Man, I have had such good experiences w/ Jap cars, including a Datsun 510 (a
long time ago), a '91 Tercel, a '92 Legacy I still have, an '00 Outback,
Toyota trucks, and my favorite, an '02 WRX, which is undoubtably my favorite
non-LBC - it is an absolute gas to drive 'spiritedly', and has given me no
trouble. My favorite is, of course, my '60 street Bugeye. I drive them hard,
but I also maintain them well.
Bud
Mr. White - 1275 Street Bugeye
SilverStreak - 1275 Race Sprite
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"The Buddha... resides as comfortably in the gears of a...transmission as he
does in the petals of a flower"
- Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
> derf wrote:
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> > I think the Japs made at least a few good cars. They were even doing
> > it back in the day, like the Datsun 1600. 240Zs are pretty good.
> > Datsun 510s aren't too shabby. Well, at least Datsun has a little
> > sports car history.
>
> When was the last time you saw a 240 Z that wasn't rusted away?
> the kid up the street just gave up on his 510 project, Way too rusted
> out. he's getting a Midget. He already has a 350Z that's falling apart
> but for 40,000 bucks, whaddaya expect. He had a Subaru WRX that never
> ran, I think he junked it with payments left. Even Subaru couldn't fix it.
> But he swears by the japs as he's down at my garage beating the crap out
> of suspension parts that just don't hold up or trying to get the squeaks
> out of his doors or rattles from the chassis. It's like an 04 that
> replaced his 02 WRX that replaced the Toyota Supra he blew up.
> Go figure?
> His Wife's Pathfinder had power seats but the design was to pretty much
> run the seat wire harness along the seat track so after a few moves of
> the seat, the wires fray and smoke not only the seat but the carpet and
> harness. $600 to fix so it stays broke, needs a whole new seat assemble.
> But he praises the japs and their cars. But he just bought a Midget
> because he hangs out in my garage and wants to know HOW a car can run
> with no relays, no sensors, and no plastic ;) He is amazed at the
> simplicity of the electrics. Battery to switch to device. What a
> concept! Fuse the horn, to hell with the lights.
> I actually owned a Datsun back in the 70s. I had it for about 3 days.
> It was a Datsun 410 which was before the 510, it was never imported or
> not many came to the States. It blew up before I even registered it for
> the road. I paid $15 for that car but the junk man gave me $15 so I
> didn't mind. Then I used that same $15 and bought a Sunbeam Rapier, that
> siezed up in about a week. So my dad sold me his Sprite and look what he
> did?
>
>
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> Frank Clarici
> Toms River, NJ
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