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Thanks for the tips! I was hoping to do something touristy on the weekend. I had considered Hiroshima, but it sounds like a ~2 hour train ride each way, so I'm expecting it to be a little expensive. Osaka and Kyoto were places I was told to check out, but I haven't had a chance to look into what there is to do there. I wasn't aware there was a temple in Omihachiman. I will take a look. When you said I could do whatever I wanted here I didn't know if you meant massage parlors and hookers, street racing and drifting, or sightseeing.

Explain. I was under the impression that to do anything cool on the weekend I would have to head over to Kyoto, Osaka, or back to Nagoya. What is there to do around here? I'm starting to blame the van craze on the lack of Japanese sports cars. I have seen some very well kept cars from the 90's. This morning on my way in to work I passed an S15, MKIV Supra, R34, and a 90's 300ZXTT. All very tastefully modified. They just don't make cars like that any more over here.

Work is in Echigawa and I am staying in Omihachiman.

No, the sports cars I mentioned are the only ones I have seen, besides an EVO X and an EVO 8 wagon in the work parking lot. Everything else is a pimped out van.

I am in Japan for work and I have noticed an odd Japanese obsession with vans. Body kits, rims, brembos, etc. They are all over the place. I've seen 3 S15's, 3 supra's, 1 R34, 2 R32's, 1 GT86, and 1000's of van's. I just don't get it.

Jordyn Wieber is 17. In previous games I thought there were some Russian chicks in their high teens too. http://www.freep.com/article/20120722/SPORTS17/207220516/Michigan-gymnast-Jordyn-Wieber-ready-to-compete-for-gold-at-London-Olympics

Not true. They start around 14, but the older girls are 17-19.

Seems to work for her, and it's workin for me.

It was a complete cutom job for a paying customer. No price listed.

From a mechanic/fabricator at Kart2Kart (an indoor kart track outside of Detroit). Too beautiful not to share.

Yeah, that's pennies on the dollar when compared to prepping a car for stage rally/rally cross. These things look awesome. I want one.

hell yes.

http://blogs.hotrod.com/you-rank-it-ice-nine-3rd-gen-camaro-30481.html Check it out and vote!

I have a Samsung 46" LED/LCD 3D tv and I think the picture looks great. We did have to increase the blur setting because movies looked completey fake; it was like watching a play.

I have had the same experience.

That is nuts.

Evora?

You have to have plans and estimates from a contractor submitted to Home Path. There will be inspections to verify the work is done and HP will pay the contractor directly. You cannot do the work yourself and pocket the money. There's a limit of about $20k. Never dealt directly with them, but I looked into it and this is what I found.

We will have to agree to disagree then. Koenigsegg added the small fixed "Top Gear wing" to improve high speed stability on the CCR/CCX, but the Agera is a different animal. The Veyron and Huayra have active aero for this purpose as well. Koenigsegg does everything possible to keep weight low as well, and they did not want to add weight to the car in the form of actuators/motors on movable wing flaps. Koenigsegg is on a completely different level than SSC. Their carbon fiber production quality is among the best in the world, they do their own engine development, their attention to detail is on-par with Pagani, and their anti-squat suspension designon the Agera-R is a smart, innovative design. The SSC Ultimate Aero is on par with kit cars and Hennessey.

Modern OEM turbo cars with direct injection are much different. They have a very flat torque curve and linear power delivery with virtually no lag.

Koenigsegg gives them a run for their money, and they're the new kind on the block too. Tha Falcon is not a serious American supercar effort. The closest thing would be an SSC, but the styling and craftsmanship is not on the same level.

Personally I love the turbo sounds. That car is amazing. Why isn't there a coach builder in the US that can do this level of work? When faced with the decision of buying a Pagani Huayra of a Hennessey Venom, this is a no-brainer.

Get the CD with different sounds, or a white noise generator. I bought the CD and put cheap CD player next to his crib. Works like a charm! The CD is hard to find, but comes free with one of those velcro "easy swaddle" sleep sacks.

They gave it to her at the hospital after delivery. She was in a lot of pain, but once we researched it she quit taking it and toughed out the pain.