Going to Tokyo!

[issanni]

Hey everyone,

As I've mentioned in a few past threads, I am joining the Turbo magazine tour to the Tokyo Auto Salon. My plan is to bring video and photo coverage of the event before any magazine does. So over the next couple of weeks, I'm going to prepare for the trip. What I need from you guys are some suggestions for me to keep in mind. What would you like to see? Is there anything in particular you want me to get pictures/video of? etc. So if you have any ideas (within reason..ie. I can't bring back everyone S15s and R34s), let me know.

Also, is anyone here going to the event either with the Turbo tour or on their own? If you are, maybe we could help each other out and bring this community a taste of true JDM (auto)fantasy:D

Moreover, is there anyone here that lives in Japan or knows someone in Japan that I can contact and trust? I would like to have someone that knows how to speak english and japanese to help with translations. Also, I plan on purchasing a few things such as an engine for my S14, some S15 front end pieces for a friend, and some other parts while I'm there so I would also need someone to help me locate the parts and ship them back to this country (japanese language skills definately necassary for that). So if someone can help me with the locating and shipping of parts, I have no problem picking up any hard to get part for people on this forum. But mostly I would like to have someone to show me around Japan when I'm not with the tour group, maybe catch some battles on a local mountain pass or D1 drift event? If someone can help me in this area, they'd be helping the entire community..in a way:) I'm staying an extra two days after the rest of the tour goes back home, so that should give me some time to get the parts and get organized.

I'll probably be walking around wearing shirts or a jacket with my company's logo shamelessly emblazed on it:icesangel and since this is a non profit forum with no real corporate sponsorship, I have no problem wearing the NICO forum logo and/or 240sx.org logo along side my own company logo as I believe this is a great source of information and a community that should get some(more) world wide exposure. Not that I believe I'm doing any favors, I know this forum is and can be just as successful without my help.

I'll post updates as much as I can when I'm there. But for now I'm just getting ready for the event.

Thanks guys,

Joe

[Nismo_Freak]

SHAMELESS BUMP FOR THE TEIN ACTION FIGURE DUDE!

[ninjak84]

Holy shiz....Tokyo Auto Salon 2000 = birth of the Abflug Supra!I cannot wait to see these pictures!!!!Have fun, and invest in extra rolls of film!

[Tino]

im going going back back to tokyo

[SilviaLuvr]

ummmm...that is beyond the relms of being normal...

issanni: have fun in tokyo oh yeah can you pick me up a pair of s15 headlight conversion for my 180 hahaha j/k !

[issanni]

ninjak84: Don't worry, I'm going all digital, so no worries about film and almost unlimited pictures. We took about 200+ pictures of the International Auto Salon this past April, so I'm sure this will top 500 easily.

SilviaLuvr: If I can arrange for shipping from Japan to the US for the parts I plan or will try to get, I have no problem picking you up some S15 headlights. I know they're $1000 here, so if I get them, they'd be considerably less and you'd only have to pay for shipping from New Jersey to where ever you live.

If someone can help me with the shipping, I can pick up any specialty item for anyone. Unfortunately, I'll probalby need cash ahead of time as I do not know exactly how much the parts would be so I don't know how comfortable you guys would be in giving me money with no guarantees except my word that I will give the money back if I can't get the parts or give you the "change" if I buy the part. But then again, since you all know I'm on the Turbo tour, you'll see my pic in the magazines and you'll be able to find out who I am and where I live....so, technically you have no reason to worry.