Young Version — April 1998

Hello, YV. I’m a fifth-grade student who loves cars. One evening last November, I was walking home from a friend’s house and thought, “Maybe I’ll see a cool car if I go to the national highway.” I went that way—and there it was, the gradient-painted MR2 that had appeared in “My Tuning Power”! I was so happy I could have cried. This is my first letter.

I got my Asti ZR. It’s true that there aren’t many parts for it, but unlike my parents’ Minica, it has a manual transmission and MIVEC—and, best of all, it’s my own car. At first I thought, “I don’t have money, so I’ll settle for an Asti,” but seeing the actual car made me grow incredibly attached to it. I want to tune it while improving my own skills and build it to keep up with Civics and Levins. (Kanzaki District, Hyogo Prefecture; “My partner is an Asti”) Matsugon: Send us a photo for “My Tuning Power” when you tune it. First, tune it with a YV sticker!

We welcome useful tuning tips you’ve learned firsthand! Photos make submissions even better. Everyone whose work is published will receive a YV sticker. Send entries to Red Zone, YV Editorial Department, 4F Uchikanda Shibuya Building, 2-16-11 Uchikanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8524. This column only works when everyone participates, so send in your entries!

RED ZONE

I spotted the MR2 that appeared in “My Tuning Power”!

Something good!

An incident!

Listen to my story!!

If you see a silver bicycle in Nagoya with a “Drift Only” sticker, please say hello. I’ll give you a piece of gum as thanks. P.S. When I grow up I’ll buy an HR31 GTS-X and drift to my heart’s content!

TOYOTA·LOVE YURIKO

Young Version

Touge-spec (mountain-road setup)

Masaki Ryugo, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

Night Fainy30=7!!

Please send me a sticker.

Koji Fujita, Sannohe District, Aomori Prefecture

Young Bar (logo)

Highest… (caption fragment)

The best… (caption)

Please publish it!

SilEighty

Umeda-kun, Kamo District, Gifu Prefecture

Matsugon: If I go to Nagoya, I’ll have to look for that silver bicycle!

At last, I got my good partner—the Asti!

Hello, editors. This is my first letter. After reading YV for three years, I finally found my partner, a Mira…

(Caption fragment)

Wataru Sato, Shibata District, Miyagi Prefecture

All you aspiring racers— for now I’m making do with a 4-wheel-drive car! (caption fragment)

Please send a sticker.

Matsugon (editor nickname)

This is my first submission. Please send a sticker!

…came through!

By Una-heavy-kun

Una-heavy-kun, Iruma District, Saitama Prefecture

Letters

Now accepting lots of submissions!

TUNING CAR MAGAZINE

That’s right!

Cool tuning tips only you know—this and that!

2 Uchikanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

YV Editorial Department

Junji Furusawa, Shimoniikawa District, Toyama Prefecture

I was happy to get your reply to my February letter.

Hello, Matsugon. This is QUM. Thank you so much for replying to my “MA-chan” letter in the February issue.

…is.

I thought you might say, “What is this person talking about?” but instead I got an encouraging letter, and I’m truly grateful. We should live doing what we love. My boyfriend is broke because he spends on romance and tuning, but he looks so happy when talking about cars. I’ll keep doing my best, too. I’m going to get an EG6…

(Continuation) A Civic after all! Sorry this turned Red Zone into a pen-pal column, but YV readers are such nice people. The editorial staff are great, too. We’re going to Suzuka in March to watch the GT Championship—finally, the season is starting! P.S. I wrote that I wanted a small YV sticker for my lighter or something…

Matsugon: Red Zone is a place for everyone to exchange messages, so keep sending replies and letters!

QUMI, Gamagori City, Aichi Prefecture

Young Version — April 1998

About this issue

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