My AE86 in Japan (2): Desperately Needed Maintenance
I bought a rusty AE86 unseen of yahoo auctions. The car had been sitting for over eight years, has rust,…
I bought a rusty AE86 unseen of yahoo auctions. The car had been sitting for over eight years, has rust,…
I bought an AE86 shitbox off Yahoo Auctions in Japan, and plan to bring it home.
If you buy an old car in Japan (for example, on yahoo auctions), there’s a chance that the car doesn’t…
I bought a second-hand classic ThinkPad in great condition, but it had a BIOS password (supervisor password) set. The ThinkPad…
When Honda built the first generation Insight, Automotive battery technology was in its infancy. When the Honda engineers were tasked…
I visited a DR30 Skyline and shot some pictures of the body, documenting the usual rust spots. I evaluated the…
My Nissan Sunny B12 GTI was owned by a caring elderly couple for 16 years. It should have become a pristine classic car, but instead it went through the misery of being a beater car, being abused, and failing inspections due to lots of rust. It went through several hands before I took care of it and restored it. This is its story, part 1.
My ThinkPad 240 from 1999 suffers from a warped and bubbled LCD panel surface, emitting a strong vinegar odor. In…
The Sony Discman D-10/D-100 portable CD player is a neat piece of retro audio equipment, but being introduced in 1986…
In today’s blog post, I would like to share my experiences from the Tokyo Mobility Show 2023. However, it may…
Honda built the second generation Honda Civic from summer 1979 till fall 1983. In 1980, it was upgraded with a…
As a car guy, the Automotive section in Japanese bookstores is a great place to spend some time. Within the…
After seeing the poster for the Nostalgic 2days (“The largest classic motor show in Japan”) at a 7-11 in a…
When you visit a country for the first time, it usually doesn’t take long to get a sense of the…
In July 2022, I went to pluck strawberries in the Chiba prefecture, two hours from Tokyo, when I spotted today’s…
This snow-covered low mileage 1987 Nissan Sunny B12 Coupe crossed my path on a cold winter day in November 2010.…
Have you ever heard of the Proton Saga? No? I don’t blame you. Allow me to explain: Proton Holdings was…
In Germany, the Pulsar N13 is known as the Nissan Sunny: for the European market, Nissan decided to market the…
If you lived in Japan for a while, chances are high that you have been infected by the foodie obsession:…
Shortly after I moved to Japan in late 2022, I learned about Japans most famous AE86 meetup in Japan: the…
Over here, I listed an extensive list of popular wheels for the Nissan Sunny B12 Coupe. I listed wheels that…
I encountered this exciting hot MX-5, resting at its final resting place on a junkyard in Hamburg, in November 2015.…
Browsing through the pictures of junkyards I took 15 years ago, it astonishes me what kind of cars were discarded…
In Germany, when you are living on the countryside and turn 18, one of the most yearningly awaited rights is…
The AE92 Corolla 2-door coupe was never officially sold in Germany, which – I assume – is due to its…
The B11 generation of the Nissan Sunny Coupe is a car that has vanished from the roads and most people’s…
In March 2012, during a regular visit to a junkyard in Lustadt, Germany, I found this bright green 1980 Opel…
I found this ’90 Nissan Sunny B12 Coupe, resting on the roof of a Seat Marbella, on a junkyard in…
This scrapped Skyline R33 was the most incredible finding during my junkyard visits over the years. It turned up on…
Update: follow my AE86 model car build on YouTube. During my weekly visits to the Japanese bookstores, I saw this…
A few days ago, I had to request some tax certificates, which I have done online via the Japanese eTax…
In 2023, Japanese textbooks still come with Audio CDs. If you want to listen to them during your commute, you’ll…
A while ago, I purchased a ThinkPad 240 online, and upon receiving it, my excitement grew as I discovered its…
Fakten: Baujahr 2000 Deutsches Modell Historie und Verbrauchswerte: https://www.spritmonitor.de/de/detailansicht/829879.html 410,000km TÜV bis 10-2023 Mängel: mangelhaft reparierter Frontschaden: Motorhaube und Stoßfänger…
I would like to make the Nissan Sunny Rz1 Digital Cluster Adapter open-source and allow DIYers to build the project…
I was fortunate enough to get my hands on the original press kit released in Germany in the year 2000,…
I am pleased to announce that for the Nissan Rz1 digital cluster conversion kit project, all development and testing steps…
After driving my Nissan Sunny B12 Coupés for many years, I felt I needed something more environment-friendly and a bit…
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A while ago I hooked a CAN logger to a friends CRZ, and reverse-engineered the CAN bus on both thr…
TL;DR: What is my Problem?You have too many breakpoints set. If you have no breakpoints set, look out for implicitly…
Today I would like to share some exciting news for you, and make it official – I am building a…
Today I finally managed to measure the signals on the digital speed sensor. I don’t own any of the Rz-1…
I’ve been using Peters OBDII C&C for quite a while now, and while I like it’s features, it lacks the…
A few years ago, I modified a LHD Nissan Sunny B12 Coupé Rz1 and fitted a RHD JDM digital clusters,…
I came to the idea of publishing this software part I have been working on during my Master’s Thesis. During…
There was a time before I became a die-hard fan of C++. Back then in high school, I believed –…