Nobody who owns a tofu car replica that's this painstakingly detailed will ever be as fast as the autistic teenager from the cartoon. The whole premise of the first season of Initial D is that this kid in his dad's 15 year old shitbox Corolla is not taken seriously by anybody but is a savant and keeps winning street races anyway. Whoever wins this will be too scared of damaging their fifty thousand dollar cosplay to drive it on backroads. Meanwhile Takumi Fujiwara is spiritually a Nissan Altima driver and does not care.
Sillyweebsayswhat? Initial D sucks, seriously. As a anime fan and car enthusiast, it pisses me off, now a 4AGE for my MR2 costs 4 thousand fucking dollars.
Don't forget. The tofu car in the anime was tuned for racing and the kid was driving since 12 years old because his dad was a really bad parent and even forced his kid to optimize and drive faster. Even the protagonist blowed the engine when racing a better car mid season and his dad gave him a racing engine and tuned transmission because of course. The show was fun and the show that introduced many into car culture. But damn if you watch it again you realize that dad was insane forcing his kid to drive since he was 12 and forcing him to ignore driving laws to make better times and giving him the tools to drive like crazy
I think this car's real claim to fame is it has all the makings of the classic underdog. Initial D is popular for many reasons but one reason is how it conveyed a message to car enthusiasts that no matter what they drive, their car is only as fast and competent as they are as drivers. It's not what you drive, it's how you drive it. That's the spirit of racing. The human element is the most important part that can make even a slow Corolla beat GTRs, EVOs, and RX-7s. There's something that will always be beautiful about that kind of story because it dares to suggest that money can't buy happiness, skill, or respect. Those thing must be earned and it can be done behind the wheel of something as seemingly uninteresting as a Corolla.
Hell, remember when Takumi drove Itsuki's 85 single cam and whooped on those meatheads in the Silvias? And they were like, "Hey that's an 86! Liar!" But then he took the corner and the car nearly flipped from all the body roll. "Wait, we just got smoked by an 85."
I actually had 2 different AE86 at the turn of the millennium..... Both were bought for under $800 running perfectly and both were GTS models. Really wish I would've held onto them. I could have $20k to $40k
Perfectly believable if it was before they started getting expensive. When was that even? I remember they were about $10k when I watched Initial D for the first time maybe five years ago.
I had the pleasure of owning an 85 SR5. My favorite interaction was breaking down and rolling the car into a Lexus dealership. I walked in to let them know I was getting a tow and one of the sales team approached me. He said he had to come out and see the car. He had taught rally driving in them back in Australia when he was younger. It was a really cool car to own, not just because of the of the car itself, but also the connection people had to the car that I met over my time with it. I own a Miata today and while I love getting the waves from fellow owners, I haven't had such an organic experience with a car like I had with the SR5. It was magic.
As a driver of a classic Beetle, I can relate - it's a great feeling driving a car that means something positive to people, that brings back good memories for them. Where just driving around as I go about my life brightens peoples day.
As soon as I heard Saab wheels on a Corolla, my Puerto Rican ears perked up with such a specific Puerto Rican reference. Mr. Regular is spot on. KE70s amd AE86s Corollas are still very very popular. You see them daily. From rust buckets to surgery room spec condition. The only way they are junked is if the body is severely wrecked behind the firewall.
I live pretty close to Mr. Regular, about a half hour or 45 mins away depending on traffic. There are a lot of Puerto Ricans in this area, so even those of us not from PR pick up on those PR cultural references even if we didn't get chanclas tossed at us as children.
@@stop_tryharding of you’re in any city in the northeast you’re around a lot of Puerto Ricans. I’m from Boston and most of my friends are Puerto Rican despite me being very white lol.
From Puerto Rico here, still living on the island, and I can confirm that they were very common and still are very sought after. If you get out of the metropolitan area and go to the inner parts of the island or the west side, you’ll still see them roaming the streets. If you attend auto shows and classic auto shows you will find pretty beautiful examples and unmolested ones too. The Saab wheels were the hot trend for the hatchback specifically, but the coupés also joined in.
I had a 1985 SR5 Corolla, probably the best car I ever owned. Unfortunately, after 250K miles and excessive body corrosion it had to be replaced. Just a great car that made me dedicated Toyoya owner.
I can not stop seeing this car everywhere. I see this car in a few Dustin William videos, Instagram videos. Some once in a while spotting on the internet. And then now here. And I mean this specific ae86 not. Not every other ae86
I thought the idea was that Takumi was taught to drive by his father and led to believe drifting was normal? Not that he was magically absorbing skill from opponents. I haven't seen the show in a long time but I do not recall him "absorbing skill" so much as just having loud monologues about how he was going to counteract their specific skills.
If my memory serves me right he was guided by his father with all the delivery routes he had to do, but when he went racing he would learn from each racer and evolve his style. Later episodes he would get indirect coaching about what to focus on that would be in relation to his opponents weakness.
I think people forget it was supposed to be a shitty car by the time the anime was set on. And the protagonist only had any success because it was downhill in a very curvy circuit, the first time he faces a long straight, he blows up his engine.
@@nater86zx have an Integra Type R with the factory white wheels, plus race discs and pads. Its that bad. I havent found a brake pad that doesnt end up with my white wheels being turned completely black after half a tank of gas
I'm 53, from rural Iowa, a dad, and still pine for my 1973 Z/28. I drink Old Milwaukee by choice, since the 80's (do the math). I have no idea what the attraction to this little commuter/grocery getter is, other than good gas milage. Guess I'm old. RCR rocks.
You could probably buy a classic muscle car for around the same money as that AE86, sure it won't be the top spec enthusiast model, but you would still grab attention (maybe more attention).
I remember seeing a SR5 GT-S coupe from, '86 or so on my local Craigslist for $7k back in 2016 or so. Even then it seemed a steal. Now it'd be outright theft. It was even a manual.
As a Puerto Rican living in the island, I can confirm that the "sapito" (little toad due to the pop-up headlights) as many called them, were and still to this day very sought after. I currently own a red panda manual corolla coupe 1985 SR5 and used it to drive across the island many times. Until last year it was my daily driver, and I very much still enjoy riding my Toyo. It was my father's car and when I turned 18 it was my gift and I do not plan on ever letting go of it. Since I was a kid, I always thought it would be great to have both the coupe and the hatchback so…. Is the give away valid to Puerto Rico? Would you ship the car over to the island if I win?
Literally had to order the series through a video store (Sun coast video?) at the Burlington Mall. It would take 3 months or so for each one to show up.
Ironic how overpriced these things are considering one of the main reason they were popular in Japan was because they were cheapest car that's good enough for touge. Except it wasn't good enough, it was great even. If the Keichi Tatsuya approves it you know it's a beast. Many call it overrated but unlike the fatass Supra it actually performs. That still doesn't excuse the RIDICULOUS prices!
For when you grow tired of the sound of the engine on long tofu deliveries, it's worth pointing out how horrible speaker placement was on most 80's cars, the AE86 included. The AW11 MR2 however has near perfect upper dash corner speaker placement.
SR5 for 24k!?!?! It might be time for me to let my favorite little car find a new home. They are a fun car for sure. Edit: After watching the whole video it’s funny seeing the mix of usdm and jdm parts.
I am a Weeaboo, and an RCR fan, as Mr. BRAND. this is the first sweepstakes i've entered. (i am still keeping the Tank Top from the Demon reiview safe)
He doesn`t absorbe his opponents strenghs, his strengh was none stop practice from deliveries and mastering his ultra light weight car + Track knowledge. And he does get ass... he`s got a girlfriend with minimal effort from being a decent guy and all the girls like him. Someone isn`t doing their homework. :P
@@youtubeaccountlol4942 I could argue that I am not a weeb... but your reply is fair, well placed (and expected) given my "Actually meme" type of comment. Cheers.
@Daniel Dahan have a good one m8 - I was thinking all the same things like "bro it's cuz he knows the track bro" cuz I've watched that shit too many times too
Last night I woke in a cold sweat and saw Uncle Pulltab standing in the dark by the foot of my bed. He just asked if we had any High Life in the fridge before I lost consciousness again.
The Hachi Roku is the Harley Davidson of Japan. Once really cheap and common as muck, but the legend adds to the brand which adds to the fanboi tax and makes something obsolete, cheap and cheerful bloody expensive. Not as eloquent as Mr regular but true
Another great video, very insightful and deep. I think because the AE86, isn't expected to be good, there isn't that baggage and pressure, and because of what it is, it lets the driver's experience shine.
I saw one of these at a used dealership for cheap and passed it up because the only person who would want that car is a person who wanted that car because of the anime. I don't care about the anime or the car. Sure I could have bought it and fixed it up but I didn't care and the chances of finding that one fan who wanted that car is about as good as winning the lottery. I didn't want to buy a car and fix it based on the meme and hope it would sell. It was an 85, which I believe would be the specific year from that show. I could be wrong.
Get some PowerStop Carbon-ceramic brake pads. They shed very little visible brake dust. The '13 ST was bad for that. The factory pads were dirty suckers but very aggressive. In '14 they switched to a bigger disc and a harder pad because of all the gripes. The PowerStop pads and discs are a much better solution.
If you think USDM prices for 86's are bad you should see ireland lol. Ireland is often quoted as the 86 capital of the world. I'd guess now a days there's even more here than in Japan. We love them. On marketplace right now there is a UK spec 86 for sale for £52,000. That's $65,000 usd lol
I've vowed to not spend for ANYTHING that isn't groceries, gas, mortgage and bills/subscriptions I have. Been 19 days and I am aiming for 365 days to save for a GR Corolla I put $500 down to wait until I get one. Ik, a year is a long wait, but I can save thousands for the down and they aren't going to charge over MSRP, so I'm okay with that. I really want to spend on a mug, but I won't. I cant.
Breaking down the definition of ideology and explaining how the EA86 got its mythic status as apposed to brown nosing it the whole video, made calling it a legend so impactful
I was going to say this is the first RCR giveaway I've entered, but then I remembered that sweet VR-4 from a couple years ago. This one is going to be huge.
Kinda wild that it sold for 40k when it's an SR5 conversion. That's not a GT-S if it's an 84, they only made GT-S lift-backs from 85-86. It also has a "kouki" USDM front grille and bumper. That's not a "zenki" bumper, which the car have if it's an 84. Those back seats aren't GT-S seats either, and the interior panels aren't. They swapped the axle because it has disks in the rear which means it ditched the 6.4" rear for the proper disk brake 6.7" unit from a GT-S. Still crazy that a non-original car would sell for that amount, even for a give-away vehicle. He got ripped off it they paid that much and it's not a show-car, yikes.
In 2001, my AE92 GT-S got totalled by an idiot running a red light. With the insurance check, I bough a 1987 Corolla GT-S, right at the beginning of the initial D and drift craze. It was a cheap tomato red repaint, lowered 2 inches, MK2 Supra wheels, and a 45 degrees rear side exit twin tip, HKS-style exhaust. Paid 2300 CAD$ back then. Was it fun? Yes. Was it the greatest car I ever had? No. Of all the 80's and 90's cars I had as a younglin', including NA and Turbo cars, my favorite remains my 1989 Suzuki Swift GTi.
So I entered the contest and bought a mug, but my intentions are not to keep the Corolla GT-S in its carsplay paint scheme... Mr Regular, I don't know if you'll read this but let me at least say my piece. So I started getting into cars after Initial D. Yes, I was one of those kids. But truth be told, I think that was innate to me. I was a kid that grew up collecting Hot Wheels, Tokyo Drift was always my favorite, and Need For Speed was a big part of my gaming diet. Initial D was just the trigger to get me to regret not insisting to my parents that I wanted to take auto shop rather than take a college prep course. By that point I was stuck in Texas taking orders in McDonald's. After that I chose to quit my job and work at Domino's as a pizza delivery driver, then go to Community College for their auto tech program. Unfortunately I had to drop out and switch jobs since pizza drivers don't get medical, that and COVID made it hard to justify to my parents. Now I work at a car parts shop, earning only slightly less than I used to. But it did give me time to work on a little project of mine. During that time I was working on a book. It started with one simple question: What if Initial D was set in America? At first it was just an exercise in plagiarism, literally writing the dialogue of the Initial D manga and swapping the names. But then I started altering it, changing the dialogue and altering the events to fit with a more modern setting. Rather than Japanese gangs racing each other for cred, it's amateur racing clubs with social media accounts racing for clout. Instead of delivering tofu, the Corolla delivers pizza. Instead of taking place in 1990s Gunma prefecture, it's in post-COVID West Virginia. Characters were subtracted, added altered, working on different tropes, archetypes and story structures. I gave it to an editor for review and while they did like it, they made some suggestions that finally changed the plot and made me realized 1) I had altered the story so much that it's a new one entirely. I had taken inspiration not just from Initial D but from Harry Potter, Scott Pilgrim, Fast and Furious, Karate Kid, and even my own life experience. When I wrote this, I was listening to punk rock, not eurobeat. And 2) some people haven't yet seen or read Initial D. Part of it is because it's a story about a niche topic, drift racing, told through a niche medium, manga and anime. I intend to turn this into a book, a medium dominated by YA dystopian fantasy. Part of it is because a lot of people showed interest in the project. I guess selling something as "Initial D but American" tickled people's brains. Maybe it's just nostalgia banking. But it's also partially because I think it would be interesting to someone like me, or anyone else reading this comment. As mentioned before, modern literature is pretty much swamped with YA dystopia, where it's about a girl fighting a laughably evil regime while having to negotiate a love triangle. I just think it's time for a change, Maybe get a new generation interested in racing. And let me be clear, I don't intent to rob Shuichi Shigeno of his story. Much like The Magnificent Seven is just Seven Samurai repackaged for a different audience, so too is this book. But at least it recognizes the original inspiration. There's a Japanese shop teacher in the book that used to race in Japan during the 90s, before working for Nismo and later immigrating to the US after marrying. He thinks it'll be a decent job to save up money for retirement, only to meet this teenager who gives him the case of Deja Vu. He's suddenly reminded of the legend of the Ghost of Akina. The teenage tofu delivery driver riding an AE86. But here is a redneck teenager, working at his uncle's pizza restaurant, who honed his skills during the Pandemic. The Hero of Moonshine Pass, driving an old Corolla GT-S. And now he has the chance to become his mentor. Anyways, if I win, I'll wrap that puppy in a new design, put louvers on the rear windshield and use it to promote the book. Thank you for coming to my TedTalk.
I've never watched Initial D. Also i couldn't even get one AE86 or the Corolla GTS if i wanted to because you practically can't find any in Germany. So I'll stick to getting a NA Miata
Besides the heinous interior "mods", not the worst example I've seen. This car is the epitome of having the money and knowledge to appreciate trusted and respected brands, but with an absolute lack for aesthetic consideration. At least the TE37's are real.
Those people you gave a ride probably got the biggest after-the-fact adrenaline rush after they looked up your TH-cam channel and subsequently were certain they barely escaped being on a future Wikipedia list of an as of now unknown serial-killer’s victims… especially after the ‘stranger with a Bowie knife’ analogy.
This makes me want to get white wheels. I have a Kranzle, so it's easy to blast them clean. The white might make me clean the wheels frequently enough that the brake dust wouldn't sit long enough to get deeply embedded in the wheels.
I had this year Corolla GT-S back in the 90's. It was more fun than a regular Corolla, and it was kind of quick, but it was a really basic car that DESPERATELY needed a 6th gear. God it was awful on the highway... Anyway, I sold it after it got broken into 2 times in a year. Apparently Toyota door locks from that era were super fragile and I'd had enough. Sold it for a late 80's Civic Si hatchback that was infinitely more fun.
Get Entered to WIN this Initial D style AE86 Trueno!
go.getenteredtowin.com/regularcars
DEADLINE to ENTER is April 26th @ 11:59pm (PST).
No one cares about your stupid tax evasion giveaway.
Pretty sure it's illegal to do a giveaway that requires a purchase. Might want to check up on that.
@@TwOtHpAsTe you don't have to purchase anything. Just send in a 3x5 card with unicorn blood and fairy dust
@@headcas620it gives 10 entries to win too
Does the giveaway apply only in the continental US?
I have decided that Mr. Regular is the human manifestation of Pennsylvania.
In Dutch, Pennsylvania translates to Land Of Regulars.
Middle Pennsylvania
@@John_Locke_108 regular BONERS
I won't believe it until I see him snorf down a wawa hoagie
@@nickkennedy9034 naw he lives in Sheetz country unfortunately
Nobody who owns a tofu car replica that's this painstakingly detailed will ever be as fast as the autistic teenager from the cartoon. The whole premise of the first season of Initial D is that this kid in his dad's 15 year old shitbox Corolla is not taken seriously by anybody but is a savant and keeps winning street races anyway. Whoever wins this will be too scared of damaging their fifty thousand dollar cosplay to drive it on backroads. Meanwhile Takumi Fujiwara is spiritually a Nissan Altima driver and does not care.
I'm gonna go with Nissan Sentra or Dodge Neon, but yeah, this car in the video has likely seen it's last drift, if it ever saw a drift.
@@chrishuyler3580 Nah Neon or Sentra are people that want to be cool drivers but drive those. Altima energy is just pure chaos.
Sillyweebsayswhat?
Initial D sucks, seriously. As a anime fan and car enthusiast, it pisses me off, now a 4AGE for my MR2 costs 4 thousand fucking dollars.
Don't forget. The tofu car in the anime was tuned for racing and the kid was driving since 12 years old because his dad was a really bad parent and even forced his kid to optimize and drive faster. Even the protagonist blowed the engine when racing a better car mid season and his dad gave him a racing engine and tuned transmission because of course. The show was fun and the show that introduced many into car culture. But damn if you watch it again you realize that dad was insane forcing his kid to drive since he was 12 and forcing him to ignore driving laws to make better times and giving him the tools to drive like crazy
Cars don't win races, drivers do....
I think this car's real claim to fame is it has all the makings of the classic underdog. Initial D is popular for many reasons but one reason is how it conveyed a message to car enthusiasts that no matter what they drive, their car is only as fast and competent as they are as drivers. It's not what you drive, it's how you drive it. That's the spirit of racing. The human element is the most important part that can make even a slow Corolla beat GTRs, EVOs, and RX-7s. There's something that will always be beautiful about that kind of story because it dares to suggest that money can't buy happiness, skill, or respect. Those thing must be earned and it can be done behind the wheel of something as seemingly uninteresting as a Corolla.
Hell, remember when Takumi drove Itsuki's 85 single cam and whooped on those meatheads in the Silvias? And they were like, "Hey that's an 86! Liar!" But then he took the corner and the car nearly flipped from all the body roll. "Wait, we just got smoked by an 85."
I actually had 2 different AE86 at the turn of the millennium..... Both were bought for under $800 running perfectly and both were GTS models.
Really wish I would've held onto them.
I could have $20k to $40k
Lol, I feel your pain, I had other JDM cars which didn't cost much in 2005, now they are XXX times the price
Proof? Or it's not true.
Perfectly believable if it was before they started getting expensive.
When was that even? I remember they were about $10k when I watched Initial D for the first time maybe five years ago.
I'm talking literally 2000, 2001 when I was 18 and 19 years old
@user-pn3fv9pt4m you must be young. Wait until you hear that running s13s used to be $1200..
I had the pleasure of owning an 85 SR5. My favorite interaction was breaking down and rolling the car into a Lexus dealership. I walked in to let them know I was getting a tow and one of the sales team approached me. He said he had to come out and see the car. He had taught rally driving in them back in Australia when he was younger. It was a really cool car to own, not just because of the of the car itself, but also the connection people had to the car that I met over my time with it. I own a Miata today and while I love getting the waves from fellow owners, I haven't had such an organic experience with a car like I had with the SR5. It was magic.
As a driver of a classic Beetle, I can relate - it's a great feeling driving a car that means something positive to people, that brings back good memories for them. Where just driving around as I go about my life brightens peoples day.
Your experience is very similar to owning an Austin Healey Sprite. So many people have a story about them.
When Mr. Regular said "Puerto Rico", I couldn't believe my ears. But yes, this car was very popular in PR, I still see them every now and then. 🇵🇷
As soon as I heard Saab wheels on a Corolla, my Puerto Rican ears perked up with such a specific Puerto Rican reference.
Mr. Regular is spot on. KE70s amd AE86s Corollas are still very very popular. You see them daily. From rust buckets to surgery room spec condition. The only way they are junked is if the body is severely wrecked behind the firewall.
I live pretty close to Mr. Regular, about a half hour or 45 mins away depending on traffic. There are a lot of Puerto Ricans in this area, so even those of us not from PR pick up on those PR cultural references even if we didn't get chanclas tossed at us as children.
@@stop_tryharding of you’re in any city in the northeast you’re around a lot of Puerto Ricans. I’m from Boston and most of my friends are Puerto Rican despite me being very white lol.
I love those fluffy chickens. 18:15
Ending was pure gold. Oddly liked being teased with a good time.
From Puerto Rico here, still living on the island, and I can confirm that they were very common and still are very sought after. If you get out of the metropolitan area and go to the inner parts of the island or the west side, you’ll still see them roaming the streets. If you attend auto shows and classic auto shows you will find pretty beautiful examples and unmolested ones too.
The Saab wheels were the hot trend for the hatchback specifically, but the coupés also joined in.
Ah yes Mr. Regular’s one true love. Even though he’s too much of a TSUNDERE to admit it.
the predecesor to this video was what got me hooked to this channel lol
Sorry, didn't hear you, EUROBEAT TOO LOUD
I had a 1985 SR5 Corolla, probably the best car I ever owned. Unfortunately, after 250K miles and excessive body corrosion it had to be replaced. Just a great car that made me dedicated Toyoya owner.
I can not stop seeing this car everywhere. I see this car in a few Dustin William videos, Instagram videos. Some once in a while spotting on the internet. And then now here. And I mean this specific ae86 not. Not every other ae86
One of the best anime reviews on this channel.
I love how the the new GT86 embodies many of the original AE86 ideas. It's the best hommage Toyota could do.
The best part is it wasn't even made by Toyota
I thought the idea was that Takumi was taught to drive by his father and led to believe drifting was normal? Not that he was magically absorbing skill from opponents. I haven't seen the show in a long time but I do not recall him "absorbing skill" so much as just having loud monologues about how he was going to counteract their specific skills.
If my memory serves me right he was guided by his father with all the delivery routes he had to do, but when he went racing he would learn from each racer and evolve his style. Later episodes he would get indirect coaching about what to focus on that would be in relation to his opponents weakness.
I think people forget it was supposed to be a shitty car by the time the anime was set on. And the protagonist only had any success because it was downhill in a very curvy circuit, the first time he faces a long straight, he blows up his engine.
You can get a brush specifically made for cleaning wheels. They work great and they’re pretty cheap. It may help with the w h i t e w h e e l s
Must have some cheap brake pads on that car, I have white wheels on my Z31 and they don't get that bad after one drive.
@@nater86zx have an Integra Type R with the factory white wheels, plus race discs and pads. Its that bad.
I havent found a brake pad that doesnt end up with my white wheels being turned completely black after half a tank of gas
@@_Zekken did you get it before or after the millennials ruined the GSR/ Type R market? 😂
@@wetfeathers9971 uhh... 2019? Also Im Gen Z, and I live in New Zealand so mine is a JDM '96 spec with the straight headlights.
As an owner of a factory white wheeled Integra Type R, I was laughing my ass off at the relatability of the bit at the end
I'm 53, from rural Iowa, a dad, and still pine for my 1973 Z/28. I drink Old Milwaukee by choice, since the 80's (do the math). I have no idea what the attraction to this little commuter/grocery getter is, other than good gas milage.
Guess I'm old.
RCR rocks.
RCR is the non-airbrushing, shaved yesterday, 1980's Swank Magazine of car reviews.
The number 1 value wash detergent ....I'm definitely switching now. Thanks for sponsoring RCR Tide.
You could probably buy a classic muscle car for around the same money as that AE86, sure it won't be the top spec enthusiast model, but you would still grab attention (maybe more attention).
I remember seeing a SR5 GT-S coupe from, '86 or so on my local Craigslist for $7k back in 2016 or so. Even then it seemed a steal. Now it'd be outright theft. It was even a manual.
SR5 GT-S? what?
@@nacl2858 Oops, confused myself with a separate Camry. The Corolla was a GT-S. Camry was an SR5.
That Manuel guy is a piece of poop. He tried touching my no no square.
As a Puerto Rican living in the island, I can confirm that the "sapito" (little toad due to the pop-up headlights) as many called them, were and still to this day very sought after. I currently own a red panda manual corolla coupe 1985 SR5 and used it to drive across the island many times. Until last year it was my daily driver, and I very much still enjoy riding my Toyo. It was my father's car and when I turned 18 it was my gift and I do not plan on ever letting go of it.
Since I was a kid, I always thought it would be great to have both the coupe and the hatchback so…. Is the give away valid to Puerto Rico? Would you ship the car over to the island if I win?
USA residents only, per the rules on the webpage.
@@Stahlwerk88 Puerto Rico is literally part of the US lmao
Glad you revisited this. This was much better than the original review.
When he goes into literary theory. These are my favorite episodes.
Oh my God it is like the Cell saga...
Well in the SHOW he doesn't get any...but in the manga :: strangled by Mr. Regular ::
That DBZ reference is so on point it's scary
8:58, Roman having his Gaben "Uh no" moment
Literally had to order the series through a video store (Sun coast video?) at the Burlington Mall. It would take 3 months or so for each one to show up.
The AE86 is like Vince McMahon. We always assume he's finally retired, but then he comes right back again and continues riding the WWE train
Didn't you already review this car? "THE D IN INITIAL D STANDS FOR DEMEROL" I still quote that line to this day
I think it's the first one of his I saw, years ago now
that was the JDM model. this is the US model
My favorite part about the giveaways is just that rcr is revisiting cars they did 6-9 years ago
Ironic how overpriced these things are considering one of the main reason they were popular in Japan was because they were cheapest car that's good enough for touge. Except it wasn't good enough, it was great even. If the Keichi Tatsuya approves it you know it's a beast. Many call it overrated but unlike the fatass Supra it actually performs. That still doesn't excuse the RIDICULOUS prices!
19:40 ceramic brake pads help a ton with that
As a Euro car driver, I can confirm. I got so much less brake dust after swapping to ceramic pads.
For when you grow tired of the sound of the engine on long tofu deliveries, it's worth pointing out how horrible speaker placement was on most 80's cars, the AE86 included. The AW11 MR2 however has near perfect upper dash corner speaker placement.
This is the soul reason I learned to drive manual 🤣. Love the show and now have a chance to win one 😀. If I don't I'll enjoy my 93 ford probe gt 😉
SR5 for 24k!?!?! It might be time for me to let my favorite little car find a new home. They are a fun car for sure.
Edit: After watching the whole video it’s funny seeing the mix of usdm and jdm parts.
I am a Weeaboo, and an RCR fan, as Mr. BRAND. this is the first sweepstakes i've entered. (i am still keeping the Tank Top from the Demon reiview safe)
He doesn`t absorbe his opponents strenghs, his strengh was none stop practice from deliveries and mastering his ultra light weight car + Track knowledge.
And he does get ass... he`s got a girlfriend with minimal effort from being a decent guy and all the girls like him. Someone isn`t doing their homework. :P
His girlfriend was a literal prostitute who he dumped when he found out. Old men were getting ass, not Takumi
Weeb
Fucking nerd
@@youtubeaccountlol4942 I could argue that I am not a weeb... but your reply is fair, well placed (and expected) given my "Actually meme" type of comment. Cheers.
@Daniel Dahan have a good one m8 - I was thinking all the same things like "bro it's cuz he knows the track bro" cuz I've watched that shit too many times too
Is it weird that the end of this brought a tear to my eye?
Last night I woke in a cold sweat and saw Uncle Pulltab standing in the dark by the foot of my bed. He just asked if we had any High Life in the fridge before I lost consciousness again.
I sat in the Initial D Hachi Roku at Sega Joypolis in Tokyo, that was enough for me.
Mr Regular got me this time - here I thought it was going to be another one of his "get off my lawn" rants about hyped-up cars. Great video...
The Hachi Roku is the Harley Davidson of Japan. Once really cheap and common as muck, but the legend adds to the brand which adds to the fanboi tax and makes something obsolete, cheap and cheerful bloody expensive. Not as eloquent as Mr regular but true
Another great video, very insightful and deep. I think because the AE86, isn't expected to be good, there isn't that baggage and pressure, and because of what it is, it lets the driver's experience shine.
I saw one of these at a used dealership for cheap and passed it up because the only person who would want that car is a person who wanted that car because of the anime. I don't care about the anime or the car. Sure I could have bought it and fixed it up but I didn't care and the chances of finding that one fan who wanted that car is about as good as winning the lottery. I didn't want to buy a car and fix it based on the meme and hope it would sell. It was an 85, which I believe would be the specific year from that show. I could be wrong.
Get some PowerStop Carbon-ceramic brake pads. They shed very little visible brake dust. The '13 ST was bad for that. The factory pads were dirty suckers but very aggressive. In '14 they switched to a bigger disc and a harder pad because of all the gripes. The PowerStop pads and discs are a much better solution.
That's literally what happens lol "it used to be this price, and now it's this price!"
Best Toyota ever made for sure. In that sense, 20k isn’t bad at all. Especially since there likely will never be anything comparable ever again.
*_UGH!!! WEEABOO!!! WEEABOO WEEABOO WEEABOO WEEABOO!!!_*
the cell saga low key one of the best though
If you think USDM prices for 86's are bad you should see ireland lol.
Ireland is often quoted as the 86 capital of the world. I'd guess now a days there's even more here than in Japan. We love them.
On marketplace right now there is a UK spec 86 for sale for £52,000. That's $65,000 usd lol
I've vowed to not spend for ANYTHING that isn't groceries, gas, mortgage and bills/subscriptions I have. Been 19 days and I am aiming for 365 days to save for a GR Corolla I put $500 down to wait until I get one. Ik, a year is a long wait, but I can save thousands for the down and they aren't going to charge over MSRP, so I'm okay with that. I really want to spend on a mug, but I won't. I cant.
I used to play this game at the arcade and me and my cousin found out we could put nickels in the coin slot, we had maxxed out cards on every car
Breaking down the definition of ideology and explaining how the EA86 got its mythic status as apposed to brown nosing it the whole video, made calling it a legend so impactful
I was going to say this is the first RCR giveaway I've entered, but then I remembered that sweet VR-4 from a couple years ago.
This one is going to be huge.
I really wanted that vr-4 that the first givaway i entered
FINALLY HE CORRECTED HIS PREVIOUS VIDEO OH MY FUCKING GOD THE WORLD IS HEALING
Sooo...no one's going to mention the toot at 17:00?...
mkay carry on.
Kinda wild that it sold for 40k when it's an SR5 conversion. That's not a GT-S if it's an 84, they only made GT-S lift-backs from 85-86. It also has a "kouki" USDM front grille and bumper. That's not a "zenki" bumper, which the car have if it's an 84. Those back seats aren't GT-S seats either, and the interior panels aren't. They swapped the axle because it has disks in the rear which means it ditched the 6.4" rear for the proper disk brake 6.7" unit from a GT-S. Still crazy that a non-original car would sell for that amount, even for a give-away vehicle. He got ripped off it they paid that much and it's not a show-car, yikes.
Your videos are like the one class that i actually go to when im at college.
the video that did it for me is The Drift Bible. OGs know what it is
This might be the closest we ever get to a 85.5 Toyota Supra review and damn it I'll take it.
You can get a low mileage twin turbo Z for that and have way more car. But of course people pay that for Integras now
Initially shamed for liking a thing and then provided it by the same party? Feels like Instagram and Tiktok
In 2001, my AE92 GT-S got totalled by an idiot running a red light. With the insurance check, I bough a 1987 Corolla GT-S, right at the beginning of the initial D and drift craze. It was a cheap tomato red repaint, lowered 2 inches, MK2 Supra wheels, and a 45 degrees rear side exit twin tip, HKS-style exhaust. Paid 2300 CAD$ back then. Was it fun? Yes. Was it the greatest car I ever had? No. Of all the 80's and 90's cars I had as a younglin', including NA and Turbo cars, my favorite remains my 1989 Suzuki Swift GTi.
the shot at 14:30 with the FJ in the background is nice
More convinced than ever that whatever you were doing for work before RCR was an underutilization of your skills.
So I entered the contest and bought a mug, but my intentions are not to keep the Corolla GT-S in its carsplay paint scheme... Mr Regular, I don't know if you'll read this but let me at least say my piece.
So I started getting into cars after Initial D. Yes, I was one of those kids. But truth be told, I think that was innate to me. I was a kid that grew up collecting Hot Wheels, Tokyo Drift was always my favorite, and Need For Speed was a big part of my gaming diet. Initial D was just the trigger to get me to regret not insisting to my parents that I wanted to take auto shop rather than take a college prep course. By that point I was stuck in Texas taking orders in McDonald's. After that I chose to quit my job and work at Domino's as a pizza delivery driver, then go to Community College for their auto tech program. Unfortunately I had to drop out and switch jobs since pizza drivers don't get medical, that and COVID made it hard to justify to my parents. Now I work at a car parts shop, earning only slightly less than I used to. But it did give me time to work on a little project of mine.
During that time I was working on a book. It started with one simple question: What if Initial D was set in America? At first it was just an exercise in plagiarism, literally writing the dialogue of the Initial D manga and swapping the names. But then I started altering it, changing the dialogue and altering the events to fit with a more modern setting. Rather than Japanese gangs racing each other for cred, it's amateur racing clubs with social media accounts racing for clout. Instead of delivering tofu, the Corolla delivers pizza. Instead of taking place in 1990s Gunma prefecture, it's in post-COVID West Virginia. Characters were subtracted, added altered, working on different tropes, archetypes and story structures. I gave it to an editor for review and while they did like it, they made some suggestions that finally changed the plot and made me realized 1) I had altered the story so much that it's a new one entirely. I had taken inspiration not just from Initial D but from Harry Potter, Scott Pilgrim, Fast and Furious, Karate Kid, and even my own life experience. When I wrote this, I was listening to punk rock, not eurobeat. And 2) some people haven't yet seen or read Initial D. Part of it is because it's a story about a niche topic, drift racing, told through a niche medium, manga and anime.
I intend to turn this into a book, a medium dominated by YA dystopian fantasy. Part of it is because a lot of people showed interest in the project. I guess selling something as "Initial D but American" tickled people's brains. Maybe it's just nostalgia banking. But it's also partially because I think it would be interesting to someone like me, or anyone else reading this comment. As mentioned before, modern literature is pretty much swamped with YA dystopia, where it's about a girl fighting a laughably evil regime while having to negotiate a love triangle. I just think it's time for a change, Maybe get a new generation interested in racing. And let me be clear, I don't intent to rob Shuichi Shigeno of his story. Much like The Magnificent Seven is just Seven Samurai repackaged for a different audience, so too is this book. But at least it recognizes the original inspiration. There's a Japanese shop teacher in the book that used to race in Japan during the 90s, before working for Nismo and later immigrating to the US after marrying. He thinks it'll be a decent job to save up money for retirement, only to meet this teenager who gives him the case of Deja Vu. He's suddenly reminded of the legend of the Ghost of Akina. The teenage tofu delivery driver riding an AE86. But here is a redneck teenager, working at his uncle's pizza restaurant, who honed his skills during the Pandemic. The Hero of Moonshine Pass, driving an old Corolla GT-S. And now he has the chance to become his mentor.
Anyways, if I win, I'll wrap that puppy in a new design, put louvers on the rear windshield and use it to promote the book. Thank you for coming to my TedTalk.
- Starts his literature bit
Ah there it is, the brown noise to help put me to sleep later tonight.
Roman confirmed Puertorican????
man that wheel washing segment lmaoooo
I've never watched Initial D.
Also i couldn't even get one AE86 or the Corolla GTS if i wanted to because you practically can't find any in Germany.
So I'll stick to getting a NA Miata
Dude.... it sounds just like how it does in the theme song when cranking up. EEEEEEEEEEE!!!
Besides the heinous interior "mods", not the worst example I've seen. This car is the epitome of having the money and knowledge to appreciate trusted and respected brands, but with an absolute lack for aesthetic consideration. At least the TE37's are real.
Those people you gave a ride probably got the biggest after-the-fact adrenaline rush after they looked up your TH-cam channel and subsequently were certain they barely escaped being on a future Wikipedia list of an as of now unknown serial-killer’s victims… especially after the ‘stranger with a Bowie knife’ analogy.
This was Dustin Willam's AE86!!!
That nostalgia premium has no limits.
I used to have one of these years ago and I want one again.
This makes me want to get white wheels. I have a Kranzle, so it's easy to blast them clean. The white might make me clean the wheels frequently enough that the brake dust wouldn't sit long enough to get deeply embedded in the wheels.
A c6 giveaway would pull SO many entries 👌🏼
Uh-oh, and one of the background shots I see a blue simulacra AKA Toyota FJ Cruiser, pulling up in the left lane.
The white wheels rant....god i live this fucking channel
I had this year Corolla GT-S back in the 90's. It was more fun than a regular Corolla, and it was kind of quick, but it was a really basic car that DESPERATELY needed a 6th gear. God it was awful on the highway... Anyway, I sold it after it got broken into 2 times in a year. Apparently Toyota door locks from that era were super fragile and I'd had enough. Sold it for a late 80's Civic Si hatchback that was infinitely more fun.
The car is missing the zenki front and rear bumper as well as the Zenki rear lights to be a replica
AE86 is basically a Charmander, a MR2 is a charmeleon, and a Toyota Supra is a Charizard. Haha I see now
The only sweepstakes I'll take part in..
The Roman: Ambassador of Puerto Rico
But I always liked the '79 TE-37 SR5 Liftback better... I've owned both an '86 and the '79. I just like the older ones. Sweet car though. 👍 🏆 👍
"D-D-D THIS CAR IS FANTASY
NUMBUHWAN TO GET THE CHANCE BABEH"
- Spanish Philosopher, Mega NRG Man
*Italian
try applying some ceramic coating on the wheels. it will help cleaning at least.
Im turning 18 this year can't wait to finally be able to get my driver's licence
Mr. Regular, you will always be my teacher.
1984 Carolla GTS, the Jericho 941 F of cars.
3:35 Bruh I can’t even make it past here without bursting into laughter
the fart at the 7:00 mark was great