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ALL JAPAN DAY FINALE ROUND UP

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Before I jot down a bunch of takes & observations, I want to thank the event organisers in case they somehow end up reading this. I really do love AJD and it was a pleasure to have a car in the event. All Jap was the first car show I ever participated in (3 years ago) and since then the role of cars in my life has evolved dramatically. My car (silver) AJD 23' With all that out of the way it's time rip this event to shreds. For anyone expecting a comprehensive overview with a million pictures taken on an expensive DSLR - head to ig, bruz. Instagram will be completely polluted with images of this event, taken by the worst jits about, tryna build internet reach with no real contribution.  Ah, I cant cite the source, but watching any short-form vertical-video from this event is like smoking 20 packets a day but for your brain. Time to rifle through it. Best vehicle: The datto ute was merely a prop to flex this Haro Group 1 - no resto, chromoly machine. Tuff twos I reckon, but c...
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Street Sighting ~ Mazda 323

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January petered out and the start of Feb fell off a cliff so back to some regular programming starting with a plastic Japanese survivor car on some wheels. Oh and relax it's a Mazda 323 GTX so it's actually special. Not so much special because a partition of these are 4WD-turbocharged cars homologated to go group A racing, but more such a rare and curious machine to be street parked in the eastern suburbs. Now I guessing this specific car is an AU-delived FWD DOHC turbo simply because it it was 4WD it would likely be sporting more decals to say so. That aside I loved walking around this 2-door economy hatch and taking notes of the little ways Mazda tried to hot to body up to match the 1.6l turbo4 under the bonnet. Turbo decals, tick* Spoiler/s, tick*  no way, sunroof too. It also had a chin spoiler (lip), side skirts and a real schmick looking interior that is likely a high trim variant. It's a level-headed hot hatch if there's such a thing. Kind of boring, probably ...
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