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INTEREST: Maka-Maka/Colorful's Kishi Makes Manga for Nissan, UK Mag




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Sunday Silence



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 10:15 pm Reply with quote
The Nissan GT-R is technically a Sports Car, with the body style of a Coupe. Also, it can be referred to as a 2+2 (Two front seats, 2 "occasional" seats).
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Mohawk52



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 23, 2010 2:52 pm Reply with quote
I've never even heard of a magazine called Monical, but then the only mag I usually read is the TV guide and NEO. Now what would be cool for Nissan would be if they did a manga style owner's manual for their cars. Wink
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egoist



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 23, 2010 3:59 pm Reply with quote
I wouldn't read a car manual even if it had naked women on it. But then again, I never read what Playboy had to say.
Anyway, had I not just received my company car, I'd probably use the money I'm getting from mine to get an electric one since they look really sophisticated, at least I was never the type to enjoy your usual sports car design. But man, the insurance company would eat me alive if that happened. They already charged me like £2k per year for a simple Astra.
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Mohawk52



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 23, 2010 4:06 pm Reply with quote
egoist wrote:
They already charged me like £2k per year for a simple Astra.
You're either a very young driver, or a very bad driver then. Wink
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egoist



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 23, 2010 4:54 pm Reply with quote
Well, when I paid for that I was 20 and my car was just 3 years old, and I had a few speeding penalties on my license. Speeding doesn't make you a bad driver. 70mph limit on a motorway is just ridiculous. Meanwhile schools still don't have speed traps.
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Mohawk52



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 23, 2010 5:55 pm Reply with quote
egoist wrote:
Well, when I paid for that I was 20 and my car was just 3 years old, and I had a few speeding penalties on my license. Speeding doesn't make you a bad driver.
The penalties on your licence begs to differ. Wink

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70mph limit on a motorway is just ridiculous. Meanwhile schools still don't have speed traps.
Riiiiiiight, say no more. I pay £257 for full comp on a 5 year old full size Avensis, but I'm also in the over 50 club with max NCD. If you're still under 27 you're going to be shagged by the insurance companies, but seeing as you're now driving a company car you're only going to get shagged for the tax. Wink
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egoist



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 6:36 am Reply with quote
Oh, getting caught on a speeding trap makes you a bad driver now. Wink
This article agrees with me.
I spend more time spotting speed cameras and checking my speed than spotting pedestrians/cyclists or any other hazard. That's what we call "safety camera", huh. Whose safety, I wonder.
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Mohawk52



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 11:23 am Reply with quote
egoist wrote:
Oh, getting caught on a speeding trap makes you a bad driver now. Wink
This article agrees with me.
I spend more time spotting speed cameras and checking my speed than spotting pedestrians/cyclists or any other hazard. That's what we call "safety camera", huh. Whose safety, I wonder.
Speed limits are set for a reason. All drivers are operating a potentially lethal weapon if not driven sensibly. Speed cameras to me was a wheez that frankly I understand why they were brought in, but I too could see it's major flaw of only being of use for too short a length of road, but regardless, those boxes were set to do one thing; detect, and capture on photo speeding drivers. If you could not see that big yellow box, and slow down, or decided to speed past it anyway then sadly yes you are not driving with due care and attention and deserve your penalties, also if your insurance company know this, and they do check with the DVLA, then your premiums will also reflect that as well regardless of how "ridiculous" you feel that is. There's yet another case where maybe a manga explaining such things to young drivers could be very affective in reducing dangerous driving habits from occurring. Wink
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Kyaa the Catlord



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 11:32 pm Reply with quote
Wait... Maka-Maka was by the same person as Colorful?

This makes the Eat Man to Blue Drop conversion almost sensical!

Oh, cool... cars!
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Teriyaki Terrier



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 12:15 am Reply with quote
Egoist: What if the car manual had manga style pictures and text? Better yet, what if the manual was narrated by anime styled rice ball that looked like a Nissan car?
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