Good morning Everyone! It's Sunday morning!
Speaking of Sunday mornings...
Its time for a morning drive!
Today I am driving the Nissan Cima VIP Sedan!
I like this car a lot!
Its not only cool but it runs and drives really good too!
The more I drive it the more interesting of a car I think it is too.
I have 2 Toyota Crowns from the same era.
I also have a Toyota Starlet from back then...
and an R32 Nissan Skyline GT-R as well.
These are all cars I had never driven before recently...
Driving this Nissan Cima really shows me how advanced Nissan was almost 30 years ago!
This car is full of surprises!
This car was obviously an air suspension car when it was new.
Here are the different setting for the suspension...
These controls look exactly like the R32 and other Nissans of the same era.
I like this stereo but not as much as a Carrozzeria!
Wait a minute! This is a Carrozzeria!
But where are the cool graphics like the Crown Carrozzeria had?
The colors on here change but no graphics!
I like the equalizer graphics a lot!!
What is this... its not a cassette...
Oh yeah, they had these type of tapes back in the 90's... I forgot the format they were...
Speaking of cassettes... Oh no!!! I forgot mine to try here!!!
I wanted to see if this built in cassette player would work!?!?!
We're about to get on the highway...
Let's see how the turbo feels.
This car actually handles pretty good too!
Wow, we are really scraping!!
Feel that turbo power!!
This car is low "shakotan" and scrapes a bit!!!
It's fast!!
This thing is much faster than the Toyota Crown.
Sorry to the Toyota people out there, but...
in a race, this Cima would cream the Crown!
Whats that sound???
What the hell is that??
Seat belt warning??
Could it be a speed warning??
No way at only 120 km/hr!
I'm gonna slow down to 110 km/hr
It's still making that noise!
I can't believe it's speed related!
It's driving me nuts!
Door locks?
I don't think so.
What the heck is it??
It is the speedometer!!!
Anything over 110 km/hr and it starts ringing!
No way!!
I can't believe it!
This is a luxury sedan!!!
You should be able to cruise at highway speeds...
... up to 150 km/hr shouldn't be a problem!! LOL
There has to be a reset button or something?
That is not cool at all!
The Toyota Crown didn't have that!
Nissan- perhaps you went a little too far with that option???
This is really interesting!
Look at this steering wheel! The center stays stationary while the outside turns!
That's pretty cool.
Most steering wheels everything turns...
But this Cima is different and it has lots of controls on here too!
TV power and sounds controls, etc... wow!
This car was ahead of its time for sure!
It even had one of the first factory navigation systems built in.
It has now been replaced with this Carrozzeria... I wish the original navigation was still here.
Being a VIP style car, before cruising today I properly hung my KinTsuna (Gold Rope) and Fusa (Tassel)!
We can't cruise this car without these essential items.
I never realized until recently the deep history of these items.
I thought they were just Japanese versions of fuzzy dice!
But I was wrong...
I was invited to the Danjiri Matsuri near Osaka recently...
a quick shout out to the people of Kishiwada and Nakagita in Osaka...
At the Danjiri Matsuri is where I learned the deeper meaning of the Kintsuna and Fusa.
These items are displayed proudly on every float (Danjiri) in the festival as they have for hundreds of years!
I am sorry for not knowing that information sooner!
See you again next year Kishiwada!!
Another part of this car that is incredible are the side mirror wipers.
There are wipers on both mirrors.
I finally found the switch for them!
Here we go, ready??
That is cool!!!!
Awesome!!
And they are on timers too!!
Wow!!
I can't believe this is a factory option!!!
I am amazed!!
Unfortunately it rarely rains here so I will need to use them after a car wash!!
The smell of peppermint from this car is still very strong!
I called Junction Produce Taketomi-san to ask him about this smell.
"Taketomi-san, I really like the car but the smell is overwhelming!"
"You mean the smell of cigarettes?" he asked.
"No! I am talking about this strong peppermint smell!"
He replied, "Steve- that is the Cima Smell"
Cima Smell!?!?!?! what the heck is that???
Nissan had distinct smells for their cars too??
I never heard anything like that before.
I know of different American and Japanese smells, but never a distinct car smell like this.
If thats true, Nissan truly was ahead of its time!! LOL
30 years later you can still smell your car from far away!
Oh, I can't see my Cima but I can smell it... it must be nearby!!
But I must say its quite overwhelming.
But if that's what was intended by Nissan, I'm cool with that I think!
I will deal with this smell somehow!! LOL
This car is clean inside and out...
and it drives really smoothly for a Shakotan (lowered) car.
It has been well maintained for sure.
I would like to try to drift it some day.
The Crown can't drift... not enough power...
This is a 3 liter engine like the Crown but the turbo makes the big difference.
Here comes a tunnel.. lets hit it!
here we go!
It's too quiet!!!
I like more noise...
If I was going to build a car like this, I would put some louder exhaust on it.
Another tunnel coming up...
I need more sound!
If I keep this car a long time, I'm gonna definitely change the exhaust.
I don't think the sound of this car fits the look...
This may be my American side speaking...
But that's my honest thoughts!
I want to change the exhaust really badly!!
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