People are arguing on Speedhunters that we hate Japanese cars

"N/A POWAAAHH" (subarulove) 01/08/2014 at 16:58 • Filed to: None

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Wut? !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Just check the comments

Battery Tender Unnecessary > N/A POWAAAHH 01/08/2014 at 17:00

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I hate them so much I bought one last week...

PanchoVilleneuve ST > N/A POWAAAHH 01/08/2014 at 17:01

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Wait, what? Do I not exist? Why is my hand transparent? What's going on hel

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > N/A POWAAAHH 01/08/2014 at 17:01

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Who's we? Oppo? Americans? The comments won't load for me for some reason.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > N/A POWAAAHH 01/08/2014 at 17:02

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We hate boring Japanese cars.

E30Joe drives a Subaru > N/A POWAAAHH 01/08/2014 at 17:03

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To be fair a lot of people here bash anything with rivets and fender flares and stretch and that pretty much encompasses most of the car scene in Japan.

N/A POWAAAHH > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh 01/08/2014 at 17:03

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They're calling out Jalopnik, and in theory, oppo is an extension of Jalopnik

Aaron James > N/A POWAAAHH 01/08/2014 at 17:03

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Let the children argue, who cares what they think.

N/A POWAAAHH > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 01/08/2014 at 17:04

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They don't know that

Bad Idea Hat > PanchoVilleneuve ST 01/08/2014 at 17:05

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PLAY JOHNNY B GOODE. PLAY THE SONG. DO IT

GhostZ > N/A POWAAAHH 01/08/2014 at 17:05

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We hate extreme stance and boring Japanese sedans. However, there is significant love for J-Tin here.

Bad Idea Hat > N/A POWAAAHH 01/08/2014 at 17:06

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I hate Japanese cars so much that I would sell both kidneys for a 2000GT.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > N/A POWAAAHH 01/08/2014 at 17:06

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Ahh. Well. Darn them to heck then :)

oldirtybootz > N/A POWAAAHH 01/08/2014 at 17:07

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What a fucking idiot.

PS9 > Bad Idea Hat 01/08/2014 at 17:08

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Man that's some serious weapons grade plutonihate right there, hater.

RacecaR > N/A POWAAAHH 01/08/2014 at 17:08

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Jalopnik hates Japanese cars? Then I'm out!

RacecaR > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 01/08/2014 at 17:09

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You could have just said "boring cars". Boring German cars. Boring American cars. Boring Japanese cars. Boring Korean cars.

oldirtybootz > E30Joe drives a Subaru 01/08/2014 at 17:09

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I commented there and basically said that. We don't usually like stanced cars and stanced cars tend to be Japanese. It's not our fault they have awful taste. But to call us all out and say we don't like Japanese cars is just ridiculous. This isn't Motor Trend Forums.

PS9 > N/A POWAAAHH 01/08/2014 at 17:10

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No we don't hate japanese cars, just the shitty mods morons like to throw on them.

Also, ODB jumpin' in there with the assist!

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > N/A POWAAAHH 01/08/2014 at 17:12

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davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > RacecaR 01/08/2014 at 17:14

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Yeah, those too.

N/A POWAAAHH > oldirtybootz 01/08/2014 at 17:16

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Saw your comments. Good work!

Crocket Bernet > N/A POWAAAHH 01/08/2014 at 17:20

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Fuck 'em.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > oldirtybootz 01/08/2014 at 17:20

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We should probably try to find some good examples on Jalopnik and OPPO of our "anti-japanese nonsense". Seems like a fun game.

I, for one, am guilty today of comparing the new RC-F to the predator...

RaymondStantz > N/A POWAAAHH 01/08/2014 at 17:31

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I'll catch flak for this, but I've never seen a scene that's more desperate for validation than stance. It's all about being seen, so I suppose that explains it.

davedave1111 > N/A POWAAAHH 01/08/2014 at 17:32

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It's just some racist asshole who thinks all Japanese cars are stanced or bosozuko or something.

N/A POWAAAHH > RaymondStantz 01/08/2014 at 17:34

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Some cars aren't bad, but yeah, it's all about an extension of "swag" culture

The Real Dacia Sandero > N/A POWAAAHH 01/08/2014 at 17:43

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I detest Japanese cars so much that I took a driving test in a Honda Pilot and DD a NA Miata. Japanese cars suck, what with all their reliability and practicality and cheap running costs. They're terrible.

N/A POWAAAHH > The Real Dacia Sandero 01/08/2014 at 17:44

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Damn, that's some intense hate there. You need to calm down!

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 01/08/2014 at 17:44

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Bringing up the "overly complex emissions system" of the original Civic is clearly racist.

The Real Dacia Sandero > N/A POWAAAHH 01/08/2014 at 17:45

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YOU CAN'T MAKE ME!!!!1111 THE WHOLE WORLD NEEDS TO KNOW HOW MUCH WE HATE THESE STUPID WORTHLESS CARS!!!!11!!!!1!111!11

TwoFortified > RacecaR 01/08/2014 at 17:48

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You could have just said "Korean cars"

djmanila > N/A POWAAAHH 01/08/2014 at 17:52

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I used to like Speedhunters when it was more grass roots. I still like them now but I don't even bother with the comments as it is full of trolls.

Stef Schrader > N/A POWAAAHH 01/08/2014 at 17:53

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PaddyMcGrath++++, mod FTW.

I don't like low and think that car would be impractical even on our tracks here, but...ducktail! zomg they added a ducktail.

Don't feed the trolls, man.

E30Joe drives a Subaru > oldirtybootz 01/08/2014 at 17:58

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Most of us don't like stanced cars which I also don't get. But whatever.

PS9 > The Real Dacia Sandero 01/08/2014 at 18:00

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Remember that one horrible japanese supercar that was superbly balanced and was made with the same stuff you find in any Accord, so it was cheap to maintain and could run til judgement day? And is now obtainably priced?

Wasn't that just the worst thing ever? *sigh* Japan. When will you learn...

feather-throttle-not-hair > N/A POWAAAHH 01/08/2014 at 18:00

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Well to be honest, they have a point. If you exclude all of the awesome Japanese cars (your supras, skylines, rx7s Brz's, we obviously love those) and you exclude all of the crappy Japanese cars (your 30 year old shitbox Datsuns, old corollas and what have you) we do, generally hate them.

The Real Dacia Sandero > PS9 01/08/2014 at 18:01

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I know. They need to go to Lancia or Alfa Romeo so they can learn how to make a good reliable engine.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > TwoFortified 01/08/2014 at 18:05

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http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/seda…

Would hoon.

TwoFortified > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 01/08/2014 at 18:11

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I like to knock Korean cars because of a bad personal experience with one. It's biased and largely unfounded, but when a POS 2.4L NA Kia needs a $1200 clutch 10 years after manufacture, well...

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > TwoFortified 01/08/2014 at 18:14

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How many miles?

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/under-the-hood…

N/A POWAAAHH > Stef Schrader 01/08/2014 at 18:21

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If I want to do that, I'd go to Jezebel

oldirtybootz > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 01/08/2014 at 18:25

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I asked the wheat guy for examples.

I hate on Honda for not producing enthusiast vehicles anymore, I'd say that's pretty fair criticism.

I cut Toyota slack for the Camry and whatnot because the Toyobaru is so good and I love the LFA. The current Lexus design language is beyond awful though, and the new Corolla is equivalent to what for did with the 2008 Focus 'redesign'.

Nissan, meh. I don't like the NV NYC cab or the London cab. It just seems wrong to me, like it detracts from the native landscape. The Infiniti QwhateverthenewGis leaves me cold. I like the GT-R alot though.

I love Mazda and Subaru

I certainly don't hate Japanese cars. Every one of the Japanese Big 3 has a car I absolutely adore(AE86, 300ZX, NSX, and far more than that).

Obviously he wasn't singling out any one poster here, maybe referring to the Jalopnik editors rather than us posters, but I don't know where the notion that we hate Japanese cars would come from. The ideals he says Speedhunters follow seem to in line with ours. They just have more stance, I guess, I've never even been to their site before this so I don't really know. I just see an ugly Toyobaru.

TwoFortified > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 01/08/2014 at 19:01

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Probably 60k. It's not that the clutch needed replacing - My current DD is in need of a clutch. I can get a low-end new clutch for my car for ~$150. Higher end ~$500. (Obviously there are super-high end Stage 14 quintuple plate 35 puck racing clutches for $750,000, but I don't need all that). The engine in my car is a low-end racing engine. The engine in that POS Kia was just that: a POS. Why the hell does it require a fancy-dancy $1200 clutch?

That was my feeling anyway. Particularly after we bought the thing used a year earlier for $3K. It's always hard to justify spending ~50% of the car's value on a single part. It's even harder to justify when the car sucks ass.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > oldirtybootz 01/09/2014 at 08:58

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*a lot more stance

Listen, I'm all for crazy race builds and making a car as fast as possible, but can this much camber actually be beneficial?

http://www.speedhunters.com/2013/12/speedh…

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > TwoFortified 01/09/2014 at 09:10

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I hear you. I'm not looking forward to the day when I have to replace the clutch on mine, but hopefully it will keep going strong for another 40k.