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Listen along and learn from the wealth of knowledge that is Ken Hayashi!Socials - @RHDGUYS - @CAPTBRADFORDMerch & Old Episodes - http://RHDGUYS.COM"},"annotations":[{"startTime":912.56,"endTime":944.32,"type":"car","title":"Nissan R34S","url":"/cars/nissan/skyline","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/1984_Nissan_Skyline_R30_RS_Turbo_%2815818918502%29.jpg","quote":"Of yellow plate compact cars with 660 cc engines of various different designsAnd that's the majority and the history of the K car itself explains this very compact, you know, the need to brutalize spaceUh in in in Japan. So this is The reason why K carsBecause of this low taxes is sort of the main modes of transport for most people who don't reallyWant to own a carbon at no choice, but just need basic transportYeah, well, I can say that when we got off the plane our first time in Japan, you know, of course what we expected to see was just you knowevos in r34's and you knowHey, we we expect to be a driftYes, exactly. Yeah, but in reality it was Alphards K cars, you know that type of thing and it really took us quite a while to see our first like hero carSo to speak and and we were kind of freaking out because all of a sudden there is one, you know, and it happened to be aAutek r33GTR. 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