It's a toy!



It's over 30'C here these days in Korea, and the worst thing is the life without air conditioning and lack of window tint.

Well, I've picked this Tico for dirt cheap price, and it still had some issues obviously. The AC was not working, the tires needed to be fixed, the interior has been worn out pretty bad, the carburated engine had to be cleaned, the brakes has to be checked, and the tires had to be replaced.

With these so many problems, this Kei-car based Korean shitbox gives me the smile, because this car is part of Korean culture!

I and 11K shared a lot of Tico-related jokes during our childhood days, when these cars were so common on the streets. But now, it is considered a cult classic, and most of the used cars headed to other countries which made this car cost pretty much a lot. Consider it the "cult classic tax" here.

I sorta fixed the back seat backwards, to make more room on the back to store more stuff, just like a van so Mr. Lee, 11K and I could use it as a personal delivery van, but the slips are on my hands.

The funny thing is, the rear bumper happens to be replaced to the European spec ones, which is considered a unicorn part here. I guess that will appeal to most Korean car lovers out there.



As the car registration law has been revised, I now cannot retain these old-school green plates anymore. I have to change it into one of those white modern ones, which my 240SX and Supra already have. Since this Tico has Euro bumpers on the back... Why not trying to get longer plate this time?



I prefer Super Tico, which eventually has many minor differences to this "Zenki" Tico, such as fender flares, two-tone color scheme, power steering, automatic transmission, and wing! As I mentioned before, the Tico is getting harder and harder to find, so finding these parts would be some kind of junkyard hunting for me. Sounds interesting...