FearlessFife

Wow. That really shows how different the demands from the public there are different from the US.

Off topic: I love the yellow lab pictured with this one.

clawhammer

Why does this have a NY license plate?

AlX Boi

Japan's fascination with the Anglo-Saxon culture has to do with their perception of Caucasoids. They think that anyone who is white or can speak English is at higher class than them. Anything with English on it just makes the product seem of better quality. That's why you'll often see poorly written English on their products. You may ask why not just write it in their native tongue, but most Japanese don't know any better and think the English shows the product is probably better than the one next to it which is written in all Japanese.

When I went on a tour to Japan, my tour guide told me just that, as did my sister who studied there for 3 years. My tour guide also told me the Japanese fill feel embarrassed if you speak to them in English because they aren't fluent. This being because according to their class scale, Whites/English speakers are of higher class than them. If I were to speak in Manderin, they wouldn't give two shits about me, as they are supposedly superior to the other Asian groups. So anyway, I tested this out at a department store. I was about 15 and asked to see something in the glass. At first, I just pointed at it and the lady totally shrubbed me off. wtf you know? So I go up to her and ask her in English. She looked surprised, then embarrassed and started apologizing for not being able to respond. She calls a few of her co-workers to help decipher what I was saying with their broken English. Turned out to be pretty sweet. They gave me an icy cold beveraged and a napkin served on a silver platter too.

On another note, have you guys seen the Japanese Odyssey? That is one cool looking van. I totally wouldn't mind having that car. I'm not sure if they're just trying to keep the good stuff for themselves on this occassion or they jsut think America wants a more family friendly van instead of one that's more aggressive looking. Oh yeah, Japan likes to keep a lot of the best stuff for Japan only. If you look at their electronics, you'll see that their designs for say a CD player, are 10x better looking. When portable CD players first became popular, I saw one in Japan that was the thickness of 3 CDs and had all the anti-shock technology. We had a huge plastic peice of crap that's the size of a book. Now that's

dcak

That's odd, never heard of that.

I also had never heard the term "Caucasoids". Make's me feel like some kind of space man

Sr2oD3

the edix looks pretty cool for a Daily D
the life reminds me of the ultra compact subaru *hood*

KeithM

Some crazy lookin rides there.

protokultur

The Bangle butt.... LIVES!!!!!!

FrostyWinters

I'll get the Edix as my DD.

AlX Boi

[QUOTE=dcak,Nov 8 2006, 07:44 AM] That's odd, never heard of that.

I also had never heard the term "Caucasoids".

Spartikus

It seems like they all share the same 4 or 5 chassis.