which friends?
hirotaka hoshino (FC3s, s13, s15, s14), hiroshi tabei (jzx100), hidekazu hagiwara (fd3s) and uchino (junior-s14)
friends in the sense when they visit usa they stay at our houses, when i got to japan istay at their houses. tour guides for eachother and we take time off from works to hang out and email back and forth. should get some videos from touge and big-x demos they did and stuff this week. woot!
2 drive in d1gp, 3 in D1 SL and 3 in ADM and sometimes BM hai as well.
they always give me advice on setups, and mods for the drift car as well as technique and such also. i can drive when im in japan too. its fun. parst help too. how'd i get my TE37s?
some other friends and drivers will visit often. we usually have a BBQ. last time Fukuda and some others was supposed to come over to lindsay place (usual hang out) and have a BBQ but they had some other plans scheduled, next time for sure. house got cleaned and all too and teh bbq was ready! haha..oh well.
i know kumakubo told bwalker to chop his
koguchi makes fun of richard's e-fans. haha it was funny.
many cars i saw in jland had the chop too, but most of them had vented hoods as well.
oh btw im not bragging or anything. they are friends just like friends in USA. just answering your q. i dont bs or lie.