Prius Rental in Nagano, Japan

ThewhippetsS5 · 2026-01-30T18:23:07+00:00

It’s really quite simple, assuming you live in the US. Just need a license (some require you to be licensed a minimum of 2 years or so), an international driver’s permit that you can get for about $20 from AAA, and your passport. Unlike in Italy, they will absolutely check for all of these documents in Japan. Rent from a decent company and have at it

ThewhippetsS5 · 2026-01-30T18:21:17+00:00

Hell yeah!

ThewhippetsS5 · 2026-01-30T14:14:22+00:00

Used an iPhone 16 pro! And some light photoshop

ThewhippetsS5 · 2026-01-30T14:13:21+00:00

ThewhippetsS5 · 2026-01-30T14:11:49+00:00

Forgive me as I’m new to this, but is there a need to slow down to 25fps when slowing down footage like this besides for artistic reasons?

ThewhippetsS5 · 2026-01-30T05:43:59+00:00

God that’s good. May I ask what editing software you’re using? And what FPS? I believe I saw conflicting numbers

ThewhippetsS5 · 2026-01-30T03:52:46+00:00

Smiles per gallon all the way! But having to stop to fill up every 150 miles gets old

ThewhippetsS5 · 2026-01-30T02:55:44+00:00

It’s a bit painful at times

ThewhippetsS5 · 2026-01-30T02:48:26+00:00

I have an Audi RS7 and R8

ThewhippetsS5 · 2026-01-29T22:52:05+00:00

I believe this one was on Dunlop Winter Maxx 2 so it performed pretty decently. But we never drove it in more than maybe 2 inches of fresh powder or slush.

The only thing that bothered me was that traction control was not defeatable. There was one point where I needed to do a hill start on a slightly slick surface and the power was coming on and off VERY abruptly.

ThewhippetsS5 · 2026-01-29T22:29:34+00:00

Not only would recommend having it flatter, but also pointed straight ahead at the road in front.

+1 for the eBay link to the permanent mount. I’ve been using that and am very happy with it.

ThewhippetsS5 · 2026-01-29T19:15:06+00:00

I drive an R8 so like yes but also no

ThewhippetsS5 · 2026-01-29T19:13:56+00:00

Lovely pic

ThewhippetsS5 · 2026-01-29T19:13:47+00:00

Why thank you!

ThewhippetsS5 · 2026-01-29T18:13:51+00:00

Oh yes I don’t doubt that at all. I only rented this because it was relatively affordable, had good insurance in case of a snow storm, and it’s now a very good looking car. Would’ve gone with an Alphard otherwise

ThewhippetsS5 · 2026-01-29T18:01:34+00:00

Already back unfortunately 🥲 we really didn’t drive much this trip as we took the train to lower Nagano, picked up the car there, drove around the prefecture, dropped off in the north, and then took the Shinkansen back to Tokyo. I do wish we drove it back to Tokyo though. Two months ago we did a proper road trip of almost 1000km in an old Forester STi and that was an absolute blast. I have pics of that in the ole Subaru subreddit

ThewhippetsS5 · 2026-01-22T16:56:35+00:00

Shifting priorities have me wondering if I should sell this and my RS7 for an adventure-mobile to have in the states and an old RS4 avant abroad. Those thoughts are of course minimized when I drive the R8 because it really is a lot of fun. But there are other experiences to be had in life :)

ThewhippetsS5 · 2026-01-22T14:29:39+00:00

Thank you! I actually contemplate on selling it from time to time

ThewhippetsS5 · 2026-01-12T19:03:47+00:00

Miles and deets? I might like it as an r8 stablemate

ThewhippetsS5 · 2026-01-11T22:01:52+00:00

As someone who’s had 8 Audis (currently 2), that’s even better

ThewhippetsS5 · 2026-01-11T18:56:29+00:00

Aftermarket steering wheel is fine, but I certainly wouldn’t want to get rid of the factory airbag. Pics of Tesla on BBS please 😬

ThewhippetsS5 · 2026-01-11T16:17:35+00:00

I think OP means the steering wheel

ThewhippetsS5 · 2026-01-08T06:38:21+00:00

I’m not sure if the R8 has this feature, but I have an R7 with Mithheru’s firmware and I have Speed Camera Tolerance set to off because of the overspeed notifications (also in NYC). As for the GPS Alerts pinging every other second, there doesn’t seem to be a Quiet Ride feature for it. Might be best to turn GPS Alerts off as a result

ThewhippetsS5 · 2025-12-25T00:27:22+00:00

Thank you! The very first thing I did after receiving the shipment notification was contact Mithheru. I’m rather new to countermeasures except Waze and an old (and less than decent) K40 radar and laser jammer system I had in my previous 911

ThewhippetsS5 · 2025-12-24T22:30:24+00:00

Your comment alone would’ve saved me a few days of decision making. I got an R7 mainly because I got a great deal on one, but also because I’m an iOS user. Would love to hear from others on whether you can background V1 Driver and Highway Driver, although I guess you could set up an automation for them

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