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Matt returns from Japan with tales of adventure, including a chaotic flight experience involving a disruptive passenger. Joined by guests, they discuss car culture in Japan, including visits to car shows and experiences with various vehicles. The episode features a quiz segment on Ford vs. Holden, with lively discussions and friendly competition among the hosts. Listeners can expect insights into car ownership experiences, cultural differences in car markets, and plenty of humor as the group shares their automotive passions.
On this episode of Car Torque, Matty is joined by Alam, David, Scotty, Chad, Rob and special guest Sean as they discuss their car updates and get to know Sean who lives in Scotland! Matt delves into his Japan trip and Scotty has made some interesting progress on the 31...
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Honda S2000
"cheaper there. I think when we first moved there, like after a couple of years, we bought a, a 2000 Honda Legend and I think it was great. Awesome. Like just like beautiful car. I think we paid 600 lbs and this"
Honda Accord
"...ved it. This is something about even a crap Honda Accord Euro is a great car. And then with them we basica..."
Kia Proceed Gt
".... I had a like just a cheap focus. I then had a a Kia proceed GT, which was a great car. I love a very underrated ..."
Skoda Octavia
"... all sits. And interestingly, I was looking at an Octavia vRS, but they were more expensive than the Leon. ..."
Rolls-Royce Phantom
".... Or why do they like, why do the parking sensors phantom detect things or stuff like that? But other than ..."
Honda S660
"So that was fun. Some really great people in that group. There was an S 660 and cool ST10 St 30 Suzuki van and then some little K truck, Sukis and daihatsus and stuff. So yeah, that was really good."
Chevrolet Spark
"...t paying $1600 to do valves and an oil change and spark plugs. And I said don't do it. You go to what?"
Dodge Journey
"... the evening, got to my hotel and then started my journey on the Tuesday and just had a bit of a, a truck r..."
Honda Civic
"...t by getting Sharon, my boss, a nice little Honda Civic typer in blue. So if you check out a desk matter,..."
Acura Integra
"...w mouse cylinder in which is a bigger one from an Integra. And also I need to get a proper portion valve, w..."
Subaru WRX
"...ed an experience. So we got picked up in a on the WRX. So it's pretty cool. It was a bug RX and I was l..."
Land Range Rovers
"...s like that. There's this group that restores all Range Rovers, which was kind of funny because the one that the..."
Hyundai Ionic
"... is. So yeah, autosun was sick. I saw the the new Hyundai Ionic 5 NDK edition. So there they brought ADK"
Toyota Yaris
"...from there from KO2, we rented a car. We rented a Toyota Yaris hybrid. It was like 2 years old with 80,000 KS. T..."
Lexus LFA
"So they got some, some of the old rally cars in there. They had some, you know, LFA's, NSXS, supers, like all sorts of real really cool stuff and had some Fords like like they had like, you know, a really old, you know, early, you know, Henry Forde first race car. They had there like like a like a replica version, but a replica made in 1920 or something, so like a really old replica of it. So that was pretty cool."
Toyota Ae86
"... Toyota kind of thing that had a hydrogen powered AE86 still 4 AG powered but can make converted to run ..."
Toyota Yaris Gr
"... the new LBX, but the the Maritza RR. So like the Yaris GR drivetrain, you can get them in Japan with either..."
Ford Falcon
"...a question like how many exhaust bolts are on ABA Falcon OH. Yeah. It's about 6."
Ford Festiva
"... next question. In what year did Ford replace the Festiva with the Fiesta? Well, Sean, Oh. Now is it 1997?"
Ford Fiesta
"...n what year did Ford replace the Festiva with the Fiesta? Well, Sean, Oh. Now is it 1997?"
Ford Mondeo
"...ake a change from shenanigans. The 4th generation Ford Mondeo which was the mark 5 overseas, but the MD series ..."
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