and a Hoth one.
Yeah, Pigs in Space was hilarious. They’d always look around wondering where the voice was coming from. That episode was one of the best things ever put on t.v. I think it was the first time outside of the movie that you saw those guys.
"Jobjoris" (Jobjoris)
04/28/2017 at 04:03, STARS: 2
Probably in those untouched boxes, right?
One can easily tell it was on air before the Empire Strikes Back was released. As Piggy/Leia and Mark/Luke were flirty all the time! Piggy is a Goddess.
"Jonee" (Jonee)
04/28/2017 at 23:55, STARS: 2
Those are in a closet, actually. Right next to my Atari. I need access to that stuff for sure.
It’s funny to think that Piggy and Yoda were played by the same guy. I think it was before ESB , but, interestingly, Luke is wearing his Dagobah outfit there.
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"Jobjoris" (Jobjoris)
04/29/2017 at 06:14, STARS: 1
Access? You need to fire up that Atari!!!! Do you even have a tv that will work with that?
They were? Wow. Hahaha. He probably was shooting the Empire Strikes Back while doing the Muppets.
"Jonee" (Jonee)
05/01/2017 at 00:21, STARS: 2
Yeah, my t.v. has analog inputs. It doesn’t look quite the same as on an old, tube television, but it works. I’ll take a picture the next time I hook it up.
Yeah, Franz Oz voiced and puppeted both characters.
"Jobjoris" (Jobjoris)
05/01/2017 at 04:33, STARS: 2
I wonder if he made the sound of the lightsabers as well...
"Jonee" (Jonee)
05/01/2017 at 23:34, STARS: 2
That was apparently microphone feedback and an old film projector.
[Sound designer] Ben Burtt was still a graduate student at USC and was working as a projectionist. An old projector had an interlocked motor which, when idle, made a “wonderful humming sound.” Burtt recorded it, and it became the basis of the lightsaber sound. But it wasn’t enough — he needed a buzzing sound, and he actually found it by accident. Walking by television set with a live microphone, the microphone picked up the transmission from the unit and produced a buzz. Burtt loved it, recorded it, and combined it with the projector motor, creating a new sound that became the basic lightsaber tone. To achieve the aural effect of a lightsaber moving, he played the hum out of a speaker and waved a microphone by it; doing so created the fascimile of a moving sound, and in this case, the sound of a Jedi or Sith wielding a weapon in battle.
"Jobjoris" (Jobjoris)
05/03/2017 at 03:31, STARS: 2
Hahaha, AWESOME fact! And the clashes?
"Jonee" (Jonee)
05/08/2017 at 21:39, STARS: 2
Here’s the sound guy explaining it. Ironically, the audio is kind of terrible.
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He doesn’t explain the clashes, though. I wonder what those were. I know the laser blasts were this:
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It works in any country, before you ask.
"Jobjoris" (Jobjoris)
05/09/2017 at 03:44, STARS: 2
Is that sound scientifically backed actually? Would light traveling fast make noise in the first place?
"Jonee" (Jonee)
05/10/2017 at 21:29, STARS: 1
I imagine it’s the gun itself that makes the noise. Like, a bullet doesn’t go “bang,” the gun does. Light, or energy beams, or whatever they are, shouldn’t make any sound, I wouldn’t think. Nor would the explosions if they happen in space, but that doesn’t stop them from adding sound effects.
"Herr Quattro - Has a 4-motion" (herrquattro)
05/16/2017 at 10:35, STARS: 1
this is the most off topic and strangest thread Ive ever seen on oppo. bravo XD
"Jonee" (Jonee)
05/16/2017 at 12:07, STARS: 0
Haha. This is just one of many. Jobjoris and I communicate mainly through Oppo threads.
"Jonee" (Jonee)
05/16/2017 at 12:08, STARS: 1
We apparently have a new fan.
"Jobjoris" (Jobjoris)
05/16/2017 at 14:48, STARS: 1
Haha, yeah I had quite a few recommendations from ‘m, first some recognition, after that we’ll take over the world!
"Jonee" (Jonee)
05/16/2017 at 15:11, STARS: 1
Any day now. As soon as my chief strategist finishes preparations.
"Jobjoris" (Jobjoris)
05/16/2017 at 16:37, STARS: 1
You know how that will end, right?
"Jonee" (Jonee)
05/16/2017 at 23:30, STARS: 1
Yup.
"Jobjoris" (Jobjoris)
05/17/2017 at 07:34, STARS: 1
"Jonee" (Jonee)
05/17/2017 at 23:34, STARS: 0
