97 Japanese FD Rotisseire Style.
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I've parked in several of those garages while I was stationed in Japan. As many have mentioned, space is at a premium, so the Japanese build "up" vice "out".
When you park, they ask that you retract your antennas, fold your mirrors, you drive it into the ramp, they give you a ticket, and then you walk away. You keep your keys. The car then goes into the rotisserie. When you return, you give the attendant your ticket, the rotisserie spins around, the doors open, and your car appears.
There is another cool concept with these garages: you don't want to back out onto busy streets, so there is a revolving disk that turns your car around (so you are facing out) after you back out of the ramp. You back out under the guidance of the attendant, he tells you to stop, the disk rotates the car around so you are facing out, and you drive out. A very simple concept, but very needed in Japan.
I have never experienced any power outage problems with the ramps, but that wouldn't be unheard of in a land that experiences earthquakes regularly...
When you park, they ask that you retract your antennas, fold your mirrors, you drive it into the ramp, they give you a ticket, and then you walk away. You keep your keys. The car then goes into the rotisserie. When you return, you give the attendant your ticket, the rotisserie spins around, the doors open, and your car appears.
There is another cool concept with these garages: you don't want to back out onto busy streets, so there is a revolving disk that turns your car around (so you are facing out) after you back out of the ramp. You back out under the guidance of the attendant, he tells you to stop, the disk rotates the car around so you are facing out, and you drive out. A very simple concept, but very needed in Japan.
I have never experienced any power outage problems with the ramps, but that wouldn't be unheard of in a land that experiences earthquakes regularly...
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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
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
I was thinking of trying to install an air horn in my car specially for those ******** who cut you off or stomp on their brakes in the middle of the road when their turning into a driveway. It would be a lot more attention gettin than a "toot-toot" from the stock horn. Of course its probably illegal as hell though
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The darn horn sound fluctuates too =(.
Strong to the finichk, cause I eats me spinichk, I'm Popeye the Sailor Man (Cue the 3rd gen RX-7 horn) *beep beep*.
With the button steadily depressed, the darn horn sound fluctuates too =( and sounds like a dying animal. Doh!!!!!!!!
With the button steadily depressed, the darn horn sound fluctuates too =( and sounds like a dying animal. Doh!!!!!!!!
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Originally Posted by POS7
This is some funny ****. The horn does sound like popeye the sailor man LOL
I was thinking of trying to install an air horn in my car specially for those ******** who cut you off or stomp on their brakes in the middle of the road when their turning into a driveway. It would be a lot more attention gettin than a "toot-toot" from the stock horn. Of course its probably illegal as hell though
I was thinking of trying to install an air horn in my car specially for those ******** who cut you off or stomp on their brakes in the middle of the road when their turning into a driveway. It would be a lot more attention gettin than a "toot-toot" from the stock horn. Of course its probably illegal as hell though
installing one may not be expensive, but you'd have to run all the lines and find a place to store an air tank. when the horn switch went out in my Ranger, i just went to the local hardware store and bought an air horn that was USCG rated for up to a 40 foot boat. that gets people's attention really fast, and it alot of fun when you wanna get a friend's attention as you drive by their house at 4am :-)
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Originally Posted by DCrosby
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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Whitey85MTU,
I totally understand what you are saying about the SUVs; however, it is a status symbol to drive something large and American. I don't know why, but it is. One of my female Japanese friends was looking at buying a Lincoln Navigator...I kept trying to convince her using the same arguments you brought up (gas mileage, expensive gas) and I even told her it was too big for most Japanese roads in smaller towns. Not to mention that it wouldn't fit in most parking spots. Just something about American vehicles I guess...
I totally understand what you are saying about the SUVs; however, it is a status symbol to drive something large and American. I don't know why, but it is. One of my female Japanese friends was looking at buying a Lincoln Navigator...I kept trying to convince her using the same arguments you brought up (gas mileage, expensive gas) and I even told her it was too big for most Japanese roads in smaller towns. Not to mention that it wouldn't fit in most parking spots. Just something about American vehicles I guess...
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Originally Posted by BlackRX7Turbo
I hope what you didn't mean to insinuate was that this parking deck concept came to be because of i-Robot...
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!
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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