r/DiWHY • u/thefrostman1214 • 6d ago

An amalgamation of random stuff

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u/BreweryRabbit 6d ago

Bosozoku style! It’s a fascinating Japanese styling for cars dating back to the 50’s

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u/DannyOdd 6d ago

Literally Any Other Country: "Behold! Our most obnoxious displays of over-the-top, unhinged extravagance! Surely nobody can top this."

Japanese Car Enthusiasts: "Hold my beer"

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u/HoldenOrihara 5d ago

Not just cars, motorcycles too.

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u/Official_UnderPM 2d ago

Don’t ever forget about dekotora

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u/human_number_XXX 5d ago

Na, hold my Sake

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u/BlueMageNeedsFood 5d ago

Hold my Sapporo

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u/Lost_Department_2177 1d ago

It’s fun and can see kids loving this. It’s like a parade float and a good hobby if you’re an electrical engineer.

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u/UT_Milez 6d ago

That was my first thought.

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u/fantumn 6d ago

Surprisingly looks a lot like if you modded Need for Speed and then slid a bunch of sliders way too far in the custom car creation screen.

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u/Glad_Librarian_3553 6d ago

Good ol nfs carbon.

Although I still prefer nfsu2, best racing game ever made in all honesty. Most wanted was close, just for the police chases, but missed the feel of underground somehow 

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u/Kozmik_5 6d ago

It was primarily motorcycles. Started in certain Japanese biker gang subcultures in the 50's

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u/Ae3qe27u 6d ago

Including the flat-ish piece at the front of the car?

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u/literaIly 6d ago

Especially the flat front lmao

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u/BedLamSwede 6d ago

Bosozoku is motorcycles.

This is shakotan, they are not interchangeable🙌

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u/BreweryRabbit 6d ago

Hmm I thought Shakotan was the more toned down styling; lowered car, external oil cooler, more aggressive camber, etc. While Bosozoku was the more theatrical styling shown here.

I am aware Bosozoku started with motorcycles though.

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u/BedLamSwede 6d ago

Shakotan is a spectrum, but I can see why they're mixed up, bosozoku is basically "Stick out like a sore thumb"

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u/iitstrue 4d ago

This is called Grachan, all subcultures of Kaido Racer, but it’s not Shakotan specifically. It’s also not “Bosozoku” at all, nor is that motorcycles even technically, that was just a group of youth in the 90s being counter culture, so they ended up creating that style of motorcycle

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u/BedLamSwede 4d ago

Thanks for not being an asshole about it, tons of Redditors could learn from you, and I stand corrected🙌

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u/iitstrue 4d ago

Anytime! The culture has a ton of confusion around it, so I’m glad to help!

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u/MiksuMike01 5d ago

Damn Bosozoku killed Midnight Club... Well made them get off the streets anyway.
They only do tracks don't they.

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u/DJEvillincoln 5d ago

Yah it's fascinating.

That's kind of the perfect word.

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u/leeharrisradio 6d ago

I dunno... the slot machine taillight is pretty badass imo

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u/nhofor 6d ago

Those are awesome!

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u/cyberphlash 5d ago

Xzibit would be proud

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u/Ok-Common-3039 5d ago

I came to the comments to say that. Agreed

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u/HoldenOrihara 5d ago

It has a lot of features that makes it cool for like a restaurant or something than something that goes out onto the road

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u/Irreverenced 6d ago

You're getting downvoted for being right lol

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u/BedLamSwede 6d ago

Classic ego-too-big-for-their-own-good-redditors, can't stand being wrong🤣

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u/AfBoringPerson I Eat Cement 6d ago

Bosozoku, even though it's nearly illegal, isn't really in the DIWhy territory to be honest.

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u/Cassman95 6d ago

More like r/ATBGE

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u/[deleted] 6d ago

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u/DannyOdd 6d ago

Nah, this isn't diwhy. This is art.

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u/ShamefulElf 6d ago

Bosozoku and itasha, ngl kinda like it. It over the top. But i don't think it's ugly.

Also the itasha is Saki from the anime Zombie Land Saga. Also the plushie.

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u/karmaceuticaI 6d ago

This thing FUCKS.

Bosozoku isn't for everyone, but I love how unique it is.

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u/ReleaseTheTrumpFiles 5d ago

Found John Oliver

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u/1m0ws 6d ago

The most bosozoku!

This is not random, this is just peak style.

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u/[deleted] 6d ago

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u/BedLamSwede 6d ago

Go look it up.

But I know you won't, you'd rather die on that rock over admitting you're wrong.

Why do I know that?

Cause it wasn't me who started the name calling💁

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u/SwervingLemon 5d ago

YOU go look it up, you're fkn wrong here, shut up.

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u/NoWeHaveYesBananas 5d ago

From the bosozoku wikipedia page:

In America, the term "Bosozoku" is also applied to cars that have undergone extreme modification. The term generally only applies to Japanese manufactured vehicles, and is somewhat interchangeable with the term "Kaido Racer". Broadly, "Bosozoku" refers to the concept of Japanese vehicle modification, whereas "Kaido Racer" refers specifically to car modification.

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u/NoWeHaveYesBananas 5d ago

Welcome to The English Language, where almost every word has multiple meanings. So, you're right, of course, those words mean those things. But they also mean other things. That's just the way that that works

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u/taint3 5d ago

"in America"

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u/NoWeHaveYesBananas 5d ago

All alone in America/I wanna go back home in America
Clean me out like an enema/Miss America
We were born for America/For the highways and corn of America
How you're not even dead yet/When they bury ya

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u/1m0ws 6d ago

hu, til.

but wasnt bosozoku everything loud and visual appealing or something?

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u/LeFiery 6d ago

I think the character is from zombieland saga, iirc

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u/LadyDainty 5d ago

It is! Shame we never got a third season or movie.

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u/lechepicante 5d ago

The movie is already out

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u/Boring_Name06 3d ago

There is a movie. It’s pretty good as far as anime tie in movies go but has a pretty different feel than the show at many points

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u/Rydux7 6d ago

r/doohickeycorporation is very interested in this

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u/Captain_Tooth 6d ago

Slot machine at the back sold me.

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u/Ambitious-Zone7254 6d ago

That has to be a road violation somewhere in the world

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u/Key_Lawyer_102 6d ago

TÜV sagt nein.

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u/brommpot 6d ago

This is art.

The amount of WTF In felt was high enough.

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u/sethboomstick 6d ago

FYI, this is a trend in Japan called bosuzoku. It started with motorcycles after fighter pilots came home from the war. Kind of how America got the hells angels.

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u/CharmingButthole 6d ago

Hating on style? Weird.

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u/robcraftdotca 6d ago

It's the platypus of cars.

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u/anon-mally 6d ago

What the incarnation .....

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u/ElTuxedoMex 6d ago

A car had to die so this abomination could live.

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u/RAGEpow3r 5d ago

this is amazing i love it so much whatttt

it's crazy in a good way! deffo not DIWHY material

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u/Negronitenderoni 6d ago

This is a culture over there. It ain’t for me but I won’t knock it.

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u/SweetTooth275 6d ago

"culture"

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u/Negronitenderoni 6d ago

Subculture? Idk. What I won’t do is judge people for something that doesn’t harm anybody, that they’ve been doing since before my mother was born

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u/Fuzzy-Weekend4913 6d ago

Doesn't belong here

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u/Fabulous_Strategy_78 6d ago

I don't understand why. But I like it.

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u/elspotto 6d ago

That’s so fun. Not in an I want to own it way, but in a seeing it makes me smile way. Bosozoku is always good for a smile and a nod.

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u/[deleted] 6d ago

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u/elspotto 6d ago

Shaka when the walls fell.

Whatever.

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u/CantFightCrazy 5d ago

This is Homer Simpsons car

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u/Adventurous_Box4527 6d ago

This is super cool!

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u/congo66 6d ago

I’ve heard rumors that this is Shakotan and not Bosozoku, but I haven’t heard any follow up on it.

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u/PomegranateSoft1598 6d ago

This ain't no diwhy shit, man this is awesome

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u/thekinginyello 5d ago

Hell yes! I love bosozoku.

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u/FarmerRonnie 5d ago

Oh cool this is what I wanna do to my 85 Pontiac

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u/ddawson100 5d ago

Who knows this song? Shazam couldn’t find it for me. : (

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u/lord_bubblewater 5d ago

if you know you know

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u/yokozouna_ed 5d ago

I am both impressed and horrified by this object.

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u/joranth 6d ago

That’s dope af

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u/GaryBlueberry34 6d ago

this is Bosozoku and I'm here for it, this car fucks

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u/QuantityDramatic1722 6d ago

This doesn’t belong in this sub.

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u/SLeepyCatMeow 6d ago

Thats hella fucking cool im not gonna lie

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u/Scumdog05 5d ago

Did Homer Simpson design this?

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u/BruceInc 6d ago

Pimp my ride Japan

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u/react-dnb 6d ago

The only thing that sucks is one bump and that exhaust is in the windshield.

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u/Groooan 6d ago

El aleron delantero es tan largo que tiene un cono de señalizacion

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u/PS5OWESMEALIMONY 6d ago

Two car batteries later and that piece of shit still hasn't paid out.

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u/Building_Everything 6d ago

This has big “Yo Dawg!” Energy, but it is really well done.

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u/nlightningm 6d ago

Never let em know your next move

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u/Johnny_Crisp 6d ago

I love this kinda stuff

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u/WhereMyWeirdosAt 6d ago

since when can you press in that order ....

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u/[deleted] 6d ago

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u/EnvironmentalClub591 6d ago

All the Asian poon I could have gotten with this in the 80s.

https://giphy.com/gifs/2WxWfiavndgcM

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u/Willobtain 6d ago

Did they switch it to a left hand drive ?

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u/Delicious-Chapter675 6d ago

Furasoshushu?  What's that?

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u/SerDuckOfPNW 6d ago

Looks like a Temu-Borg

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u/RedNo404 6d ago

Yay I love riding 2 stroke Honda s

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u/trellisHot 6d ago

I want the slot machine

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u/curryrol 5d ago

I like the slotmachine

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u/boki9001 5d ago

Weehaw

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u/chickenrun840 5d ago

Someone plays Drive Beyond Horizon

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u/dbenc 5d ago

yo dawg... i heard you like uhh stuff i guess

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u/Mtesss 5d ago

Looks like a car from Carmageddon

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u/tonyt0nychopper 5d ago

Oooo, Mary.

Sayeth Yumeko

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u/GarThor_TMK 5d ago

tbh, I don't think there's anything diy about this... >_>

This has gotta be thousands and thousands of dollars worth of work

And it's incredibly amazing

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u/TheGoodScientist 5d ago

This is a specific style in Japanese car culture btw

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u/coffee_shakes 5d ago

This is a thing of beauty.

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u/Likeyourtoes 5d ago

Random je sais pas …
Il y a quand même une grande constance dans le goût de chiottes !

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u/Icy_Bandicoot887 5d ago

This is bosozoku its a popular Japanese car modding style thats exactly what its supposed to look like 

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u/_InvaderJim 5d ago

Reminds me of the hot wheels car “Track Manga”

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u/Hot_Mathematician191 5d ago

chat gpt 3d print me a slot machine muscle car make NO errors

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u/ReeseChloris 5d ago edited 5d ago

I see that Saki Nikaido plushie. Aaaaa love it. The rest is cool too of course

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u/SlimeDrips 5d ago

Haha dumbass can't even win at his own slots

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u/clonn 5d ago

I like it.

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u/Coda1010 5d ago

Random bullshit GO!!

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u/FuriousYellow77 5d ago

Love a good Zokusha

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u/MiksuMike01 5d ago

Yes. Pretty much the whole thing on these cars. Be as loud and "annoying" as possibly.
NOT to be confused with Bosozoku which is a biker gang.

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u/just-bair 5d ago

That’s the type of shit you see at the carnaval

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u/0peRightBehindYa 5d ago

Meanwhile, in Forza Horizon 6, which is supposed to celebrate Japanese car culture, we've got some 7-11 event going on or some shit. I don't know. We still have USDM Integras for fuck's sake.

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u/Local_Inteovert 5d ago

So I guess the Hot Wheels casting Track Manga isnt entirely made up

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u/Mr_Maniac454 5d ago

Idk what anyone says I love bosozoku

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u/SpiritedPay252 4d ago

I like it

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u/Zapan99 4d ago

There's three Hot Wheels in that style, Mad Manga, Track Manga and Raijin Express.

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u/Existing-Tackle-9322 4d ago

Ok save some anime hoes for the rest of us

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u/d12gpj 4d ago

Yo dawg...

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u/MattBlasing 4d ago

This looks like a Meow Wolf exhibit.

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u/Fickle_Pause5969 2d ago

I'm pretty sure they're literally found whatever was in the shed and stuck it on the car

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u/GLID3RITE 1d ago

Backrooms car

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u/Flimsy_Thought_3534 1d ago

That’s a fuck-mobile if I ever saw one.

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u/Then-Focus-9177 15h ago

That's actually pretty on brand for that type of car scene in Japan.

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u/TheSpatulaOfLove 5d ago

Mental illness, money, and car culture collide…

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u/SweetTooth275 6d ago

"Nooo, you don't understaaaand, it's a very unique way of japanese tuuuning"

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u/SmallTownTrans1 5d ago

Bosozuku is legitimately the worst car modding trend

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u/Wrigley953 5d ago

Stance, slabs, donks, squatted trucks, coal rolling, none of those mean anything to you? But boso does?

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u/SmallTownTrans1 5d ago

Bosuzoku is like a combination of all the worst car modding scenes rolled into one ugly package

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u/kryonik 6d ago

Looks like the car Homer Simpson designed.

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u/Ok-Drink-1328 5d ago

tho it's so random and unrequested that it's a thing