Tokyo Drift's Timeline Placement Is Strangely Accurate.

"G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3" (gbodyman)
11/26/2016 at 15:01 • Filed to: None

Considering it takes place during the end of Fast 6, which was released in late May 2013, it would have probably take place between early April and early June 2013, given Vin Diesel’s cameo at the end. During that time:

-The 3rd gen Viper convertible had depreciated enough that some rich high school kid could easily get one as a birthday present.
-Most people in Japan still use flip phones.
-Everybody was/is ruining S-chassis cars learning how to drift.
-Most amateur drifters/high school students who are into cars can’t afford the newest cars, but could probably spring for a clapped out old Monte Carlo, early RX-8, S-chassis car, early 350z, etc.
-Crazy engine swaps (2JZ or RB into everything) had really taken off, so it’s not improbable that a bunch of friends interested in cars with (what appears to be) no truly formal training could put an RB26 in a 67 Mustang.
-livestreaming via phone was also a thing by then, so the way people covered the final battle on their phones was entirely plausible.

What says Oppo? Did the timeline placement make it either the most realistic or the second most realistic film in the series?

DISCUSSION (14)

bob and john > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
11/26/2016 at 15:06

and with how popular drifting is now (funny enough, probably due to the movie) yea, it does make a little more sense now.

huh

LongbowMkII > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
11/26/2016 at 15:08

It’s the best in the series.

DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
11/26/2016 at 15:13

The only issue I have is the fact that D.K. would not be running an old 350Z, considering he’s in the Yakuza’s pocket. He’d be asking his uncle for some Yakuza money to get himself something crazy like an LFA or some shit.

Ike > LongbowMkII
11/26/2016 at 15:16

No .

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > Ike
11/26/2016 at 15:17

Yes.

Because Han.

Fight me.

Ike > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable)
11/26/2016 at 15:19

Just like gentlemen of old I challenge you to a drift duel than! My old Volvo wagon vs your drift missle of choice, the judge will be vin diesel or a suitable stand in

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
11/26/2016 at 15:21

This is good Oppo:

http://oppositelock.kinja.com/in-defense-of-tokyo-drift-1101571789

Urambo Tauro > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
11/26/2016 at 15:25

Isn’t the whole “cops don’t bother chasing you if you go over 180kph” thing super outdated, though?

cluelessk > LongbowMkII
11/26/2016 at 15:29

It’s the best.

Plus it’s a car movie. Not an awful action movie.

I gave up in the series during number 5, didn’t go out of my way to watch 6 and refuse to watch 7. The whole using Walker’s death as a advertising campaign grossed me out.

bob and john > Urambo Tauro
11/26/2016 at 15:29

not really. though its for different reason now.

Urambo Tauro > bob and john
11/26/2016 at 15:36

I’m not sure if I got the whole story, but from what I remember, it was true for quite a while. Then the Tokyo Police got a hold of some R34s and the 180km/h rule went out the window. I want to say that it happened shortly before (or after?) the release of Tokyo Drift .

bob and john > Urambo Tauro
11/26/2016 at 15:39

possibly. I mean, its really not that hard to do 180km+, I think it was more the tires that were the limiting factor VS the actual cars.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > Urambo Tauro
11/26/2016 at 15:45

It was always super outdated, given the fact that it’s virtually impossible to outrun a radio in a car.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish!
11/26/2016 at 15:48

I thought about that. He probably wouldn’t have a 350Z, but probably not an LFA either. I could see him in a 370Z or heavily modified 86/BRZ if the film took place in 2013. Something recent with a ton of aftermarket, yet still cheap and easy enough to repair in case of a wall tap.