"carcrasher88" (carcrasher88)
11/21/2015 at 16:42 • Filed to: Japan, Google Street View, Street View Road Trip
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"carcrasher88" (carcrasher88)
11/21/2015 at 16:42 • Filed to: Japan, Google Street View, Street View Road Trip | 1
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What you see above is a rental car agency in Japan, but it’s a bit different than what most people outside of the country are used to.
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In Japan, along side the regular rental car companies, Toyota, Nissan, and Honda own their own chains of rental car agencies that rent out products of their own brand only.
Here’s an example of a Nippon Rent-A-Car, located just down the street, both located oustide of Niigata Airport.
There’s also
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Here’s a serious case of Déjà vu. It’s that same
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from my
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of what I’ve found on Street View. I guess this is where the car’s owner lives.
Who would have thought I’d see it in two different spots?
And that pretty much sums up what I found as I found myself heading out of Central Niigata, which means there’s a chance that I’ll have a ways to go before I get to another city (take in consideration that traveling from place to place on Street View is much slower than in a car).
But, even so, there’s the chance I can find something interesting in a town between there and the next city.
gin-san - shitpost specialist
> carcrasher88
11/21/2015 at 16:45 |
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Looks like they have small cars if you just need to get around, and big vans for if you need to carry a lot of stuff or people. Very practical; I like it.
415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
> carcrasher88
11/21/2015 at 16:49 |
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Head down to Yamanashi/Izu, lots of classics parked and driving out from Tokyo/Yokohama out there.
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carcrasher88
> 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
11/21/2015 at 16:52 |
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I’ll certainly have to check that out.
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carcrasher88
> gin-san - shitpost specialist
11/21/2015 at 16:55 |
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Yeah, even with the small size of the lot, these rental agencies seem to have a better variety of cars available compared to ones here in the US.
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415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
> carcrasher88
11/21/2015 at 17:54 |
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Fuji speedway is that way, if there is a meeting going on there will be lots. Izu is a nice seaside getaway area and on the way out to the point there are all kinds of parked classics that people have or need to work on. A parking lot on Lake Yamanaka is where they love to get Fujisan in a shot with their cars too. Etc....
TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut
> carcrasher88
11/21/2015 at 18:21 |
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Yep - went there two years ago and rented a Ractis from Toyota. Impeccable and efficient service, the only annoying thing was finding the parking lot itself. 10/10 would recommend.
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carcrasher88
> TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut
11/21/2015 at 18:42 |
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How was the Ractis itself? I’m curious, because I like the way the Ractis looks and wish they would import them here, even if it was as a Scion.
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TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut
> carcrasher88
11/23/2015 at 18:33 |
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Very average. Nothing amazing, but nothing awful. It may have had a CVT gearbox, but since we drove it at a leisurely pace there was nothing really to fault, except that it’s too easy to slide the shifter over to B from D which keeps the revs high. It’s tall so the cabin feels airy and light with big windows. Dashboard was a little plasticky, but hey, it’s an affordable Toyota so it is what it is.