My Japanese-speaking turbo timer
When importing a car from a different continent, you might get some unusual goodies along with it. My friends have found Japanese Yen, subway tickets, cigarette packs, and random notes. You also might get goodies like turbo timers, blow-off valves and other engine tweaks.
My favourite goodie is my turbo timer. It speaks Japanese when I turn the car on or off (if the timer is on). For a long time I didn't know what it was saying. I took a Japanese course at university (I needed some arts credits, and, why not?) and all I knew was that she was saying 'something something is ok'.
It got funnier as time went on, as I knew the rhythm and tune she said her sentences, but not what she was saying.
And here it is!
My friend was kind enough to translate for me, you can see it in the youtube comments.
Standby: OK Desu (Standby is ok)
Countdown: Starto shimasu. (Starting countdown)
Pretty fun to have these quirky things with your pretty unique import.
Thanks "foomeister2347"!
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