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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    05/20/09

    In reply to "1980" Suzuki Cappuccino Roadster for a Diminutive $11,990!
    The kei kei kei won't take my money away.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    05/20/09

    In reply to "1980" Suzuki Cappuccino Roadster for a Diminutive $11,990!
    Pfeh. I'm in it for the adorable background Figaro.
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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    05/20/09

    In reply to "1980" Suzuki Cappuccino Roadster for a Diminutive $11,990!
    Even if you could register one on this side of the boarder, you could definitely get one for less money and with fewer of Manny, Moe and Jack's fingerprints. Pass the pipe.
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    Image of bzr bzr
    05/20/09

    In reply to "1980" Suzuki Cappuccino Roadster for a Diminutive $11,990!
    Nice price. I'd rock it without irony. Plus, I can laugh at all the tall people with their well-paying jobs and increased sex appeal and sports skills and improved cardiovascular health and perceived notions of intelligence/leadership abilities and their fulfilling of traditional societal views of masculinity in a male-oriented world.


    Take that, you 6+ footers! At least I get to drive my tiny, aging Japanese shoebox in style! You suckers!

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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    05/20/09

    In reply to "1980" Suzuki Cappuccino Roadster for a Diminutive $11,990!
    Aww... what an adorable little car! And since Gran Turismo never lies (fastest way around a track is via the sides of other cars), what a fast adorable little car!


    But for 12 grand? I'd want at least 3 more shots of espresso and a free mug, thank you very much.

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    Image of Tanshanomi Tanshanomi
    05/20/09

    In reply to "1980" Suzuki Cappuccino Roadster for a Diminutive $11,990!
    Okay, so you'd never get it legal, but I'd buy it just to autocross that li'l sucker...
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    Image of tonyola tonyola
    05/20/09

    In reply to "1980" Suzuki Cappuccino Roadster for a Diminutive $11,990!
    I like this car. It's cute, but there's too many issues and potential booby-traps and not enough reward for the money. $11,900 would buy a nice, late-model Miata, not to mention a lot of other good used sports/sporty cars. Crack pipe, and it appears eBay agrees.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    05/20/09

    @tonyola: Word. When will people learn that just because something is weird, or even cute, it's not necessarily worth much money? Hell, I have friends who are both weird and cute and nobody's ever put cash down for them. Well, not much cash, anyway.
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    Image of anthonyralston anthonyralston
    05/20/09

    In reply to "1980" Suzuki Cappuccino Roadster for a Diminutive $11,990!
    1,500lbs with 100hp? *drools* I would love to have one of those. Hopefully we will see cars go this route thanks to the new cafe standards.
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    Image of Blacksabre Blacksabre
    05/20/09

    @anthonyralston:


    Anthony...100 hp and 1500 pounds equates to 200 hp and 3400 pounds, once you add two passengers the size of you....i.e., something like a err...Camry with less torque. We ain't talking a mini-MR2 here. I'm thinking of a peakier MG Midget.


    :shudders:

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    Image of Alphamazing Alphamazing
    05/20/09

    @Blacksabre: A Miata had 120HP and weighed in at ~2200lbs for a leathered out 1.8L NA.


    I don't know how good the 'Zuki chassis is though. But $12k? Not a chance.

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    Image of Leeeeena the Jalopchick Leeeeena the Jalopchick
    05/20/09

    @Alphamazing: My "leathered out" NB has 146 hp and weighs 2299 lbs. I bought it for $6600 on Craigslist two and a half years ago. Try to beat that!
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    Image of Sloop_John_B Sloop_John_B
    05/20/09

    In reply to "1980" Suzuki Cappuccino Roadster for a Diminutive $11,990!
    This Cappucino needs to take a few cues from it's brethren, the Hayabusa. And by cues, I mean the entire engine.
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    05/20/09

    @Sloop_John_B: Some people have tried that apparently, but it looks like they never got it on the road. Would've been cool though.


    "The Hayabusa conversion will cost between £15,000 to £26,000 including parts and labour. For a few more thousand, you can even have a turbo attached to it. Want to go fast? On the weight ratio, it will bring your Cappuccino to slightly more than 300BHP. "

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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    05/20/09

    In reply to "1980" Suzuki Cappuccino Roadster for a Diminutive $11,990!
    I myself am a serious fan of the kei car genre, and this is a fair price, considering that it's in pretty good shape. But I could never own one of this particular make. It's like buying a bargain condom that's too small. Sure, it was a good deal, but what the heck do you do with it?
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    Image of Ring of Feugo Ring of Feugo
    05/20/09

    In reply to "1980" Suzuki Cappuccino Roadster for a Diminutive $11,990!
    I've liked these since I first picked up my PS1 controller on Gran Turismo...


    With that paint, and those wheels, this one looks like a pre-pubescent Dodge Viper though...


    But, being a fan of the kei, I had to give it a nice price vote...

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    Image of fuchikoma fuchikoma
    05/20/09

    @VonPinto:


    With that paint, and those wheels, this one looks like a pre-pubescent Dodge Viper though...


    haha... I like them too, but I've described their looks as "the offspring of a Miata and a jellybean." :p


    That's some pretty good power for a kei car though, especially with its light weight (I thought it was closer to 68hp stock?) so it's even cooler that a car with such a "cute" design should be able to perform so well!

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    Image of mechimike mechimike
    05/20/09

    In reply to "1980" Suzuki Cappuccino Roadster for a Diminutive $11,990!
    Nice car, but with Daddy Obama Barrack's new MPG requirments, soon these won't be all that rare a sight over here. And I by no means wish to imply that would be a bad thing. Just a change.


    BTW, is that minty-flavored car one of those kei Nissan's in the background? I prefer _that_ one.

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    Image of jdoubleh jdoubleh
    05/20/09

    @mechimike: BTW, is that minty-flavored car one of those kei Nissan's in the background? I prefer _that_ one.

    +1
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    Image of scroggzilla raids again scroggzilla raids again
    05/20/09

    @mechimike: Yep, that's a Nissan Figaro.....and behind it, an OG Mini.
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    Image of jdoubleh jdoubleh
    05/20/09

    @jdoubleh, aberration roulante: scratch that, I want bofum.
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    Image of scroggzilla raids again scroggzilla raids again
    05/20/09

    @jdoubleh, aberration roulante:....but I saw it first!
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    Image of mechimike mechimike
    05/20/09

    @SCROGGS!!: Figaro Figaro FIGARO! Yes, that's it. I couldn't think of the name. All I could think of was "Murano", which is kindof the opposite.
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    Image of TechnoDestructo TechnoDestructo
    05/20/09

    In reply to "1980" Suzuki Cappuccino Roadster for a Diminutive $11,990!
    Wow, a 1980! It IS unique! (They were made like 92-97 IIRC)


    He's lying about the age either to get around VIN requirements for Ebay (haha...didn't work), or in order to trick someone into thinking this car is US-legal. It isn't, it won't be for at least 8 years.

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    Image of Paul Y. don't drive too fast. Paul Y. don't drive too fast.
    05/20/09

    @TechnoDestructo: An early one would be legal in Canada, as they can import 15 year old JDM cars willy-nilly.


    I find it interesting that this is in Niagara Falls, NY. It's a whole town of scary coked-up weirdos, which explains a lot here, really.

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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    05/20/09

    @TechnoDestructo: Someone around the corner from my favourite coffeeshop has a Honda Beat. It may have been tough to get it here, but it's definitely here.
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    Image of royeraf3 royeraf3
    05/20/09

    In reply to "1980" Suzuki Cappuccino Roadster for a Diminutive $11,990!
    Don't I remember one of these from Gran Turismo? The car in the game was a sporty car, fast for it's scale. Maybe it could become a Cappacamino if an interprising Jalop with a sawzall took that top off?
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    Image of mechimike mechimike
    05/20/09

    @royeraf3: I believe the correct term would be "Cappuccinamino".
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    Image of fuchikoma fuchikoma
    05/20/09

    @royeraf3:

    Yes, and in Initial D 4th Stage they pitted one against an R32 Skyline in the rain.


    I tried in in GT4 on Tsukuba wet, and it actually worked... a very fun race and the Cappuccino came out on top!


    I love rooting for these things, but I don't have the kind of cash for a secondary "fun car." Still, it's a gutsy little kei car. Also, it supposedly feels much faster since you're so low to the ground.

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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    05/20/09

    @royeraf3: There's a hot lap challenge on GT5 Prologue on High Speed Ring with this thing. Took me forever to get gold on it, because I had to keep telling myself, "Don't use the brakes, don't use the brakes..."


    But yeah, this thing's a hoot.

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