Japanese Culture and the Z

Zeto · 12-21-2010, 01:22 PM

Very interesting!

PapoZalsa · 12-21-2010, 01:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spearfish25

LOL. Sounds like they need to open their eyes to the outside world (or get on the internet) if they think the Z is the best the human species is capable of producing. Or just add the catch line "at this price point" to those statements.

kenchan · 12-21-2010, 02:25 PM

+ making it profittable and sustainable?

fastsach · 12-21-2010, 04:10 PM

To address:
RuiZ - Yes, I was at Headquarters for two years with the previous 25 at Smyrna. Retired now.
Nissan is facing shutdown for the holidays and nobody is doing anything. Remind me after the holidays and we will try to get plaques. No kidding.

kenchan - That Juke is something and sales are very good. Remeber that:
MR16DDT – 1.6-liter Direct Injection Gasoline (DIG™) DOHC 16-valve
Turbocharged 4-cylinder engine
Horsepower – 188 hp @ 5,600 rpm
Torque – 177 lb-ft @ 2,000 – 5,200 rpm

ChrisSlicks
If you ever want to know what something says that is in Japanese copy and paste to this site. Remember that the Japanese (or anything else) sentence structure is backward from English and they use alot of different nature references but you can get the jist.
Yahoo! Babel Fish - Text Translation and Web Page Translation

To whoever LOL at my statement about the Japanese wanting the Z to be the best our species can produce you don't understand. No need to add the qualifier "at this price" to the statement because they believe that increased price increases complexity and does nothing to make the product better. Right or wrong that is their very arrogant attitude.

Mata (Later)

jgvill · 12-21-2010, 04:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fastsach

To address:
RuiZ - Yes, I was at Headquarters for two years with the previous 25 at Smyrna. Retired now.
Nissan is facing shutdown for the holidays and nobody is doing anything. Remind me after the holidays and we will try to get plaques. No kidding.

Mata (Later)

If you can do this, get build number plaques for the 40th Anniv Z, I'll give you 1,000,000 rep pts

No kidding.

kenchan · 12-21-2010, 04:45 PM

thanks, fastsach.

phelan · 12-21-2010, 04:47 PM

Curious, sach, how fluent are you in Japanese? Did you pick it up while working / know it prior to working at Nissan? Or am I misunderstanding, you worked Nissan North America but made 20+ visits to 日本?

fastsach · 12-21-2010, 05:18 PM

Studied Japanese formally 3 years and learned two of the 3 alphabets. The third has thousands of charaters and I got 80 of those. I never got conversational but could understand some conversations and read signs and menus. Hard as hell to learn Nihongo. Very good kanji with your Japan symbol. One means origin and the other means sun. The suns or origin or "rising sun".

I miss the place and the people.

kenchan · 12-21-2010, 05:20 PM

fastsach- just to let you know, phalen is a faux japanese.

Rui Z · 12-21-2010, 05:30 PM

Cool, Ari-ga-to. I'll remind you about the plaques after the holidays.

phelan · 12-21-2010, 05:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fastsach

Studied Japanese formally 3 years and learned two of the 3 alphabets. The third has thousands of charaters and I got 80 of those. I never got conversational but could understand some conversations and read signs and menus. Hard as hell to learn Nihongo. Very good kanji with your Japan symbol. One means origin and the other means sun. The suns or origin or "rising sun".

I miss the place and the people.

Where did you live in Japan? Tokyo?

Quote:

Originally Posted by kenchan

fastsach- just to let you know, phalen is a faux japanese.

俺は日本人の偽者ですよ。普通の会話があったら、ちゃんと日本人のように話せますが、難しい言葉が必要なら絶対無理ですね。（笑）

kenchan · 12-21-2010, 05:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by phelan

俺は日本人の偽者ですよ。普通の会話があったら、ちゃんと日本人のように話せますが、難しい言葉が必要なら絶対無理ですね。（笑）

yah, you're JDM-style is still not up to par. keep studying with your wife.

SkyZ · 12-21-2010, 07:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by phelan

俺は日本人の偽者ですよ。普通の会話があったら、ちゃんと日本人のように話せますが、難しい言葉が必要なら絶対無理ですね。（笑）

google translate?

Endgame · 12-21-2010, 08:16 PM

darn... my wife is of bahamian and japanese decent. she is learning japanese; we will probally start having our daughters learn it when they are 8 and 6.

sonic370 · 12-21-2010, 08:21 PM

good read thanks and welcome. i've owned 4 different nissan products
xtera,a350,rouge and a 370. and all have been soild cars...

12-21-2010, 04:47 PM	#22 (permalink)
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12-21-2010, 05:30 PM	#25 (permalink)
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Zeto Track Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: North NJ Age: 40 Posts: 766 Drives: 09 Pearl White 370Z Rep Power: 267	Very interesting!

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kenchan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N/A Posts: 76,801 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 141521	+ making it profittable and sustainable?

12-21-2010, 04:10 PM	#19 (permalink)
fastsach Base Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 20 Drives: Honda CBR1100XX Rep Power: 15	To address: RuiZ - Yes, I was at Headquarters for two years with the previous 25 at Smyrna. Retired now. Nissan is facing shutdown for the holidays and nobody is doing anything. Remind me after the holidays and we will try to get plaques. No kidding. kenchan - That Juke is something and sales are very good. Remeber that: MR16DDT – 1.6-liter Direct Injection Gasoline (DIG™) DOHC 16-valve Turbocharged 4-cylinder engine Horsepower – 188 hp @ 5,600 rpm Torque – 177 lb-ft @ 2,000 – 5,200 rpm ChrisSlicks If you ever want to know what something says that is in Japanese copy and paste to this site. Remember that the Japanese (or anything else) sentence structure is backward from English and they use alot of different nature references but you can get the jist. Yahoo! Babel Fish - Text Translation and Web Page Translation To whoever LOL at my statement about the Japanese wanting the Z to be the best our species can produce you don't understand. No need to add the qualifier "at this price" to the statement because they believe that increased price increases complexity and does nothing to make the product better. Right or wrong that is their very arrogant attitude. Mata (Later)

12-21-2010, 04:45 PM	#21 (permalink)
kenchan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N/A Posts: 76,801 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 141521	thanks, fastsach.

12-21-2010, 05:18 PM	#23 (permalink)
fastsach Base Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 20 Drives: Honda CBR1100XX Rep Power: 15	Studied Japanese formally 3 years and learned two of the 3 alphabets. The third has thousands of charaters and I got 80 of those. I never got conversational but could understand some conversations and read signs and menus. Hard as hell to learn Nihongo. Very good kanji with your Japan symbol. One means origin and the other means sun. The suns or origin or "rising sun". I miss the place and the people.

12-21-2010, 05:20 PM	#24 (permalink)
kenchan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N/A Posts: 76,801 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 141521	fastsach- just to let you know, phalen is a faux japanese.

12-21-2010, 08:16 PM	#29 (permalink)
Endgame A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Phoenix Posts: 1,613 Drives: Nothing Now! Rep Power: 224	darn... my wife is of bahamian and japanese decent. she is learning japanese; we will probally start having our daughters learn it when they are 8 and 6.

12-21-2010, 08:21 PM	#30 (permalink)
sonic370 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2010 Location: Orange Texas Posts: 1,574 Drives: 09 370Z Sports PGK Rep Power: 18	good read thanks and welcome. i've owned 4 different nissan products xtera,a350,rouge and a 370. and all have been soild cars...