Posted in Rumours, Junk & Other Stuff, tagged america, aud, Australia, cost, dollar, gbp, gt-r, gtr, Japan, japanese, JDM, Malaysia, myr, nissan, pound, price, r35, ringgit, rm, Singapore, united states, us, usa, usd, yen on April 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The other day I noticed a couple of the new Nissan GT-Rs being sold on Motortrader, which is Malaysia’s biggest car sales website. One thing that grabbed my attention was how much more expensive the car is when compared to prices I’d heard them going for in other parts of the world – especially Japan.
I [...]
Posted in Turbocharged Tirades, tagged Hypertune, Japan, JDM, JDM Asia, magazine, Malaysia, Singapore on March 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Of course since I’m venturing into a totally new world of tuning in an entirely fresh country to me, I thought I’d pick up the local modified car rag to see how it all differentiates from home. So after leaving the local Indian-run newsagent just below my JB hotel with a copy of Hypertune, I [...]
Posted in Turbocharged Tirades, tagged Australia, differences, JDM, Lancer, Malaysia, Mitsubishi, Proton, scene, Scion, Singapore on March 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Back home, I always thought that Australians loved their Japanese performance cars above what would be the standard for the rest of the world. Sure the country is predominantly dominated by teenage hoons in VL Commodores, tradies with their arms hanging from the window of their brand-new Ford Falcon XR8 ute, or executive businessmen prancing [...]
Posted in Turbocharged Tirades, tagged Asia, Introduction, Japan, JDM, Leon, Malaysia, Singapore, Welcome on March 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hey all and welcome to my blog!
I guess I owe you an introduction considering you’ve taken the time out to read what I’ve put to paper (or should that be to screen?), so I’ll do the best I can to fill you in.
For what a name’s worth, mine is Leon. I was born in Australia [...]
