TW: I do the same things here that I do in the US
December 18th, 2010 § Leave a Comment
Like take pictures of cars! Here are some white ones.
JDM-style MINI CooperS spotted near the Shi-Lin MRT station. I actually imagined building a MINI exactly like this one (all-white, bronze Volk TE-37′s) before I bought my grey one. I even Google’d “JDM Mini Cooper” and I couldn’t find anyone that had done it. I’m glad someone actually built this car, but I’m not glad they decided to also put pink rhinestones all over their MINI badges (sorry no pics).
GCB-chasis WRX spotted near my mom’s apartment. It was very, very clean with shaved badges and 18′s. Made me nostalgic for my old WRX. I soon learned who owned it…
My sister and I spent much of the day wandering around the area, and when we got back we stumbled upon a guy adjusting the coil-overs on his Miata.
Me: Hey! That guy is working on his car. I want to go talk to him.
Mei: Well…do you speak Chinese?
Me: [pause] [keeps walking]
Mei: That’s what I thought.
I was discouraged, but when I stepped back into my mom’s apartment, I thought, “How cool would it be to meet a car enthusiast from a different country?” I swallowed my pride and headed back out there to chat with him, ready to be rebuffed.
I spent the first five minutes staring at him as he worked on his car, and he spent those five minutes pretending to ignore me. But I knew that he was wondering why the hell this random dude was looking over his shoulder, and eventually he said, “can I help you?” In Chinese. I told him that I was on vacation from America and that I’m a big car enthusiast, and we ended up chatting about cars for over an hour. His name is Steven and he’s an interior designer. He was really friendly – he bought this NA Miata you see here as a fun car, but his main car is the black STi-swapped, Öhlins equipped Impreza wagon you see in the back. The white GCB WRX is his brother Kevin’s.
I’m looking forward to hanging out with Steven more over the next two weeks. Birds of a feather!
