Question about Japan
Living in Japan is awesome!
I never lock my house doors or my car doors. Hell, the neighbors or their kids wll run over and tell me to roll up my windows whenever we get one of those "sudden" showers that occur in the spring and summer.
I just hate not being able to walk into Pep Boys or NAPA. Sometimes buying OEM parts is a pain. Car Dealerships over here try to make people pay for shipping on parts they have parts in stock. I always walk in with my copy of the OEM parts CD-ROM/DVD and a printout so they can not argue with me. I also pretend like I do not understand Japanese so I can catch them trying to screw me over. Works everytime... Get caught lying followed by lots of bowing and then a 10~20% discount for getting caught. bwahahahahaha
Mitsubishi told me they couldn't sell the bearings for an AYC-equipped rearend by themselves and that I had to purchase the entire assembly for $3500. Ummmm.... NOT! The parts manager almost had a stroke when I produced a printout showing the bearings part number and price. The parts manager ordered the bearings from a local warehouse for me and had them delivered within in an hour. The manager told me Mitsubishi doesn't stock parts for cars older than 5 years and it is more profitable for them to sell entire assemblies instead of just minor parts. Holy CRAPAROONIES!!
I never lock my house doors or my car doors. Hell, the neighbors or their kids wll run over and tell me to roll up my windows whenever we get one of those "sudden" showers that occur in the spring and summer.
I just hate not being able to walk into Pep Boys or NAPA. Sometimes buying OEM parts is a pain. Car Dealerships over here try to make people pay for shipping on parts they have parts in stock. I always walk in with my copy of the OEM parts CD-ROM/DVD and a printout so they can not argue with me. I also pretend like I do not understand Japanese so I can catch them trying to screw me over. Works everytime... Get caught lying followed by lots of bowing and then a 10~20% discount for getting caught. bwahahahahaha
Mitsubishi told me they couldn't sell the bearings for an AYC-equipped rearend by themselves and that I had to purchase the entire assembly for $3500. Ummmm.... NOT! The parts manager almost had a stroke when I produced a printout showing the bearings part number and price. The parts manager ordered the bearings from a local warehouse for me and had them delivered within in an hour. The manager told me Mitsubishi doesn't stock parts for cars older than 5 years and it is more profitable for them to sell entire assemblies instead of just minor parts. Holy CRAPAROONIES!!
Last edited by Rutt; Dec 19, 2006 at 12:23 AM.
One thing that makes me smile every time I go the Tokyo Super Autobacs are these cheap European thingies, not sure what the brand name is but its German, I think and they make all these useless stuff like these stick-on dashboard mirrors, photo holder, thermometers, you name it.
I am from Europe and usually this stuff is bought by middle aged Portuguese who don’t have a clue about car-styling.
The Japanese probably think this is classy to have something like this in your car, especially if they drive a Benz or VW…
I am from Europe and usually this stuff is bought by middle aged Portuguese who don’t have a clue about car-styling.
The Japanese probably think this is classy to have something like this in your car, especially if they drive a Benz or VW…
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ahaha this is all just to funny..
i wanna go to japan soo bad.. any evom members wanna get together n take a cool trip?
im sure we could get discounts on flight and tours or something.. plus we could check out the import scene!
or should i say domestic
i wanna go to japan soo bad.. any evom members wanna get together n take a cool trip?
im sure we could get discounts on flight and tours or something.. plus we could check out the import scene!
or should i say domestic
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