I am military living in japan and bought a FD. reading through the forum trying to learn about my car and doing some fixing up. First time rotary owner so i am rotary stupid.

 

welcome to the forums.

 

Welcome aerpof. If you can't find an answer here, you probably don't need to know it

 

So whats it like living in Japan? How do the local people treat americans over there?

 

Welcome, and yeah. Hows japan? My dream to move there.

 

What happens in situations like this - where you buy a car while on a posting abroad with the military and the car you bought isn't legal to register back home? I guess they just don't let you re-register it when it gets here. Although as I've seen, having a military ID gets you better service in a lot of places, maybe it even works at the DMV

 

haha "rotary stupid". don't worry man, i'm with you. hopefully we step our game up and catch up to the knowledge of everyone else. good luck

 

Fixing up cars in Japan can be an issue as I'm sure you'll learn. I lived in Japan for two years at Yokota. JCI is the inspection a car must pass every "x" amount of years. Sometimes they get so strict that if your turn signals flash to quickly you'll fail (that happened to me) or if your tires / rims are larger than original you'll fail. Sorry to burst your bubble but just be smart about your mods. Good Luck.

 

What part of Japan are you in? I lived in Okinawa for 4 years while I was stationed at Kadena Air Base. That's where I got my hands dirty with Nissans. Heading back to Tokyo next year for the Tokyo Auto Salon for the first time since I left in 03.

 

I am new to rotary too. How is Japan? I bet it is awesome!

 

Welcome
Where abouts in Japan are you located? What year is your FD and what do you plan to do to it?
Be sure to check out the "Far East" / Japan section on here for some info.

 

Hows the women in Japan? just had to ask

 

i wish i could see the real touge =)

 

I'm also curious on what part of Japan you're in.