BMW M4: The Car That Matters — by motorflair on

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Choosing the right car in today's world is not an easy task.  How do you balance ride comfort with handling? Engine performance with fue...

Motorgames: Formula Drift Japan 2014 — by motorflair on

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Welcome back to Tokyo Car Parade coverage of Motorgames.  This will be the final part of the feature, but even though Motorgames is done and...

Motorgames - Offset Kings Japan 2014 — by motorflair on

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I have to admit this, but I am slowly falling in love with these stance events.  It doesn't mean I like the approach of some of the mod...

Motorgames - The Car Olympics I Wished For — by motorflair on

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One of the memories I have from my childhood years was sitting in front of a TV, bored out of my mind watching men in spandex run in the Oly...

Offset Kings Part 1 - The Appetizer — by motorflair on

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One thing that us, car guys are known for is our lack of patience.  We drive fast, we overtake anything in front (or try to), we take a long...

Import Car Show: The Main Event — by motorflair on

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Undeniably, Import Car Show that I covered in Part One was very diverse and entertaining. As we went through the hallway densely packed wit...

Tokyo Import Car Show - Car Event Like No Other — by motorflair on

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Back in 2009 I discovered a little event called "Tokyo Import Auto Salon" where organizers were happily letting customers in for f...

Rare Toyota 2000GT Destroyed by a Tree. — by motorflair on

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It is always sad to see cars of historical value get destroyed, especially when incidents are not caused by road accidents, but forces of na...

The Power of MOONEYES — by motorflair on

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Obsession with parts of American culture throughout the development of modern Japan can be noticed very easily. Movies, music, food, or jus...

Perfection Achieved: BMW M6 Gran Coupe — by motorflair on

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Perfection: often defined as a state of completeness and flawlessness, it is everyone's greatest desire and ultimate goal.  Yet, nobody ...

Wheel Coating and Night Time Cruise — by motorflair on

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With new wheels and tires the car has obviously transformed not only visually, but it also became a lot more comfortable, precise, and thank...

We've Got Stance! — by motorflair on

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A remarkable step has been taken to make the "parade-mobile" truly live up to it's name.  After all, the only thing worse than...

Cars, Flowers, and a Wide Open Road — by motorflair on

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No, I haven't gone completely metro-sexual yet, but it is that season where everything is blooming and the colors are changing from the ...

Lights, Camera, Mooneyes! — by motorflair on

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I have created this blog in the attempt to share my experiences in encountering different branches of Japanese car culture, but back in the ...

No More Coffee, But Plenty of Cars! — by motorflair on

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After discovering the flavor of Tokyo's Cars & Coffee we were left carving for more, so the only reasonable thing to do was to get ...

One Grande Coffee With a Side of Cars Please! — by motorflair on

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Ever since becoming active in the Japanese automotive culture, I made a discovery that one substance that goes well with cars is coffee.  Th...

Mercedes Benz SL63 AMG -- Your Retirement Fun Mobile. — by motorflair on

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We get old - that is the most undesirable and inevitable part of life; like it, hate it, we have to face it, and  the best way to to handle ...

Digging Down to JDM Roots: The Nostalgic 2 Days — by motorflair on

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Japan's car culture may not be as mainstream as it is in California.  After all only 60% of population owns cars and most of them just u...

Introducing: The Parademobile! — by motorflair on

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2014 is definitely having a good vibe, or should I say 'launch' to it.  Now, however things have moved even further as I have picked...

HKS Premium Day 2014 At Fuji Speedway — by motorflair on

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Visiting Tokyo Auto Salon is always a pleasant experience as the after-market world of Japan never disappoints.  However looking at the tune...

Tokyo Auto Salon - The Land Of The Odd — by motorflair on

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Horse power, suspension, engine swaps, bikini clad girls; believe me, when you spend a few hours around this, it can get a bit repetitive, m...

Tokyo Auto Salon 2014: The Western Invasion — by motorflair on

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Until just a few years ago Tokyo Auto Salon was all about JDM; it was as local as it could possibly get, but as after-market trends have spr...

Tokyo Auto Salon 2014 - Home of the JDM — by motorflair on

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I've been visiting Tokyo Auto Salon for a few years and not a single time it failed to surprise me. The event can be described as SEMA ...