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OLD OPTIONS: DVD Toaster

By in 21-06-2009 11:28 am

Now here’s something that could be very interesting.

Option have decided to start putting some of their content online as downloadable DVDs. Their system seems to requires you to download and install a program called “DVD Toaster”, which then downloads and burns a DVD for you to watch.

Each DVD, which is payable by credit card, seems to cost all of only ¥800! For a comparison, Option sells for ¥1905 at the shops.

I might give this a test-drive one day and see how easy it is to use, and if people in foreign countries can use it.

One can only hope they decide to put up old Options and Drift Tengoku DVDs…

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DRIFT TENGOKU DVD: Vol. 52 preview

By in 17-06-2009 2:06 pm

This one looks pretty interesting.

How to effectively drift the car in wet and dry conditions.
A Chuubu region Ikaten competition at Mizunami Circuit.
How a LSD works, and talks by D1 mechanics on how they set theirs up.
Team Green’s Guinness World Record attempt for the most number of cars doing donuts at the same time.

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A SUPER NIGHT WAS HAD BY ALL: Super Night Meeting, June 2009

By in 16-06-2009 11:29 pm

Last weekend, I drove up to Ebisu Circuit to watch the D1 Street Legal round that was held on the Minami Course, the same as is used in D1.

Unfortunately, you won’t be seeing any photos of that here! I decided to spend the day as a regular-old spectator instead, something I’ve never done before at a D1 event.

I have to say, it’s a lot more fun than peering through a camera all day, and lugging around a heavy backpack full of equipment.

What I did take some photos of was the Super Night Meeting held the night before. This is a car show put on by Ebisu Circuit in the Minami pits, that centers around the cruising-type of modified cars, such as this slammed Suzuki Wagon R.

Of course, since it was at Ebisu, there was a just a little bit of drifting as well!

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TIME MACHINE FESTIVAL 2009: The Japanese contingent

By in 10-06-2009 12:30 am

A couple of days ago, some rotary freaks from Belgium sent me an email asking for information about this Mazda Famila, with a photo taken by Ben from Japanese Nostalgic Car attached to it.

“Didn’t I already post a few pics of that car already?” I thought.

Sure enough, I’d posted about the Euro and American cars at the 2009 Time Machine Festival, and I’d definitely posted about the Fairladys that were there, as well as a put up a panorama photo of the meeting, but I’d completely forgotten to upload the rest of the photos I took!

So, here they are!

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