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Heavenly Ocean
Summer has came close to its latter half......and here I am, spending almost the entirety of it alone in my crib.
And as you'd expect, I'm deeply bored to the brink of death. I'm barely seeing the sunlight everyday. But then, came an offer to spend some time outside, and boy what an offer it was! Well let's jump into the update to see what offer was it shall we?  [25 Jul 2019] Summer holiday has come close to its second half. But here I am, doing almost nothing every single day so far. Admittably, I planned to simply not going anywhere during the holiday, since I was quite exasperated from all the time attack action along the year. I mean, I didn't expect to have myself being a dedicated racing driver earlier this year, and my decision to become one stems from scoring a decent result in one event
 Not that I'm mad or regretting it, I'm just.......didn't have the proper physical form to race. I mean you rarely see fat bois racing cars right? Bu tnot gonna lie, eventually I grew bored and want to go somewhere as I barely see the sunlight these days. Oh how I long for a nice, quiet bath for an entire day in the hot springs.....As for everyone else, they're either quite busy or going somewhere else around the world. Muza(Niatross), for example, is currently having a huuuge amount of service bookings and upgrade requests on his hands. Whether Nismo is offering summer discounts I really don't know, but of course people wants to ride their beloved rides during summer. As for AJ(RocketBunnyS13), he's juggling responsibilities between managing his law firm and continue to refine his S15, which came out quite stunning and savage like an action movie heroine. I heard his little brother (Brian 06) will be at town as well, so they might as well realize that Takahashi bros racing dreams As for Marc(Macaron_moon), at this point you'll know that he's an enigmatic person. He might be either still refining his Evo X or going somewhere around the world to gather parts for it. I heard his Evo X is slated to be a Tsukuba challenger, hmmmm.......I was going to get my dinner when my phone rang loudly. It was Rantaro calling, straight from Okinawa. I wonder what is he up to these days? "Edo here" "Yooo Edo-kun how's it going?" "All is good my man, apart from I'm being home alone these days" "Aaaaah you poor boy, get some girls or something! You sounded mellow man" *chuckles* "Nah man it's just that I haven't had dinner" "It's quite scorching here in Okinawa but I've some hot and good news for you?" "Oh yeah? Tell me tell me" "First off, I didn't expect to find a wheel fabricator here! So I immediately ordered a set for my Merc II" "Oh great! How much is it?" "V$3000" "That's quite hefty for a set of wheels I'd say, but I believe they're high quality" "Of course they are, and they specialize in retro styles as well. And for the second one, I've imported a car" "BOI FINALLY YOU DID IT YAY! What is it?" "Merc W140 straight from Poland. They're quite cheap but in decent condition" "That's quite far away! Anyways price doesn't matter at this point, did your missus know about this?" "Well, nah" *laughter* "I don't really want to tell her about this man, she might be mad if I do" "Gotta keep the missus happy I see. Man I can't wait to see both your Merc II and, at last, a legit Merc" "Yeah sure man, they'll come soo-ah sorry man, gotta cut this. Gotta drive again. See ya later man" "See ya later, be safe my man" Turns out Okinawa is full of unexpected things I should say! I might include visiting Okinawa to my to-do list. And of course I can't wait to see his Merc. Before I get my first spoonful of food into my mouth I get another call. Normally I would pick the call in annoyance, but because it turns out Ryuji is the one who called me straight from New Zealand, I fixed up my mood and picked up the call in a better manner. "Aaaah Ryuji-san, Edo here" "Edo-kun! How's it going boy?" "Quite well really, just...being home alone here" "Man I wish you were here, New Zealand is soooo astonishing even in this cold winter!" "O-oh yeah, I heard it's winter down there. How cold is it over there?" "I still could stand it but I don't think Ryoko could. Ryoko, say hello to Edo here" ("AAAAA SENPAI IT'S COLD OUT HERE HELP!"-Ryoko) *laughter* "Get some hot tea, chocolate or coffee, guys. I don't want y'all turn into ice blocks" "Well we're in our 3rd cup of cappucino as we speak" "Woah mama! If you guys can get a grea amount of sleep hours later that'll be a huge miracle" "Well I guess so. Anyway, I found a seemingly good gem for my collection here" "Oh really? What is it? Rantaro told me he imported a W140" "Ooooo that's quite a tasty import. Mine is.....I'm sure you know about E36 Compact" "OHOHOHOOO the compact boi! Quite an opinion-splitter, but much better than the E46 ones" "I can agree over that. But listen, I got the M-Sport ones!" "WOAH YES! Wait which one is it?" "The 318 ones I should admit. But hey, it's a rare commodity in Japan nevertheless. I might going to track or drift it" "Competitive? Grassroots? Missile?" "Most likely missile, so Ryoko could learn to drive as well" ("EEEEEEEH?!"-Ryoko) "That's a good idea actually. Gotta let her drive, probably you should have her to the track as well" *laughter* "Oh sorry man, gotta drive back to our place. See ya later man" "See ya" Welp, another one with another purchase. What's with all the sudden import spree? But not gonna lie I'm happy for them. And yeah, I really want to visit New Zealand some time. And with the end of that phone call, I enjoyed my dinner.After finishing my dinner and just when I'm about to lie on my bed, another phone call strikes in. It's from Sera, Hinako's sister. It's been a loooooong time since I spoke with either Sera or Hinako. But what Sera is up to? It's rather unusual that she called me. "Yuan Edo's residence here, anything I can help?" "Oh hello, Sera-san here. Are you in town currently?" "Yup, I'm in town and free along the summer. In fact I'm not going anywhere along the holiday season" "Ah, glad you're here then. Speaking of which, why did you do that?" "Ah, nothing, it's just.....I needed a long rest. Things has been intense in my end. But I've been resting for too long, so anything I can help for you?" "Can you drive with me again? Nothing serious, just a vacation trip to Ooarai Sun Beach" "Oh good, I can do that! So we'll be going with Hinako as well?" "Yes, and her two friends. They haven't had a break after lots of exams and uni preparations so I thought they have to go for a vacation" "I feel for them, you're actually quite wise. As for yourself? How's your holiday?" "Sadly I had none so far, too many cases from clients. It has just been solved recently, so I thought I should take one soon" "Ouch, I feel for you as well. You deserve a rest indeed" "Even driving from one place to another is a chore these days, which is why I ask your help" "Aaaaah I see. Don't worry, I absolutely want to help you with that. Ah yes, so when I should drive for you?" "This weekend, we'll go at early morning. Is that okay with you?" "All good ma"am" *chuckles* "And oh, we'll be staying there for a day, so you'd better prepare some spare clothes as well" "Good idea actually. And idea where would we stay?" "Not yet, but I'll look for one-" "Sorry to interrupt, but I have a local frind there, he might be able to help both for the stay plans and the D-day there" "Can you try to ask him the best place to stay there?" "Will do after the call. I'll send the answer later" "And oh, don't you worry for the fuel and accomodations, it'll be on me" "Oh really? That's so kind of you, thank you so much" "See you on the weekend, and thank you very much for your help" "See you, looking forward to the weekend" What in the world has happened to me and my surroundings? All in a sudden a huge amount of luck has bestowed upon meee But either way this is a good chance I can't miss. You know those beach episodes in animes and TV shows? Yeah this is it, and I'm going to experience one for myself!  I gleed upon the situation before I snapped out of it and call Kenichi, who's currently spending summer in Ooarai, which is his hometown."Kenichi, are you there? Sorry for calling this late" "Oh hey Edo-kun, it's okay man, what's up?" "All good, all good, though I spent summer mostly home alone. Listen, I need a bit of help" "What is it? Tell me and I might be able to help" "Can you tell me any good places to stay around Ooarai Sun Beach? I'll be there this weekend with my friend" "Oh you're going to be here? Let's meet up!" "Sure sure, I might need a helping hand over there. Oh how about the places?" "Plenty, really. The further it is from the beach, the cheaper it'll be" "Name me some places man, or just send the address of some" "Good idea, I'll send you some after the call" "Niceeeee, see ya at the weekend my man" "See ya, looking forward to see you and your friend" AFter early plans has been sorted and sent the adresses to Sera, I went to sleep, dreaming about sea breeze and blue oceans, and.......everything else in between. [27 Jul 2019] Time to go to the beach! I went off in the early morning inside my Silver Queen to Sera's house. These days I drove the HR34 more than it, so I'd like to drive the Silver Queen again for a while. After a while, I arrived to the house. It looks like the Silver Queen is loud enough now to alert people of my presence, as Sera and all the girls immediately wnet outside upon my arrival. Mind you, the last time I went here, the Silver Queen has no engine upgrades yet.
"Yuan Edo at your service"  I parked my Silver Queen inside Sera's garage before getting into the house and had two cups of tea and some chatter as we wait for Hinako and co. (Seiko and Asuka) to prepare for the trip. Sera had already prepared her stuff much earlier than before, and turns out Hinako and co. had a sleepover in the previous night. That reminds me of the one I had with Muza, AJ and Marc way back in winter.......And I swear Sera's homemade tea and cookies are one of the best I've ever tried
 With the preparations over and I had one last bathroom break, Sera gave me the keys to her Previa and I get it off her garage. And after loading just about everything to the car, we set off for a nice trip to Ooarai.
 Before we went to the highway, we decided to refuel for a while in the gas station near VS Garage (and also Hinako and co.'s high school), and let the girls have one last snack shopping and call of nature. Ooarai isn't really far from Tsukuba but a chance of traffic jam always haunts. And obviously having a sudden call of nature isn't really ideal for anyone.
 Refuelling over, we soldiered on into the highway. I and Sera decided to turn on the radio for traffic infos. Traffic was rather crowded but thankfully it didn't lead to a traffic jam, and the radio station we tuned into also plays some J-Pop music so mood was quite light inside the car. Along the way I have some more chit-chat with the girls about unis and/or majors/grades they want to get in.
 Hinako says she would enter just about any top unis in Japan (particularly around the mainland), but she's still split between taking law grades and continuing her family's heritage or following her passion and taking a music or arts grade. It looks like Sera didn't mind if her sister chose arts over law, so I assume this was a result of parental intervension. In a bit of inversion, Asuka says she might take just about any major, since she didn't particularly excel or interested in anything, but all she want is to pursue a higher degree somewhere around Tokyo or Tsukuba. Since I have some contacts of Tsukuba Uni lecturers, I decided to offer my help to her, though at the moment she politely refuse. As for Seiko.....she didn't look like being interested to go for uni degrees, though she might eventually enter one if she can't find a job for a year. And that's even if her rich parents offering her a car if she made it into one! And to think all I've got for making it into a top uni was a brand new laptop and 1 TB external SSD.......in turn I and Sera told them about our college days and experiences as we pass the idustrial area between Tsukuba and Ooarai.
 Soon we came across a wind farm. Most of us has never seen one before, so I decided to slow down a bit to let the girls take picture of it. 
 Some time later after a rather dense traffic, finally we arrived at downtown Ooarai. I asked Sera to pick one of the hotels which address has been provided by Kenichi yesterday. After a bit of confusion of navigating around with Google Maps, at last, we have a place to stay for the weekend.
   If you wonder how the rooms are split up.....uhh.....I'm alone
Sera and the girls will be in the other one for ultra-obvious reasons, though whether Sera can stand another girls sleepover remains to be seen. After I put all my stuff inside my room and had yet another bathroom break, I called Kenichi again to pick a meeting point that can also be a parking lot for our vehicles. Thankfully, Kenichi, being a local, knows just the best place to park our rides. And so, with everyone ready and eager to go to the seaside, we're rolling off the hotel to the beach.
 As we approach the beach area, it was quite crowded with people, enjoying summer by either basking thmeselves under the scorching sun or doing water sports such as surfing or water polo. Nevertheless, the girls were overjoyed to see the ocean beyond their eyes. I can only tell Sera it's been a long while since I went to seaside, and even longer since I heard someone being so excited upon seeing seaside. I didn't expect Sera to listen enthusiastically though!
 
 We arrived at the parking spot Kenichi told me earlier, and turns out Kenichi has waited for us there. I should admit he's quite clever when it comes to picking up the parking spot: Not only it's quite close to the beach, it's close to another facilities like cafetaria, lockers and changing rooms.
*jumps off the car* "Hey man sorry for making you waiting for us" "No it's all good Edo-kun, I was here just 10 minutes ago" "Glad you didn't wait for too long man. Ah yes, this here is my friend, her sister, and her sister's friends. She asked me to drive for them" "Aaaaaah that explains why you're coming here. But how about yourself, you going to the beach as well?" "Of course man, I need to cool down and it's been a while since the last time I went to a beach" "Oh great! I've got a high school friend here. He's a coastguard and has his own patrol vehicle" 
 After introducing Kenichi to Sera and the girls, we wait for them to change their suits inside the changing room as we change ours inside.....the car. We're boys after all, we don't need to complicate things
As we change inside, we continued our banter earlier."So what does your coastguard friend drives?" "Oh, a Beetle. He built it with some of his coastguard friends?" "That's awesome! Hang on a minute, a stock one or modified one?" "Of course it's modified you moron, what do you expect from a stock one?" "No, I mean does it has it's original panels or not?" "Some are gone, some aren't. Anyways, I'd like you to meet him with me" "Oh sure sure, I'd like to meet him, please" "Yeah, I thought you might be interested to see it. I need to borrow his surfboard as well" "Wait, you never told me you can surf!" "Oh did I? Yeah I could, but I rarely do. My surfboard has been sold way back then" Some time later, both us and the girls has done changing. But boy oh boy, seeing all the girls in bikinis and swimsuits that shows their good gracious figures got me and Kenichi like......woah I can't seem to pick where I should start I can only say "dude, slap me" to Kenichi. And then Seiko proceeded to jokingly slap my stomatch out of nowhere. After we stored our clothes back inside the car, we then walked together to the beach. While Sera and the others proceeded straight to the waters, I and Kenichi walked across the beach to look for his friend and his ride. After a rather long walk, we found him with his car, chilling nearby the baywatch tower. His name is Juugo, and he's been a coastguard since a year after he and Kenichi graduated from high school. Kenichi said he was a top athlete back in their school days, but lack of fund and tight competition made him decide to continue life as coast guard. As Juugo hands Kenichi one of the rental surfboards, Kenichi went off to chase the waves. I and Juugo meanwhile have some talks about the Beetle.
 This Beetle was purchased as a rolling shell by Juugo and his friends in the last year of high school. How did he and his friends found an LHD example of the Beetle here is another story I guess. Nevertheless, Juugo and his friends repaired the Beetle using anything they can find around Ooarai before eventually everyone got graduated and they went their own separate ways. Juugo kept the car for his friends since the Beetle was built near his home. After being neglected for more than a year, he continued to bulid the Beetle for the sake of his friends, as well as contacting his friends to propose an idea to turn it into a Baja Bug. Apparently, everyone was impressed with the idea, so he moved on to build it both with his own money and his friends's monetary helping hands. It seems some of his friends are quite rich enough to donate him racing seats and some race-grade parts for the original Beetle boxer engine.
 Along the build progress, Juugo kept on touch with his friends, and finally the build was finished around two years ago. And ever since it accompanies Juugo and his workmates on their coastguard duty. Of course Juugo is still keeping in touch with his friends to this day, and sometimes he also would tell about the Beetle whenever it's involved in the duty. Safe to say, it's a monument to their friendship that now serves as a guardian to the travelers coming into and off the beach. And of course the coastguard squad has also other offroaders like Land Cruisers and Jimnys, as well as Hiaces for medical purposes, but because it's a Beetle that sits on huge wheels and racing suspensions, obviously visitors are quite interested upon seeing the car and often it became a photography object.
 As I continued to look around and admire the Beetle(oh come on, it's not everyday you see a Baja Bug away from it's home!), suddenly I can feel some hands grabbing my body and pull me in full force.
"Found you senpai!" a female voice suddenly whispers in my left ear. "Eh-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-" I questioned myself before getting pulled over with full force. "EDO YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE WHO AIN'T GET WET YET! Eat this!" a male shouting voice follows, while Juugo laughed out loud. That was Asuka and Kenichi's voice respectively. Welp indeed I was the only one not getting into the seaside yet, and looks like both Kenichi and the girls didn't really like that fact. And so I just kept on helplessly screaming "AAAAAAAAAAAAH WHAT THE F**K NAAAAAAAAAAAH" as I kept on being pulled by everyone into the water, with the girls cheerfully laughing in the background. And as they throw me into the water, all I can say with my weakened voice cord was "Eh......s**t......". *SPLASH!!* That huge splash instantly soak me in seconds with seawater. But that's okay, finally I get myself to cool down after a full scorching day. And so, I spent the rest of the dayligt in the waters with everyone, from playing water polo with all the girls to have a (unsuccessful) surfing crash course with Kenichi. But all in all, it was a very fun day, and I get to enjoy the sight of both the ocean and pretty girls soaked in seawater But not gonna lie, the sight of the girls swimming and playing below the bright sunset with some plam trees in the background is quite majestic in my eyes. Though sometimes I still have to fight against the waves, and sometimes, Kenichi approaching with his surfboard ("GET OUTTA THE WAY!!"-"WHAT THE AAAAAAAAAAAA"). With the sun almost completely setting, we finally went off the water and walk back to the parking lot to grab our dry clothes, dry ourselves and change into it. Sadly though, Kenichi can't roll with us for the next day, since he had to go somewhere. After we all changed back to our dry clothes, he bid a goodbye to us, then I and the girls went back to the hotel to get some late lunch and rest.
 At night, the girls wanted to go window shopping, so obviously I drive them to the bigest department store there. Before I went in I took some pics of the Estima. God dang it looks quite majestic under the night lights, even if it's just a simple people carrier.
 And finally, we went back to the hotel circa 22.00, and we were all tired after spending our day in quite lovely fashion. Once I get inside my room, all I did was get a warm shower, change my clothes, brew a tea, then surf the internet while sipping my tea before I get some sleep.......
 .......but not before a knock is heard on my door. I opened and....turns out it was Sera who knocked on my door, all in her sleeping gown(well I can't put it the correct way I guess). I wonder what's wrong?
"Edo-san, sorry if I'm disturbing you, but do you mind if I sleep here?" "Eh? O-of course you could, but uhh....why?" "The girls are having another sleepover and they're quite noisy at the moment. I just want to get some peaceful sleep" "Oh, w-well, okay I guess. We can't crank another cash for another room and there's no guarantee if there's any left so....." "Exactly, turns out we're in the same wavelength of thoughts" "I'm not sure if this is actually okay but....yeah just come in. I don't want to make this awkward" I DON'T EXPECT THIS AT ALL MAN! This is too good to be true! As Sera walks into my room and sit on the bed, she grabbed my tea and a teaspoon, continuing in serious tone: "Just don't do anything funny or weird to me, or else I'll slam and wreck your face with these and I'll call cops!", but then continued in a calmer manner: "Oh, but it's your bed after all, so I'll try to give you some space". Terrified with Sera's sudden change in mood, I can only nod slowly in agreement.Thankfully things are less intense later on, as Sera had a light(but turns out rather long, as it went for some hours) chatter about our personal lives back then and in recent times, striking quite a clear line of just how different how we lived our lives. And then, Sera fell asleep first. First off I tried to sleep on the floor to have her as comfy as possible, but obviously this didn't work, so I proceeded to share my bed anyways, with me on the very edge of it. I should say this is one of the greatest nights in my life, but also one of the awkwardest ones. All I can think was "What is this, an Illuminati experience? Or did I trapped myself into a soap drama dimension?" 
 [28 Jul 2019] I woke up in the morning and found myself alone again. There wasn't much fuss last night, and thankfully my facial feature is still intact and nothing was lost. I decided to finish the rest of my tea, clean the cup, and brew a coffee to start the day. But before I went for a shower, there's another knock on my door. It was Sera again.
"Morning, you sleepy man" "Oh, morning. Are we ready to go again?" "Don't worry, Hinako and the others are still on shower. Why don't you take yours as well?" "I'm going to. When y'all done just come here again" "Good idea" So I took shower rather quickly, put on new clothes, finish my coffee, pack up for the trip home and wait for the others. As everyone finished shower, get clothed and packed up as well, we left the hotel for a nice picnic-style breakfast near the beach's boardwalk. What's the better way to start the day than having a breakfast on the seaside as the sun rises slowly? ;)  And when we're done, we drove back to the beach to enjoy it while there's barely anyone left. Thankfully the changing room is already available, and the girls has spares to wear. Me? I simply use the same clothes I used to sleep last night
 As I walked behind the girls, who rushed straight to the waters again, a familiar voice called for me. "Hey, you? Are you Kenichi's friend from yesterday?" "Ah, Juugo-san, having an early duty I see!" *laughter* "Yeah man, this is how I work at Sundays. Where's the others?" "Kenichi can't come today, got something to do. But you can see the girls over there" "Aaaaah eager to swim just like yesterday" *even more laughter* "Man I love the seaside in the morning, you can smell and feel it from miles" "I rarely felt this fresh and inspired, just standing here feels like a dream" "Hey listen, I can make your morning even better. Wait what's your name again?" "Edo. Ah yes, I'd like to hear that, what would it be?" "So Edo-kun, how about a baywatch ride in my Beetle? You might drive if you want. Kenichi told me you're a race driver" "Oh hang on really? When did he-" "He told me when he returned my surfboard" "Aaaaaah......speaking of which, okay I'll drive for us" "Good! You may go all-out if you want, this thing was built to take lots of punishment, don't worry" "Thank you so much for the chance, Juugo-san" "It's all good, Kenichi's friends is also my friends. I also want to see what a race driver can do with this Beetle"  And so, I giddily fire up the Beetle and we're running a high-speed baywatch run, with Juugo commanding on where to go and what to avoid. I feel like those race drivers who compete in the likes of Baja 1000 and Dakar Rally. Offroading is quite fun it turns out!
Speaking of which, offroad racing as I know it can refer to either technical/adventure ones that requires lots of winching and goes through lots of rocks, trees and insane level of slopes and climbs (e.g. King of Hammers, Rainforest Challenge, Camel Trophy) or speed-focused/rally raid ones where it goes like normal racing, just with less clue about the route and can range from a full day to two weeks (e.g. both SCORE(a day) and NORRA(four days) Baja 1000, Dakar Rally, Baja Aragon, Baja Russia). I tried to give it all I could, but in the end, it still rides on stock Beetle engine and it rides on beach sands, so I can only extract all the power to a max speed of around 130 km/h. Still, because we're running in a rather limited area even with lack of visitors, this already felt alarmingly quick to me, even slightly more terrifying than what I usually experience in competitive TA events.
 There's a sand dune ahead of us. Juugo told me to just hit it at full speed, so I did. What happened next is quite surreal as we catch some air, followed with one hard, bone-shaking landing and a lot of laughter. I feel like the world paused for a while, then my own life force tried to squish me down as I land. But boy that was awesome!
 Some yards later, we turned around as the sea level increases. We decided to have fun by running the car along the edge of the water. It is a good thing the Beetle was raised quite high, though whether Juugo has the floor salt-proofed in a certain way remains to be seen. But eh, he encouraged me to drive over them after all, so I assume he already did.
 Another sand dune came into our eyes, so Juugo told me to just send the Beetle and of course I did! Tthough this time it was a bit more intense as not only I jumped faster and further, it also went a bit sideways so there was a slight panic of rolling the Beetle or breaking the front axles upon landing. But thankfully, none of them happened and we carried on.
 All this first-time offroad experience already made me want to build one. But dang, I already want to build myself one!
I can definitely build one, but the real problem is, where I can run it? There aren't a lot of offroad facilities in Japan that I know. The only ones that I know well are the ones in Ebisu and the ones beside the Southern Circuit Miyagi, both of which are rather far away. Oh well, for now I'll just savour the moment ;) Finally, the baywatch run is over and I parked the Beetle. Once we hop off the Beetle, Juugo offered me some cold Asahi rootbeer. I grabbed one to cool myself down, and watch the sun slowly raising as I took some photograph of the beach. And of course, the girls succeeded on another attempt to get me into the waters
But hey, I got to see them in bikinis and soaked in seawater again!  
 Finally, after all these seaside shenanigans, it's time to go home. But before all of that, of course we changed into our dry clothes again and had lunch together. Not gonna lie, I should try the seafood here for another time.
 After driving Asuka and Seiko home first, finally I drove Hinako and Sera back to their home. And as a token of appreciation, Sera paid me V$300....though the entire trip and that one awkward night is enough for me
Nevertheless, you can't refuse a gift and I'm still in need of money, so I accepted it anyways. After returning Sera's Estima to her garage, I drove back home in my Silver Queen. Guess this is a non-competitive weekend I'll never forget in my life. I still can't believe I can spend time with them!
 [03 Aug 2019] It's time to prepare for the Ebisu Summer Drift Matsuri at Aug 11-12, but it looks like I've prepared for too long that I don't really have anything to roll in for the event
I could use my HR34 or my Mustang, but I need something I can feel less guilty/remorse to throw around, so what I did is purchasing a 2001 Toyota Mark II X110. Thankfully I scored myself the ones equipped with 1JZ-GE instead of the 1G-GE ones. That thing costed me V$750.Car secured, now moving on into the upgrades. That car is an auto, explaining the cheap price, so let's just delve into my shopping list, shall we? -Nissan CD001 Transmission, V$585 As you can see, my purchases are either cheap or dubious. That's what you get when you're building your car in a hurry
everything should come at the middle of next week, so around 3-2 days to the Drift Matsuri. Yes, I might have to run on stock brakes and suspension. And for the wheels, I might have to either to resort to the stock ones, use the R33 stockies currently fitted to the HR34 or for the last resort, using reps. It's going to be smashed and bashed anyways so might as well get something smashable (of course I'll bring the stockies as well).[05 Aug 2019] The JZX110 has come into my crib, so I decided to have a quick test drive of it. So far so good, the 1JZ is eager to rev, steering felt relatively responsive, but the brakes felt a bit like a biscuit. Considering I've blown a lot of money at the moment and so far I fared well with the stock brakes on the HR34, I'll just refurbish it. Oh well, this is truly one financial mistake I've made currently.
  Welp, finally updated after a while! Let's see how my wallet stands as I failed my own target to save up: That's all my updates for now, thank you for stopping by and see you soon!
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