B13 parts prices soaring

[George Roffe]

Cameron Cavers wrote:

>Actually, George, you're right about the first three years thing. If you
>bought a 2002 Skyline or whatever, your first "sha-ken" inspection would
>be in 2005, then 2007, 2009, etc.

"Sha-ken".....  Is that Japanese for shake-down? ;-)

>Now it's just every two years for the life of the car... and generally, if
>an older car doesn't pass, people just throw it away (you can't usually
>even sell cars older than 10 years, unless it's something really popular
>like an old Skyline or AE86)

You know, I've wondered why more Japanese don't keep their older cars (for
the folks who have performance interests).  I mean, once the car has no
value, why not just keep the car and turn it into a track car?  I realize
this is not an option for those folks in big cities like Tokyo (space and
crowding), but for those outside the big cities, I would think it would be
more popular.  Perhaps it is and I just don't know it. :-)  Of course, it's
probably like golfing in Japan....  crazy expensive.

>By the way, George, I've met Edwen (and the rest of the Vancouver SE-R
>crew) a couple times, and he's a good guy... I'm sure he didn't mean to
>offend...

Yeah, I'm sure he is.  I really didn't know how to take it and the way it
was written I was kind of shocked.  I'm sure it was just the lack of
connotation that comes with e-mail.  Edwen, no worries.

George Roffe
Houston, TX
91 SE-R (well modded)
91 G20 turbo (well modded)
84 944 SCCA ITS race car under construction
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