914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
2/27/25 11:02 a.m.
David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
2/27/25 11:26 a.m.

Not exactly what I expected to find. 

Patrick
Patrick MegaDork
2/27/25 11:27 a.m.

The steering wheel and wheels are all wrong and an n/a 2.0 v6 sounds downright disappointing but that with a vg30dett and a manual would be fun.

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
2/27/25 11:31 a.m.

In reply to Patrick :

Yeah, the steering wheel is, um....

eurotechms
eurotechms Reader
2/27/25 11:37 a.m.

The turn over on these JDM cars is fast. I'm guessing after the novelty wears off and the reality of driving RHD these things get dumped. 

Colin Wood
Colin Wood Associate Editor
2/27/25 11:37 a.m.

There's definitely some potential there. Drifting? VIP Style? Both?

bmw88rider
bmw88rider PowerDork
2/27/25 1:26 p.m.

In reply to eurotechms :

Or the first thing breaks and it takes 2-3X to fix it compared to a normal car. I see it all the time. The market is very soft on the non-GTA cars. 

wawazat
wawazat UltraDork
2/27/25 4:01 p.m.

Getting Clark Griswold vibes right now.  

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
2/27/25 4:52 p.m.

Needs a little more sidewall, too. 

Patrick
Patrick MegaDork
2/27/25 6:23 p.m.

3 years in I have determined that the "realities of driving RHD" is not a thing, and I will not be taking questions from the crowd. The pharmacist laughs when I come through the drive up backwards. 

XLR99 (Forum Supporter)
XLR99 (Forum Supporter) SuperDork
2/27/25 8:22 p.m.

In reply to Patrick :

To be fair, it seems pretty real as a left seat passenger when the boost kicks in all at once like a shuttle launch...

Also, I can't stop laughing about the pharmacy drive thru..

John Welsh
John Welsh Mod Squad
2/27/25 8:45 p.m.

We've had the car up on GRM before.  I remember the odd writing on the side.  

 

I've mentioned before but If I had a rhd car I would put a teddy bear, fashioned to hold a steering wheel, in the left seat thereby meeting people's expectations that the bear is driving.  

Sample:

Pete. (l33t FS)
Pete. (l33t FS) MegaDork
2/28/25 3:12 p.m.
wawazat said:

Getting Clark Griswold vibes right now.  

The backwards, sliding 3rd row seat and the bin next to it sold me.

This thing's like a Japanese version of a 70s-80s American wagon.

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