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[Mockngbrd]

Day one just passed...
TAS tommorw, gonna post up when i get back tommorw night!!!

link: Garage36: Day 1: Singapore > Tokyo: Shinjuku / Oochanomizu / Akiba / Shibuya


Thursday, January 14, 2010

Day 1: Singapore > Tokyo: Shinjuku / Oochanomizu / Akiba / Shibuya

Touched down early this morning in Narita (-6 degress celcius) and managed to make the earliest connecting train ride into the city. The hotel room is shall we say... erm... tiny (and that's an understatement), it's the smallest room i've ever stayed in. hahaha, i guess it is okay if you are travelling alone.

My Karo mats arrived as soon as i did too. Haven't opened it cause i need to go get some tape to seal it back for the journey back home.

Walked all over town today savouring the sigihts, smells and sounds. Took quite a number of pics, but unfortunately, yours truely forgot to pack in a mini usb-USB wire, so you will all have to contend with a picture of the cameras i brought over... Will put them up as soon as possible, promise

Oh, here's a pic of the camera's screen showing a can of corn soup bought from a vending machine, it's really tasty... Thought it'd be worth sharing... TAS2010 starts in less then 24hrs! Gonna be getting some rest soon...

 

[sszone]

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remember to take more pics of the RQs...all the bros waiting wor...haha

 

[Justin Ang]

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The corn soup is nice especially when its warm from the vending machine.

 

[Mockngbrd]

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Just back to Hotel.. totally totally totally broken and exhausted... 2 camera batterys dieded after 2 halls, 3 halls in total... will be back there on sunday...

Highlight of the show for me? Toyota FT86 G SPORT!!!!!!!!!! OMFG!!!!!!! it's so full of awesome i'll sell my BMW for that car
Here's a taste of the car, pic from my iphone, need to get my batteries charged a little to upload them to the computer.
Gonna wash up now...

BRB

 

[ryan]

Re: BMW-SG'rean in Tokyo

Just back to Hotel.. totally totally totally broken and exhausted... 2 camera batterys dieded after 2 halls, 3 halls in total... will be back there on sunday...

Highlight of the show for me? Toyota FT86 G SPORT!!!!!!!!!! OMFG!!!!!!! it's so full of awesome i'll sell my BMW for that car
Here's a taste of the car, pic from my iphone, need to get my batteries charged a little to upload them to the computer.
Gonna wash up now...

BRB

That looks awesome.

 

[Mockngbrd]

Re: BMW-SG'rean in Tokyo

iphone video for u whilst i process my images... over 800 photos :x
YouTube - Tokyo Auto Salon Image Girls "A-Class"

[youtube]y7DBC_oYk_Y[/youtube]

 

[BlackCookie]

Re: BMW-SG'rean in Tokyo

Just back to Hotel.. totally totally totally broken and exhausted... 2 camera batterys dieded after 2 halls, 3 halls in total... will be back there on sunday...

Highlight of the show for me? Toyota FT86 G SPORT!!!!!!!!!! OMFG!!!!!!! it's so full of awesome i'll sell my BMW for that car
Here's a taste of the car, pic from my iphone, need to get my batteries charged a little to upload them to the computer.
Gonna wash up now...

BRB

Awesome! Have you got the side profile?

 

[Mockngbrd]

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front side back bottom... sorting thru all my pics now... too many liao :x
Eurobeat overdose... almost bought a CD... yikes

 

[Mockngbrd]

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Friday, January 15, 2010

Day 2: Shinjuku > Makuhari Messe: Tokyo Auto Salon 2010!!!

A really early morning had me board the 640am train to Tokyo station, switching lines to finally arrive at Kaihin-Makuhari. The holding location for the Tokyo Auto Salon 2010! I was one of the earliest to arrive and the morning at Makuhari was freezing cold.

Registration for press started at 8am and at 9am, the gates were opened! I'll skip you all the details, but let's just say, it was choked full of AWESOMENESS! For starters though, here are pictures of the FT-86. *I'm too sleepy and tired to post anything else too, it is almost 3am in Tokyo now... Many apologies ~ suimasen*

Biggest moment for me at the show? H### yea! Turbo Boxer RWD Power FTW!
Can't wait for this car to be released, it's gonna be crazy~ I tried my best to take as many pictures as possible, but the car was constantly swarmed with people edging to get a closer look. Looks like Toyota has a big winner with this one. *I might even want to sell of my E36 for this* Anyway... the pics!

Time to zonk out... Will be back tommorow...

Oh yes, this video finally uploaded too! It was on one of the smaller stages, enjoy!
YouTube - Tokyo Auto Salon 2010
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[///M3]

Re: BMW-SG'rean in Tokyo

hmmm...only the front nice...lolz

the side is trying too hard to look like a GTR

 

[Knight]

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Nice! More pictures plss..
Reminds me when Im there last year,haiz...

 

[totoseow]

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ya whats so nice abt the car? the back lights like maser gt....front like copy a zhng out s2000

 

[Slater]

Re: BMW-SG'rean in Tokyo

hmmm...only the front nice...lolz

the side is trying too hard to look like a GTR

+1. too many things going on liao. front looks ordinary. overall very cluttered looking

 

[totoseow]

Re: BMW-SG'rean in Tokyo

nothing original about it. copy the rest.

mock this will suit ur image

 

[golfgti]

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honda ek hatch look nicer

any pictures from Mines or Amuse?

 

[Mockngbrd]

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Internet connection in the hotel no idea why but is really really crawling... cannot do much... havto hold off updating and try again tommorw nite. sorry guys...
Here's a taste though... Took me a long time just to get one image up.... Goodyear FTW

 

[Justin Ang]

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Nice!! Is it cold over there now?

 

[Mockngbrd]

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right now is 3degrees with some friggin cold winds....... just got back from having a yamazaki
new updates soon

 

[Knight]

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Love the temperature over there! Yamazaki

 

[Mockngbrd]

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Sunday, January 17, 2010

Day 2art 2: Shinjuku > Makuhari Messe: Tokyo Auto Salon 2010!!!

Since i konked out early after my first ever TAS2010 outing (it' really exhausting), here is Parto 2 of my 2nd day in Japan!

As mentioned, it was an obscenely cold early morning when i took the train.

Press pass!

Entering the halls of awesomeness, it's truly overwhelming for any first-timer... (The photo just shows a small section of the total number of halls...

There were really too many cars to cover and here are a couple of my personal show favourites:

Toyota FT086 G-Sports Concept. When the Japanese go ga-ga over this one car, you just know it's gonna be the next big thing to hit the streets. I LOVE it. Simply beautiful, pictures just don't show all the curves and surfacing this car has. If you think differently, you're wrong... Can't wait for the FT to be released. Toyota' doing some really cool things with their G-Sports brand. Bringing back some long lost passion and desire to the brand. Superb direction from a manufacturer!

Here's a video of the car from Gran Turismo 5 (Also shown at TAS2010)
YouTube - Gran Turismo 5 Trailer: Toyota FT-86 G Sports Concept
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"Hakosuka" Stagea GTR. An amazing build, morphing the already cool Stagea to epic cool. With the front, sides and rear incorporating elements from the original Skyline GTR. Even the waist line of the Stagea underwent body modifications to replicate the look for the "Hakosuka".
Oh yes, this Stagea has and RB26DETT inside too!

Kazama's ISF. Wild pink Gram Lights!

Toyo Tire's ISF. Featuring a very cool brushed aluminium wrap. The next "in" thing?

Roadster Garage. Looks like a Toyota 2000GT droptop, but guess what it was built on?
That's right! (or wrong) This car was built from a 1st gen Mazda MX5. Really cool and amazing conversion.

Tommy Kaira GTR. Something the GTR fans have been waiting for. The Tommy Kaira GTR.

Final Konnexion's GTR34. Just look at it! I spent a good 5-10 minutes just standing there and taking in all that awesomeness.

Body Shop Hayashi's VW New Beetle. The Tokyo Auto Salon featuring an array of tuning styles, this VW New Bug from Hayashi has been converted into a pick-up and it has a flower-bed on the back. The girls will love this one.

Takero's Stagea. Featuring flared wheelarches, cool bodywork, stonking sound system and a perfect stance. Love it. Once a wagonist, always a wagonist.

Air Bomber's leather wrapped van featuring a Wald BLack Bison kit. Carbon wrapping passe? Brushed aluminum not extreme enough? How about a fully leather wrapped van? With stitching and patches replacing the usual stickers. It's all in the details.

3D Design's stand. Seeing these cars in pictures on the net created desire, to see them in real life was totally wild.

Tommy Kaira & DAMD Subaru Legacy Wagon. Showing that with proper wheels and some bodywork, the new Legacy isn't as ugly as i thought. I actually like it now

The various Porsche Panameras. Seems to be a popular euro car at TAS2010. Pretty amazing what a set of big wheels and proper stance does for the car.

That's all for now, more to come soon.Yes, i know some of you are eagerly awaiting the "Image girls". no,i haven't forgotten you guys. There are just soooo many cars here and all of them are worthy of a mention, it's just so hard to sort them through.