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I supported Toymods
Location: Frankston, Victoria
Registered: April 2004
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Re: why are ae86s so popular?
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Thu, 02 December 2004 12:45

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My 2c!!! 
OK to admit it, Initial D is what introduced me into the AE86 scene, I knew of sprinters before that but had never actually seen one, or knew of any of its potential, etc. But I have to mention that I was always in the toyota scene and nothing from Initial D altered that in any way... it added a new toyota to the list in my head, thats about it. Both of my parents have always owned toyotas, my brother and sister have owned toyotas and all of them still own toyotas.
Everyone in these forums has a certain love for the AE86, as people have said, a light weight rwd car that is easily worked on. But what people don't notice is that the KE70/AE71/TE72 etc were based on basically the same specs, a light weight rwd car that is easily worked on!
I myself wanted to buy an AE86 at one stage, (straight after seeing takumi get a Group A engine dropped in ), but decided against it because of the big fad going on at the moment. Parts are rare as it is, and because of all the fooly sik dorifto kents who see initial d and think that the ae86 will drift with no skill involved and crash, more and more parts are slowly being used up. Therefore prices are rising because of the demand for the parts, and because of the demand for parts on a rare aus car, the prices ain't comin down, eventually parts will be almost impossible to get and people will need to import spares... meaning even more expensive.
I ended up buying a KE70, much less known by the general population, and can be modded just as easy as an ae86... Lets just hope a new type of Initial D doesnt come out with a KE70.. BECAUSE THE SAME THING WILL HAPPEN...
I hate getting into these rambling speeches as I go offtrack alot and sound like a tard but eh what can u do. Personally I still love AE86's and would love to get myself one, and I respect 99% of the AE86 owners on toymods as being true AE86 lovers and not just "saw on initial d, have to get one" type of people.
I'm going to stop now before I accidently offend someone hahaha... I accidently do that alot.
Turned out to be fiddy cents instead of 2c, but eh, i made my point, im happy. Lecture over, have fun.
Kev.
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river | Tue, 30 November 2004 10:25 |
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Evan | Fri, 03 December 2004 11:24 |
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ae86drift | Fri, 03 December 2004 12:27 |
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Phrostbyte | Fri, 03 December 2004 12:31 |
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ae86drift | Fri, 03 December 2004 12:44 |
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rthy | Sat, 04 December 2004 12:59 |
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no_tofu_speed | Mon, 06 December 2004 01:24 |
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ae86drift | Mon, 06 December 2004 04:02 |
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ae86slaver | Mon, 06 December 2004 05:45 |
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pro_ke | Mon, 06 December 2004 07:09 |
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pro_ke | Tue, 07 December 2004 10:28 |
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T_is4turbo | Mon, 06 December 2004 07:59 |
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rthy | Mon, 06 December 2004 12:05 |
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