07 Nissan Skyline 350GT - old car Nazi buys MODERN motor
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The litigation here is high stakes, aggressive, attritional, and very, very expensive. The litigation often spans several jurisdictions simultaneously. I am about to go to court this morning on a case that has stuff going on in courts in Cyprus, Singapore, Belize, the BVI, and Russia. The translators tend to be Russian or Chinese.
I just gave the Nissan a 5AM hoon along the empty coastal road. Japanese car, Italian tune up.
I just gave the Nissan a 5AM hoon along the empty coastal road. Japanese car, Italian tune up.
bluezedd said:
You probably already know, but your robit lady is probably asking your for your toll card:
https://youtu.be/c0PFXCx-K0E?t=38
EDIT: nevermind this thread is pretty old.
EDIT2: oh dear, hopefully you get the car sorted.
Haha was going to post the same thing, my JDM Toyota tells me the date, something else then tells me I will be harpooned if I don't put in the ETC card in. I tried my HMV card but apparently this was not Japanese enough and the yelling intensified! https://youtu.be/c0PFXCx-K0E?t=38
EDIT: nevermind this thread is pretty old.
EDIT2: oh dear, hopefully you get the car sorted.
Edited by bluezedd on Sunday 13th October 18:59
BV does your Nissan have a SOS button? My has a red button marked "HelpNet", I'm tempted to press it and see how many Yakuza drop from the skies
Hope you get it fixed, seems like a good car otherwise!
My colleague has a JDM Pajero that chunters on in Japanese all the time. Someone has used its incredibly complex ICE system to record some Tokyo Bay FM stations from circa 2012 and store this in the system. The DJs all sound like Hello Kitty super-fangirls, except for one growly bloke who plays the Beatles. The ads and jingles are in Enganese or maybe Japlish.
Both the Pajero and the Skyline have Satnav displays of Hokkaido. Hitchhikers get confused. "That island does not look like Tortola", they say.
They also ask "why are you sitting on the wrong side?", until I explain that if you drive on the left you should sit on the right. The local habit of driving LHD is bonkers. The rest of the ex-British East Caribbean islands drive on the left and have RHD motors. Over to the west, the Bahamas and the Caymans drive left using LHD, but they at least have the excuse of being close to the USA.
Hitchhiker rules: Little old lady with her shopping, give her a lift. Scruffy fat bloke who you know will bum ten dollars off you when he gets out, give him a lift. Nine foot tall rastaman with a machete, give him a lift. Sarcastic sixth formers with huge Afros, give them a lift. Spanish girls from DR in spray-on microdresses, let them walk. Because reasons.
Both the Pajero and the Skyline have Satnav displays of Hokkaido. Hitchhikers get confused. "That island does not look like Tortola", they say.
They also ask "why are you sitting on the wrong side?", until I explain that if you drive on the left you should sit on the right. The local habit of driving LHD is bonkers. The rest of the ex-British East Caribbean islands drive on the left and have RHD motors. Over to the west, the Bahamas and the Caymans drive left using LHD, but they at least have the excuse of being close to the USA.
Hitchhiker rules: Little old lady with her shopping, give her a lift. Scruffy fat bloke who you know will bum ten dollars off you when he gets out, give him a lift. Nine foot tall rastaman with a machete, give him a lift. Sarcastic sixth formers with huge Afros, give them a lift. Spanish girls from DR in spray-on microdresses, let them walk. Because reasons.
Breadvan72 said:
My colleague has a JDM Pajero that chunters on in Japanese all the time. Someone has used its incredibly complex ICE system to record some Tokyo Bay FM stations from circa 2012 and store this in the system. The DJs all sound like Hello Kitty super-fangirls, except for one growly bloke who plays the Beatles. The ads and jingles are in Enganese or maybe Japlish.
Both the Pajero and the Skyline have Satnav displays of Hokkaido. Hitchhikers get confused. "That island does not look like Tortola", they say.
They also ask "why are you sitting on the wrong side?", until I explain that if you drive on the left you should sit on the right. The local habit of driving LHD is bonkers. The rest of the ex-British East Caribbean islands drive on the left and have RHD motors. Over to the west, the Bahamas and the Caymans drive left using LHD, but they at least have the excuse of being close to the USA.
Hitchhiker rules: Little old lady with her shopping, give her a lift. Scruffy fat bloke who you know will bum ten dollars off you when he gets out, give him a lift. Nine foot tall rastaman with a machete, give him a lift. Sarcastic sixth formers with huge Afros, give them a lift. Spanish girls from DR in spray-on microdresses, let them walk. Because reasons.
Both the Pajero and the Skyline have Satnav displays of Hokkaido. Hitchhikers get confused. "That island does not look like Tortola", they say.
They also ask "why are you sitting on the wrong side?", until I explain that if you drive on the left you should sit on the right. The local habit of driving LHD is bonkers. The rest of the ex-British East Caribbean islands drive on the left and have RHD motors. Over to the west, the Bahamas and the Caymans drive left using LHD, but they at least have the excuse of being close to the USA.
Hitchhiker rules: Little old lady with her shopping, give her a lift. Scruffy fat bloke who you know will bum ten dollars off you when he gets out, give him a lift. Nine foot tall rastaman with a machete, give him a lift. Sarcastic sixth formers with huge Afros, give them a lift. Spanish girls from DR in spray-on microdresses, let them walk. Because reasons.
After your "What has your friend been upto thread" I'd have thought anyone was fair game!!!
Breadvan72 said:
The litigation here is high stakes, aggressive, attritional, and very, very expensive. The litigation often spans several jurisdictions simultaneously. I am about to go to court this morning on a case that has stuff going on in courts in Cyprus, Singapore, Belize, the BVI, and Russia.
How does the multi-jurisdiction part work? I'm guessing things get pretty complicated, especially if you lose in one and win in another?Complicated is indeed the word. The subject of conflict of laws is vast, and difficult to summarise. It is one of the most advanced subjects at any law school. It affects commercial law, family law, and criminal law the most.
Courts across the common law World (basically the Anglosphere) tend (usually, not always) to assist and recognise one another, and the common law Worldwide is usually (not always) similar on key issues. Thus the dead Empire lives on through its legal systems. English-based commercial dispute resolution is a major export product, and even places with no common law tradition such as Dubai, Qatar, and Kazakhstan have set up English style commercial courts (I said English, not British, on purpose, as there is no such thing as British law).
The most tricky common law interactions come when dealing with American State courts in non metro-coastal states. New York, New England, and California Courts are fine, and US Federal courts are fine. Texas and Alabama courts, not so much. We deal a bit with Delaware, a tiny landlocked US State that is maybe the biggest and one of the least transparent offshore financial centres. OK, you guessed it, Federal and Red State courts good, Blue State courts bad. Federal first instance and appeal courts may get worse because a certain person is stuffing their benches with young and very bad Judges who will be there for decades to come. Those emails have cost the World a great deal.
Things can get even more tricky when interacting with Civil Law systems (based on Roman Law and/or the Code Napoleon - two more dead Empires that live on in the law). Mauritius is a whacky case: a Code Napoleon state that has the common law Privy Council (the UK Supreme Court wearing a different hat) as its final court of Appeal (because of history - Mauritius was conquered by the French and then the Brits. Lord Sumption (not quite retired yet) loves getting stuck into a bit of Code Napoleon).
Common law courts try to practise what they call comity, and try to avoid inconsistency of outcomes, but of course it happens sometimes. A big part of the international dispute scene is what is called Forum shopping, when parties try to position themselves to fight in the court that they consider most advantageous to them. I spend a good part of my time trying to argue myself out of a job by contending that the court where I am based is not the appropriate court for the dispute. I win some, I lose some.
Tomorrow I am back in court to report to the local commercial Judge on what the court in Singapore did today. I got up at 4am local time today because I had to talk to the clients in Moscow (4am here is noon in Moscow, and 4pm in Singapore) and the clients will be busy later. The poor junior Associate at the Moscow office of the Magic Circle law firm that is instructing me often sends me emails when it is 5am in Moscow and I have already closed the office and gone for a cocktail. I would not wish the life of a junior lawyer in one of those firms on anyone!
Back to the car: it is having two weeks off, as a friend who is off island has lent me a battered RHD LWB Pajero (the one I mentioned above was SWB) to smoke around in. Much better suited to the roads here, and a good bit of kit. I am still looking out for a battered RHD SWB Defender to buy. My classic Landy will stay in the UK - it is too good an example of a Series III to come here and get trashed.
Courts across the common law World (basically the Anglosphere) tend (usually, not always) to assist and recognise one another, and the common law Worldwide is usually (not always) similar on key issues. Thus the dead Empire lives on through its legal systems. English-based commercial dispute resolution is a major export product, and even places with no common law tradition such as Dubai, Qatar, and Kazakhstan have set up English style commercial courts (I said English, not British, on purpose, as there is no such thing as British law).
The most tricky common law interactions come when dealing with American State courts in non metro-coastal states. New York, New England, and California Courts are fine, and US Federal courts are fine. Texas and Alabama courts, not so much. We deal a bit with Delaware, a tiny landlocked US State that is maybe the biggest and one of the least transparent offshore financial centres. OK, you guessed it, Federal and Red State courts good, Blue State courts bad. Federal first instance and appeal courts may get worse because a certain person is stuffing their benches with young and very bad Judges who will be there for decades to come. Those emails have cost the World a great deal.
Things can get even more tricky when interacting with Civil Law systems (based on Roman Law and/or the Code Napoleon - two more dead Empires that live on in the law). Mauritius is a whacky case: a Code Napoleon state that has the common law Privy Council (the UK Supreme Court wearing a different hat) as its final court of Appeal (because of history - Mauritius was conquered by the French and then the Brits. Lord Sumption (not quite retired yet) loves getting stuck into a bit of Code Napoleon).
Common law courts try to practise what they call comity, and try to avoid inconsistency of outcomes, but of course it happens sometimes. A big part of the international dispute scene is what is called Forum shopping, when parties try to position themselves to fight in the court that they consider most advantageous to them. I spend a good part of my time trying to argue myself out of a job by contending that the court where I am based is not the appropriate court for the dispute. I win some, I lose some.
Tomorrow I am back in court to report to the local commercial Judge on what the court in Singapore did today. I got up at 4am local time today because I had to talk to the clients in Moscow (4am here is noon in Moscow, and 4pm in Singapore) and the clients will be busy later. The poor junior Associate at the Moscow office of the Magic Circle law firm that is instructing me often sends me emails when it is 5am in Moscow and I have already closed the office and gone for a cocktail. I would not wish the life of a junior lawyer in one of those firms on anyone!
Back to the car: it is having two weeks off, as a friend who is off island has lent me a battered RHD LWB Pajero (the one I mentioned above was SWB) to smoke around in. Much better suited to the roads here, and a good bit of kit. I am still looking out for a battered RHD SWB Defender to buy. My classic Landy will stay in the UK - it is too good an example of a Series III to come here and get trashed.
Edited by anonymous-user on Monday 21st October 12:47
The BVI are much more transparent and compliant with international standards than they were twenty years ago, but I would be lying if I said that dodgy dealings do not still go on. Some businesses use offshore companies for legit reasons. Some use them for dodgy reasons. You can argue all night whether offshores are a net gain to the Global economy, or a net drain on it.
My prediction is that the BVI might die out as an offshore in the next five to ten years. Reasons: The Government is inward looking and arguably xenophobic. It is also skint. It cannot decide if it wants offshore financial services, or tourism, or both. The EU and the US are piling on the pressure on matters such as economic substance and treaty-based tax investigations. The UK may, if it ever stops setting fire to itself, get back on to the beneficial ownership register thing.
Really dirty money will go to the Marshall Islands or the Seychelles, or wherever. Nevis, Barbados, and many other places that are better governed, or at least better resourced than the BVI (or are in the EU: eg Cyprus and Malta) are trying to steal the BVI's thunder. Pretty St Lucia wants to grab the ECSC Commercial Court, and has or could get the facilities to do so. Our Commercial Courthouse is inadequate, and the overworked Court lacks sufficient judges, staff, and even car parking. The new e-filing system is clunky, and has not replaced the paper system as it was supposed to.
Other places also kick the BVI's butt on tourism. Many (US) tourists come here ... once. The ones who come often own or rent posh villas or rent high-end yachts and do not notice the grot. FFS, the Government allows Disney cruisers to empty their waste in the harbour, and also wants to allow captive dolphins (in 2019, FFS). The facts that Tortola is a bit of a kip, and has no direct flights to London and New York, do not help, as ex pat staff retention is an issue, and also many talented locals flee to the UK or US.
Upsides: lots of JDMs here now - they have become a thing since Irma.
My prediction is that the BVI might die out as an offshore in the next five to ten years. Reasons: The Government is inward looking and arguably xenophobic. It is also skint. It cannot decide if it wants offshore financial services, or tourism, or both. The EU and the US are piling on the pressure on matters such as economic substance and treaty-based tax investigations. The UK may, if it ever stops setting fire to itself, get back on to the beneficial ownership register thing.
Really dirty money will go to the Marshall Islands or the Seychelles, or wherever. Nevis, Barbados, and many other places that are better governed, or at least better resourced than the BVI (or are in the EU: eg Cyprus and Malta) are trying to steal the BVI's thunder. Pretty St Lucia wants to grab the ECSC Commercial Court, and has or could get the facilities to do so. Our Commercial Courthouse is inadequate, and the overworked Court lacks sufficient judges, staff, and even car parking. The new e-filing system is clunky, and has not replaced the paper system as it was supposed to.
Other places also kick the BVI's butt on tourism. Many (US) tourists come here ... once. The ones who come often own or rent posh villas or rent high-end yachts and do not notice the grot. FFS, the Government allows Disney cruisers to empty their waste in the harbour, and also wants to allow captive dolphins (in 2019, FFS). The facts that Tortola is a bit of a kip, and has no direct flights to London and New York, do not help, as ex pat staff retention is an issue, and also many talented locals flee to the UK or US.
Upsides: lots of JDMs here now - they have become a thing since Irma.
I find this sort of thing interesting, thanks for posting BV72
Breadvan72 said:
Upsides: lots of JDMs here now - they have become a thing since Irma.
Nowt wrong with that, I'm on my second JDM and wish I'd given into my Gran Turismo urges alot sooner without going through some terrible bits of Eurotrash I concur. JDM rocks. Kawaii good!
I am hoping that I might have to go to Tokyo on business, to meet with a certain non-Japanese person who has a certain beef with a certain very well known Japanese motor manufacturer that produces some interesting sporty cars that have AWD and four doors, and also (for the time being at least, pending certain events that may or may not occur) employs a bunch of Makems.
I am hoping that I might have to go to Tokyo on business, to meet with a certain non-Japanese person who has a certain beef with a certain very well known Japanese motor manufacturer that produces some interesting sporty cars that have AWD and four doors, and also (for the time being at least, pending certain events that may or may not occur) employs a bunch of Makems.
Tommo, do you have an AE86? Does it have a thread? Pics pleeeeeeeeeze.
OMG DRFT WPN!!!!!!!#
PS: I have a Mark 1 MR2, but it is UK market. It is ace, but a tad rusty.
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=17...
OMG DRFT WPN!!!!!!!#
PS: I have a Mark 1 MR2, but it is UK market. It is ace, but a tad rusty.
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=17...
Edited by anonymous-user on Monday 21st October 15:51
I would love to go to Japan, but I'm quite far from that goal.
Alas I do not have an AE86, not sure I will get one now as I'd rather have a MK3 Supra over the Corolla. My JDM history of two was a R33 GTS-t Skyline which I kept completely stock (right down to the exhaust
) and now my Yakuza henchmen looking Toyota Crown Athlete.
So long as I have choice I won't be returning from my cosy futon of imported JDM goodies as these two have far surpassed all things I've owned/driven/been ferried around in.
Alas I do not have an AE86, not sure I will get one now as I'd rather have a MK3 Supra over the Corolla. My JDM history of two was a R33 GTS-t Skyline which I kept completely stock (right down to the exhaust
) and now my Yakuza henchmen looking Toyota Crown Athlete. So long as I have choice I won't be returning from my cosy futon of imported JDM goodies as these two have far surpassed all things I've owned/driven/been ferried around in.
In st Lucia all the cars are Japanese Imports, mostly the ones that we don't want I'd say. The oddball stuff like Crown , which I had to look up!
The nicest car I saw on the whole island was a Landcruiser our tour guide had, which was lovely but really stood out amongst the poverty.
Interesting car!
The nicest car I saw on the whole island was a Landcruiser our tour guide had, which was lovely but really stood out amongst the poverty.
Interesting car!
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