NPOCP - Kei Car Edition!

"Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis" (Dwhite95) 07/27/2015 at 10:00 • Filed to: None

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1987 Susuki Alto Works RS-X priced at $13,000 !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!

jkm7680 > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 07/27/2015 at 10:04

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Probably NP to the right collector, but CP to anybody else.

itschrome > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 07/27/2015 at 10:11

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if i was a rich man with room and time to store and drive random ass cars NP all day! that thing is fantastic!

Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 07/27/2015 at 10:15

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Rather high cost of entry I'd say. That's almost used Kizashi territory.

LongbowMkII > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 07/27/2015 at 10:18

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CP. Tons of other JDM cars for that price.

daender > LongbowMkII 07/27/2015 at 10:23

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Seconded. It’s more expensive than a clean S13 coupe or a non-GT-R Skyline.

Tohru > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 07/28/2015 at 10:58

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This is my roommate’s car.

Tohru > daender 07/28/2015 at 11:02

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Yeah, but when was the last time you saw an Alto Works be-bopping around?

I know the background on this car. It’s 100% legally imported, and has a clean and clear Michigan title. It’s federally-legal, unlike most of your S13’s and Skylines which are state-legal only and could easily get crushed.

Japanese Classics is one of very few companies that imports legally.

Tohru > Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! 07/28/2015 at 11:04

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Who the hell is cross-shopping a late-model naturally-aspirated mid-size sedan with a 1980’s turbocharged compact hatchback?

Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! > Tohru 07/28/2015 at 11:08

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The point was that there's a better way to spend your money on a Suzuki.

Tohru > Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! 07/28/2015 at 11:17

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I’m not sure if you’re serious. You’re trying to tell me, with a straight face, that you’d rather have the last dying gasp of Suzuki Motors USA over a pocket rocket hatchback capable of 19 pounds of boost with an 9,500rpm redline that accelerates almost as fast as you can change gears?

Are you sure you’re on the right website? Related: are you sure you’re not completely dead inside?

Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! > Tohru 07/28/2015 at 11:25

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Yes, I’m serious. The Kizashi is a decent car. And for almost all driving situations, I’d rather have the vehicle that is much more useable in day to day life. Might the Alto be more fun? Sure. But if I’m going to spend 13k I want to buy something I can use more than a few days out of the week without forever regretting the decision.

Tohru > Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! 07/28/2015 at 11:44

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A hatchback isn’t usable in day-to-day life?

Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! > Tohru 07/28/2015 at 11:58

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It is, but a 9k redline Kei car with what I assume is pretty substantial turbo lag would get old pretty quick in a daily commute I think. Not to mention that while I love Kei cars, they’re realistically just too small to survive a crash with all the SUV’s that clueless dimwits drive around these days.

Tohru > Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! 07/28/2015 at 12:18

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I’ve talked to the owner of it, and there is some turbo lag at low revs. It really comes up on the cam fast, though. He described it as: “1...2...3...4.56!789shift!”