That's why it kind of pisses me off when organisations go after the safety of Japanese imports, saying they're so dangerous they should only be used on private land as if Japan's a third world country selling us tuktuks. Clearly any car more than 15 years old (the minimum age for importing here) is just as dangerous. ICBC (Insurance Corporation of British Columbia) did a study claiming that imports are 40% more likely to get in an accident, but they looked at claims (includes door-dings, windshield cracks, etc.) instead of accidents, and looked at imports as a whole instead of just right-hand drives. All they really proved is that if you import a car, you're more likely to file an insurance claim, which makes sense since you'll want to take better care of it. They just want to protect their dealer network. /rant
that would have sucked pretty bad. I would love to see the beamng incorporate all the little pieces of debris that split off from the car like in this video. maybe that's too resource intensive in t3d but I'd be waiting to wait a few years for the details like that.
Those pieces of debris are mostly shattered glass and broken plastic (from the trim, dashboard etc) which would be near impossible to implement properly with accurate physics in BeamNG. --- Post updated --- Man I thought canada was nice.
Doesn't have to be dead accurate. treat it as an effect. just to add to the feeling that the car is being deformed as much as it is. it's not a big deal but it's satisfying to see the debris after a mega impact.
T3D already had to be highly modified to support what Beam is. The poor engine would just buckle at it's knees trying to simulate that. It should really just be more detailed particle effects.
That is actually in decent condition, from what i can see the interior almost looks factory new. Do you have a link to where you found that story, it would be interesting learn more about it.
Nah I came across it on Facebook, but one fella did share the story. A bloke bought it & shipped it over, but he didnt pay the import tax or register it. It was seized and kept in a lot for 10 years, then the government sold it for chump change & during the civil war it was left to rot. Someone found it a couple months ago & an Australian bought it. Apparently it is back in Aus being restored.
That would have most likely been the HB torana as it had a 4 cylinder engine. It may have had a 1000cc engine hence the 1000 in the name but that seems way too small of an engine for a car that old
I think it was the LX series that was imported to the Philippines, i saw some sitting in the Philippine countryside.
It is, but government will be governments. I'm just happy right-hand drives are common enough for them to have to worry about their dealer networks. They're so common, local registration papers have an "RHD" tickbox and you can even get them serviced locally and not have to worry about finding parts. I'm having difficulty deciding whether my next vehicle will be a Mitsubishi Pajero Mini, Toyota LiteAce, or smaller kei van like a Honda Street.
If you're going to spend the money to import a car from Japan, why would you bother with one that had negative horsepower and no sporting pretensions whatsoever?
They're actually so common because they're so cheap. Ask Samoa. The vehicles I mentioned are hard to find for more than ~$5,000 and rarely have much more than 100,000km, whereas anything falling vaguely within pop culture is usually $10,000+, heavily modified, beat to shit, or any combination of the three. As for my choice of vehicles, it's partly due to price (as mentioned), partly due to personal preference, and partly due to a small 4x4 being beneficial where I live. I never see Skylines and Silvias around here, which are what people expect when I say imports are popular. It's all Mitsubishi Delicas, Hiluxes, and kei trucks. Though I did see a Nissan Figaro recently
Well you may as well import something that not many other people are importing to stand out of the crowd. Apparently there are 8th gen Galant/ Legnum VR4s in Canada. I would love to own one eventually. Life's too short to drive boring cars.
Mitsubishi Galant VR4's are very nice car's, in my country however, they are very common but almost all have scratches and stalled everytime.
Imports are common but still not the norm, so just getting one in general is unique enough for me. That said, the ones I'm looking at are pretty uncommon on the scale of imports coming in. I've got to shop in a reasonable price range either way, and the models I mentioned are what suit my taste and needs within my budget. If I didn't want to be interesting, I'd just buy a LHD Corolla
