97 Japanese FD Rotisseire Style.
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97 Japanese FD Rotisseire Style.
Thought I would share...My boss heads over to Japan quite a bit for business and one of the guys who shows him around drives a 97 FD...well, the cool thing is the place he parks it...It's stacked about 99 cars high...You head down to the garage and punch in your number and it delivers you car to you on a totisseire type platter...
My boss didn't realise how cool it was to go to Japan and get shown around in an FD...He came back and said..."Hey, last week I got show around Tokyo in a car like yours" Then he told me about the way they had them parked, stacked, and rotated...As soon as he said that I asked if he took pics...nope...so I had the dude e-mail a few photos.
My boss didn't realise how cool it was to go to Japan and get shown around in an FD...He came back and said..."Hey, last week I got show around Tokyo in a car like yours" Then he told me about the way they had them parked, stacked, and rotated...As soon as he said that I asked if he took pics...nope...so I had the dude e-mail a few photos.
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Wow! Thats pretty damn cool!! I wonder why they don't have things like that here in the states?!
BTW, I don't think this really belongs in the 3rd gen. section?!
-Alex
BTW, I don't think this really belongs in the 3rd gen. section?!
-Alex
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Originally Posted by Garoad
badass. but must suck if theres a blackout or if the power to that palce just happens to **** out on you.
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No it's not Turbo'd
Oil, & Droppage seem to be handeled with the fact that it's solid, metal/plastic, and has wheel chalks that come up, when it moves, but what if you have an SUV that's 2X as tall ?? Do you have to buy two spaces !?
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Originally Posted by TT_Rex_7
Wow! Thats pretty damn cool!! I wonder why they don't have things like that here in the states?!
BTW, I don't think this really belongs in the 3rd gen. section?!
-Alex
BTW, I don't think this really belongs in the 3rd gen. section?!
-Alex
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Yea... its like you punch in your number like...lot #345... and the 345th plate will come down and you park the car on the plate... then.... walla... you just walk away~~~
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Its pretty common in Japan. Space is a luxury in many places, especially in the city. A lot of the apartment complexes have those style lifts, but usually no more than 5 or so high.
I bet those things are good for preventing theft too. Can you imagine trying to steal something that's 100 cars up in the air on the lift? You would have to be able to break into the parking garage mechanism, then steal the car. Not that Japan has much theft....
I bet those things are good for preventing theft too. Can you imagine trying to steal something that's 100 cars up in the air on the lift? You would have to be able to break into the parking garage mechanism, then steal the car. Not that Japan has much theft....
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Originally Posted by BIO3M
They dont have things like that in the US because we arent cramped for space. They have the whole population of america living in an island thats a bit bigger than florida. They cant build out so they build up
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Originally Posted by FC3S.USD
They dont have your car keys, so it would be the same thing as someone here walking next to your car.
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Originally Posted by Chaosx1
What if someone else pushes your number and your car comes down for them?
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There's probably a pin # for each space thats assigned to you, and reset for when there's a new person that gets assigned that spot. You'd have to get ahold of that to get the car down. I'm just assuming here though. If thats not the case, it'd be nice to have.
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Originally Posted by cloud9
anybody seen i-Robot.... same concept
They have similar parking to this in NYC -- a friend of mine drove the two of us out to NYC for a Auto Show a couple years back and the parking lot we parked in had something similar, but it was only about 6 cars high!
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Originally Posted by TT_Rex_7
There's probably a pin # for each space thats assigned to you, and reset for when there's a new person that gets assigned that spot. You'd have to get ahold of that to get the car down. I'm just assuming here though. If thats not the case, it'd be nice to have.
-Alex
-Alex
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I just got this reply from the owner of the FD in the photo when I told him I would post it on the forum....
"my pReasure dave
fame at last
actually 7 is the lucky number in japanese. so an RX-7 with all the 7's is a bit of a head-turner... still it gets me no pu$$y tho'...
i godda get rid of that silly "popeye-the-sailor-man" horn or figure out what i'm doin' worng. i'll get some tips from ken on his next visit
take care (drive safe)
rOb0"
"
"my pReasure dave
fame at last
actually 7 is the lucky number in japanese. so an RX-7 with all the 7's is a bit of a head-turner... still it gets me no pu$$y tho'...
i godda get rid of that silly "popeye-the-sailor-man" horn or figure out what i'm doin' worng. i'll get some tips from ken on his next visit
take care (drive safe)
rOb0"
"