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stoke
11/05/09

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Those men in the first picture look like GIANTS.

I saw one of these recently that had been driven to a car meet, and I'm fairly sure it would have been possible to mail it back to its origin in a UPS padded envelope. Probably quicker too. God, it was cool though. Nice owners as well, and incredibly ballsy to drive a car with a quarter inch of sheet metal between you and a front-end collision with a ten-ton semi. #subaru
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Smells_Homeless
11/05/09

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Whoa. Whoawhoawhoawhoawhoa.

Are you telling me that there are legal kei vans in the US right now? Is this the only model? Can someone point me to a list of road-legal kei vans? These things are my kryptonite and I need to know what to search for. There are guys who import newer Japanese cast-offs, but they're not eligible to be registered.

I need one. #subaru
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coupeZ600
11/06/09

@Smells_Homeless: My neighbor across the street had a Subie 360 sedan, and there's an old guy in town that has two LJ-10 Suzuki's that are beyond cool. You gotta' go old, though. Check out:

[www.microcar.org] #subaru
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Smells_Homeless
11/06/09

@coupeZ600: Awesome, thanks! #subaru
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that ain't the way to have fun, son
11/05/09

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Suicide doors on a slow, FC van.

That's like taunting death.

I like it. #subaru
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Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
11/05/09

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Delightful. Always appreciate a vehicle who's torque is greater than its horsepower.

I wonder if it could fit in the back of my van? #subaru
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VeeArrrSix
11/05/09

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If you ever take a vacation to Catalina Island, off the coast of LA, you will see many of these old kei cars. The Island restricts most new vehicles, so a lot of older odd little cars are puttering around. I saw a bunch of Hi Jets and a few of these Subarus. Most of them are used by the few people who live there year round. Some are 4x4's as a lot of the dirt roads that ring the island get kinda muddy.

I was there is August and all my friends were wondering why I kept checking out all these tiny dirty old cars.

They are not Jalops... #subaru
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Paul Y. don't drive too fast.
11/05/09

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The 66mpg claim was made up by Malcolm Bricklin -- supposedly these realistically get 40ish.

...and this van is a little cutie. I once saw a picture of the pickup version hoisted into the bed of a full-size Ford truck. They're insanely small.

I dare anyone to not like a rear-engined, two stroke, suicide-doored, forward control kei van with an amusing slogan. It's very... Jalopnik. #subaru
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area_educator
11/05/09

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I think I'd like to get one and paint it like the A-Team van*

I know the Mystery Machine would be more accurate, but I never really liked Scooby Doo.

*or a first gen Scion xB. #subaru
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TR3-A
11/05/09

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Vehicles under 1000 ccs should be exempt from crash and emissions standards. Then, we could have these. You could buy a couple for your girlfriend's charm bracelet. Stocking stuffers. Buy instead of rent. #subaru
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