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Old 12-07-2002, 04:37 AM
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Don't have it Mike.

There were two variants in Japan in the launch year. Mine is the basic model. By "basic", what I don't have is ABS, cruise and a sunroof. But the top model also had 4WS, and I will qualify that by describing it as active electronic 4WS.

As you know from previous flame wars, we all have 4WS of the passive variety, with rear bushing compliance giving steering[oversteer] when the loads are right for it.

You should PM Phil and Belha in the UK, theirs is the Full Monty. The cars have a reputation in Japan for giving expensive trouble. However, I believe that when working as designed, these are brilliant. If one came up for sale, the complexity would not daunt me. Almost bought a grey one recently, but it was sold before I could get my deposit on[in Japan] Phil is Phil Skuse, and he has a great technical grasp of the steering as well.

Joe
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