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Daihatsu Hijet Deckvan – Reader import story
This is a repost, as it was lost when I lost data. This is too good to not be on the internet.
My story started way back on Valentines Day 2 years ago. I was at church with my wife and my friends and I had a hockey game later on that evening. During the hockey game I was struck by a puck on my right eye, eventually I would find out that I would lose about 80% of my vision. Although this seems like a completely unrelated tragedy it would eventually allow me to dream about owning a vehicle like the Daihatsu Hijet Deck Van. It turns out that although losing an eye sucks it rocks to have good insurance!
After about a year after my accident my insurance company decided to give me a cheque to "pay" for my injured eye. This began the dreaming stage and the search for a replacement to my Cavalier. I had contacted a number of different dealers in Nova Scotia and BC about these vehicles but was nervous about spending that kind of money on line and not really knowing what you where getting. So on a whim I typed in Daihatsu on my search engine and to my surprise this little blue thing pops up in the auto trader. I looked at it like 100 times, talked to my wife about it and decided to take it for a test drive in Winnipeg.
It was dark by the time I got to the previous owners house but there was no doubt it was beautiful. I loved it, we took it for a drive around the city. The previous owner and myself got along really well and had some good discussions about the van. It turns out that the Van was owned by and man in Fort Saskatchewan AB, and he was a toy collector...he had many cars and extra large trucks, and this little thing. He is the person who brought this little midget to Canada from Japan and fixed some minor body work and gave it the BMW racing blue paint job. The guy in Winnipeg bought it of him and used it as a handyman van while he was running his own business. So after two test drives including one at highway speeds, I decided I needed to own this awesome vehicle.
My 3 boys and I love it, the looks we get are priceless. I have never been videoed while driving before, had people take pictures of my vehicle. It is a great little addition to our family I use it for work and I have magnetics signs on it during the week and it is the best advertisement vehicle. The 660 cc motor is fun, push button 4 wheel drive is a blast, the sound system pumps and the gas mileage is outstanding. I absolutely love my Hijet Deck Van.
We produced with spartan air
My friend had these on the R32 GT-R he was driving. Had to share
The first time this post went up, a commenter mentioned that apparently Nissan tried to get all the air bubbles out of the metal in some kind of process.
Enrish and awesome.
My GT-B
So, I've had my GT-B for a bit. The best quirk yet...
GLOWING LICENCE PLATE HOLDER!
You can almost make out the numbers of the plate that were on there.
It's pretty tacky. I'll probably take them off - but I think it's awesome for now!
Nothing else is really of concern on the car. Whew.