Drift Tengoku — October 2013
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188 available scans from Drift Tengoku — October 2013, in right-to-left reading order. Japanese OCR and English translation drafts are available throughout. Drafts have not received exhaustive image proofreading; unreadable source remains recorded in the archival data.
Page 160 — English draft translation
What is remarkable about this 180SX is that it has survived while competing in events for so long. It is neither merely preserved as a running car nor built into some wildly over-the-top machine. It still has plates, has the specs to win events, and keeps going. The know-how accumulated over 17 years can be called the ‘Sugano style.’ He even rents a dedicated garage because he wants to take good care of the 180SX—that is impressive too!
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Outstanding!
Still running today
New
Purchased
ONE OWNER
One owner
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Keep up with maintenance!
Keeping it for a long time comes down to the care you put in every day!
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Home garage
180SX
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Heisei era
Model year
MACHINE PROFILE RPS13, Heisei 8 (1996) model year Purchase price: about ¥2.4 million (paid in 24 installments) Mileage: 165,900 km Repair history: rebuilt after two near-total-loss wrecks
Yusuke
Age 39; lives in Ota, Tokyo
Yusuke Sugano
Proof of one-owner history! The trade-in value for the Hachiroku was just ¥1,000?!
Vehicle inspection certificate
Number 00881A
Initial registration date
Heisei era
Heisei era
Date first registered / date issued
Vehicle registration number or vehicle number
July
Heisei 8 (1996)
July 12
Heisei 8 (1996)
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Vehicle
Number
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Vehicle
Nissan
Engine model
Model
Type
RPS13
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SR20
Yusuke Sugano
E-RPS13 Name of owner
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He has kept the original new-car invoice, which even lists the chassis number, along with the 180SX owner's manual. Before the 180SX he drove an AE86 that was still running, and traded it in for just ¥1,000! ‘I didn't think anything of it at the time, but I could have sold it for a lot now,’ Sugano says, with a little regret.
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