Author Archives for Alexi

LETS DRIVE SLOWLY, MR POLICEMAN: Daisuke Shouten Part II

February 3, 2009 11:30 am Published by Alexi 18 Comments

All the cars in yesterday’s post were reasonably conventional. That is, as conventional as six-foot bamboo-spike exhausts can be. Here’s... View Article

LETS DRIVE SLOWLY, MR POLICEMAN: Daisuke Shouten Part I

February 2, 2009 12:30 am Published by Alexi 22 Comments

If you’re a fan of Option videos, you may have noticed that whenever they feature a bosozoku-style car, like in... View Article

SAWDUST: Crash evidence at Tsukuba

January 31, 2009 12:30 am Published by Alexi 32 Comments

Before you click on the “read the rest” link just below this text, take a second to think of what... View Article

AMATEUR HARDCORE: Hiroki’s Silvia and Kazuya’s Skyline

January 30, 2009 12:30 am Published by Alexi 14 Comments

These two friends from Shimane Prefecture own cars that look good and are drifted constantly. Pay attention. This is the... View Article

FULL THROTTLE: Papa-chan’s 10,000rpm AE86 drifter

January 28, 2009 12:30 am Published by Alexi 32 Comments

Remember these shots of Tomonori Akai’s car at the MSC invitational competition at Odaiba? You can thank him for the... View Article

OLD TIN: Japan Classic Car Association’s New Year Meeting, Part II

January 27, 2009 12:30 am Published by Alexi 19 Comments

Get on with it then. Here’s a Kenmeri GT-R.

OLD TIN: Japan Classic Car Association’s New Year Meeting, Part I

January 26, 2009 12:30 am Published by Alexi 19 Comments

I now have a large bruise in my arse from where I have been repeatedly kicking it for only giving... View Article

WEEKEND EDITION: 25th January 2009

January 25, 2009 11:00 pm Published by Alexi 11 Comments

Today was interesting. The Japan Classic Car Association show was on today at Odaiba, but I didn’t make it there... View Article

BIG AND WHITE: R35 GT-R at Tsukuba Circuit

January 23, 2009 12:30 am Published by Alexi 29 Comments

If you had to pick a car to represent Japanese motoring in the year 2008, it would have to be... View Article

BAD DAY: 180SX crash and flip at Bihoku

January 22, 2009 2:02 am Published by Alexi 23 Comments

Here’s one for all the people who make a big deal about not using bolt-in cages in drift cars. The... View Article