tuanies
@tuanies.bsky.social
🏳️🌈 Geek, car enthusiast, kei car & diesel owner, immigrant. All my opinions are my own. Former Intel, Optoma, Asus, & Zotac marketing.
Find me at car stuff.
🚙 2000 Toyota Crown Estate
🛻 1993 Suzuki Carry
🛵 2022 Honda Navi
📷 Fuji X-H2
Find me at car stuff.
🚙 2000 Toyota Crown Estate
🛻 1993 Suzuki Carry
🛵 2022 Honda Navi
📷 Fuji X-H2
I got Aliexpress VIP curtains and made little Kirkland Signature strap covers. They’re cheap, but for $10 a pair vs $140 for legit Junction Produce, I don’t feel too bad.
August 12, 2025 at 3:43 AM
I got Aliexpress VIP curtains and made little Kirkland Signature strap covers. They’re cheap, but for $10 a pair vs $140 for legit Junction Produce, I don’t feel too bad.
Photoshoot with the homies after a memorial cruise for a friend.
August 10, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Photoshoot with the homies after a memorial cruise for a friend.
Upgraded to staggered 18” wheels off a 2nd Gen IS350 so I can fit IS300 calipers. The Royal Saloon and other Crowns with 15” wheels have smaller brakes. Swapping in IS300 calipers makes future pad changes easier to get in the US, plus pads/rotors/calipers are cheaper than new rotors from Japan.
August 3, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Upgraded to staggered 18” wheels off a 2nd Gen IS350 so I can fit IS300 calipers. The Royal Saloon and other Crowns with 15” wheels have smaller brakes. Swapping in IS300 calipers makes future pad changes easier to get in the US, plus pads/rotors/calipers are cheaper than new rotors from Japan.
Did I finally go too far? 😂😂
July 18, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Did I finally go too far? 😂😂
Added an OEM-looking backup camera that uses part of the license plate light. It’s made for the 100 series Land Cruiser but I made it fit with a little trimming to the filler panel.
July 12, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Added an OEM-looking backup camera that uses part of the license plate light. It’s made for the 100 series Land Cruiser but I made it fit with a little trimming to the filler panel.
I’m fully committed to this Costco fanboy bit. Made a drift charm to dangle from my tow hook, cuz that’s what the kids are doing nowadays 😂
July 10, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I’m fully committed to this Costco fanboy bit. Made a drift charm to dangle from my tow hook, cuz that’s what the kids are doing nowadays 😂
Clear taillight twinning with the homie
July 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Clear taillight twinning with the homie
Recreated the taillight lenses on the Carry and 3D printed on PETG translucent. The turn signal has LED bulbs but the brake light is a regular halogen bulb, have red and amber LEDs on the way.
June 30, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Recreated the taillight lenses on the Carry and 3D printed on PETG translucent. The turn signal has LED bulbs but the brake light is a regular halogen bulb, have red and amber LEDs on the way.
I woke up and chose violence with my coffee, aka Mario Kart World Online. However, got my first knockout win 😀
June 14, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I woke up and chose violence with my coffee, aka Mario Kart World Online. However, got my first knockout win 😀
Qualcomm has a little SD display at Costco now, but it’s away from the regular Intel / Mac / Windows laptop displays. There’s still an SDX Surface on the regular Windows laptop display, so this is complimentary and to educate buyers on SDX
June 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Qualcomm has a little SD display at Costco now, but it’s away from the regular Intel / Mac / Windows laptop displays. There’s still an SDX Surface on the regular Windows laptop display, so this is complimentary and to educate buyers on SDX
Was ok. Waffle was decent, chicken was average, hot honey wasn’t hot
June 4, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Was ok. Waffle was decent, chicken was average, hot honey wasn’t hot
4th Annual PNW Kei Owner’s Meet-up was a success! We had 60+ Kei cars, trucks, and vans there, not counting the other JDM friends that showed up!
www.facebook.com/share/16wvGP...
www.facebook.com/share/16wvGP...
June 2, 2025 at 3:07 AM
4th Annual PNW Kei Owner’s Meet-up was a success! We had 60+ Kei cars, trucks, and vans there, not counting the other JDM friends that showed up!
www.facebook.com/share/16wvGP...
www.facebook.com/share/16wvGP...
Car spotting while waiting in line for the Hello Kitty Cafe truck - Kia Borrego and Hyundai Equus
May 31, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Car spotting while waiting in line for the Hello Kitty Cafe truck - Kia Borrego and Hyundai Equus
Mystichrome is one of the best factory Colours offered on a car, anyone that thinks otherwise is simply wrong.
May 28, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Mystichrome is one of the best factory Colours offered on a car, anyone that thinks otherwise is simply wrong.
I miss the 90-00’s era of racing games with the most random car selection, when cars were curated by non car enthusiasts.
May 27, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I miss the 90-00’s era of racing games with the most random car selection, when cars were curated by non car enthusiasts.
Picked up a baby Trinitron that can run on 12V, I’m ready for the summer car meet / show season www.instagram.com/reel/DKBP8L0...
May 24, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Picked up a baby Trinitron that can run on 12V, I’m ready for the summer car meet / show season www.instagram.com/reel/DKBP8L0...
I was quoted and stuff www.kuow.org/stories/why-...
Why Pacific Northwesterners are driving tiny, right-hand drive firetrucks from Japan
They're tiny, they're bright red, and you've probably seen them scooting around Seattle: Mini Japanese firetrucks known as kei trucks. People here say they not only love the cars — but the culture sur...
www.kuow.org
May 21, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I was quoted and stuff www.kuow.org/stories/why-...
We had two Paseos and two Tercels at Cars & Coffee today! Plus I spotted two of the two previous generation Tercels in someone’s driveway on the way home. Must be a sign from the Tercel gods or something 🤷♂️
May 17, 2025 at 10:19 PM
We had two Paseos and two Tercels at Cars & Coffee today! Plus I spotted two of the two previous generation Tercels in someone’s driveway on the way home. Must be a sign from the Tercel gods or something 🤷♂️
Picked up some cheap, chrome, flaking, GS430 stock wheels to see if I like how chrome looks on the Crown. I dig it. Now to get a job so I can pickup a set of Heritage Wheels Bushido MonoC’s
May 16, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Picked up some cheap, chrome, flaking, GS430 stock wheels to see if I like how chrome looks on the Crown. I dig it. Now to get a job so I can pickup a set of Heritage Wheels Bushido MonoC’s
Can I just get paid to go to car events and take pics? 🥺. Some shots from yesterday’s Avants trackday at The Ridge. Check my FB for the full album - www.facebook.com/share/1DzyGY...
May 11, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Can I just get paid to go to car events and take pics? 🥺. Some shots from yesterday’s Avants trackday at The Ridge. Check my FB for the full album - www.facebook.com/share/1DzyGY...
Took proper pics of the Crown with the roofbox installed. I really want to do a Costco / Kirkland Signature livery on it…
May 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Took proper pics of the Crown with the roofbox installed. I really want to do a Costco / Kirkland Signature livery on it…
Ok intarwebs, what if? 🤔
May 2, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Ok intarwebs, what if? 🤔