ChinaTom Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 You are in DongGuan aren't you? Sent from my STV100-4 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaughant Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 JMC is jing-long motor company from memory and it's basically a Vauxhall brava pick up with a modern front end.Hideous things that we used on site in Angola as the Chinese have a massive presence there due to sans oil back home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirk Diggler Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 The Chinese phrase chabuduo (good enough) applies to motoring then too; great photos ChinaTom and Dick Longbridge 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethj Posted January 16, 2017 Author Share Posted January 16, 2017 Interesting design of street bin in your first post, are they locked on their pivots until needed or do they swing freely in the breeze? Good to see the S2 Passat still in use, any sign of the 80s Audi 100-based machines? No idea about the bins but it's quite clever because I'm sure it makes them easier to empty. I haven't seen anything of old Audis, were they made here too? Have you seen lots of stretched versions of normal cars? I read somewhere that the Chinese market insists on long wheelbase versions of relatively mundane saloons: Passat, 3 series etc. all have to be offered as 'L's over there.I went in a new Passat long wheelbase the other day. The fact that most Chinese people are short and given this was a long wheelbase meant stacks of legroom in the back. Lovely. Yo garethj........which part of china.?See below! You are in DongGuan aren't you? Sent from my STV100-4 using TapatalkYes. Took the plane to Hong Kong and then the ferry to Shenzhen and then car to DongGuan. The front of the ferry looked like an old Mazda 323 with the pop up headlamps. Shame it was too dark to take a picture really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inconsistant Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 GR (prawn toast) 8 thread. A real eye opener... that pic from the hotel window is amazing. How old is everything? Like the buildings and infrastructure and that, it all looks the same age. I struggle to understand or appreciate an urban environment that has been built as one rather than developed over a long period of time as our western cities have. Same goes for Dubai etc. That sense of place, culture and history is part of urban living in the west I'd say. Is there any decadance, or art? Statues, parks, things for their own sake? It all looks very serious and utilitarian. More incidental & background shots please! drum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChinaTom Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 The registration plates always give it away - the character and the S on mopeds (which rarely leave the area) is the main clue. Awesome street-vend breakfasts for the migrant workers, unforgettable yet unmentionable naughtiness in hotel night-clubs... is DG still the playground for the Japanese biz-chaps? In my day, they came across from HK for 18 holes and another few holes in the KTV bar private rooms... Sent from my STV100-4 using Tapatalk garethj 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisbon_road Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Thanks for posting. Interesting pictures. Hear lots about cars like Maestros in China but it is such a big country that you might be very lucky to see one. Please post if you do. I lived in China in 91-92. There were not many cars at all. There were the Chinese versions of a 1950s Mercedes 190, which at the time I think was still in production, VW Passats, Polski Fiats and an occasional Audi 100. Not a lot else, but a whole lot of push bikes. Lorries were the Liberation lorry, which was a normal control separate wings and headlights job. Buses were a right mixture many with petrol engines. In Beijing, the buses were all bendibuses which ran on petrol. As they approached a bus stop, they'd switch the engine off and cruise to a halt. The makers of starter motor brushes must have been minting it. If anyone would like to see pictures, I can post, but had better start a separate thread as this one should continue on a modern theme. ChinaTom and Squire_Dawson 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethj Posted January 16, 2017 Author Share Posted January 16, 2017 Shove it on here if you like. Here's my post from China the first time around. http://autoshite.com/topic/14153-spottings-from-china-and-taiwan/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigmund Fraud Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Brilliant stuff ! I'm really envious, the furthest my employer has ever paid for me to go is Manchester ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Thank God on your knees! Just look at the pics, ffs!That's not a place to go to, that's a place to run away from! Lukas, Keymaster, richardthestag and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Although as it’s mostly written in a foreign language I suppose it’s like those people who get tribal tattoos done. They look alright and the sentiment is there, but Christ knows what it actually says. Random fact: Superdry clothing over here in Britain is the opposite. Despite the branding the company is 100% English and all the Japanese on their clothes borders on nonsense. It's exactly the same idea, they saw people in the East putting Engrish everywhere because it was cool and turned the idea on its head. ShiteRider 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigmund Fraud Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Thank God on your knees! Just look at the pics, ffs!That's not a place to go to, that's a place to run away from! This is AS, man ! We embrace and cherish grimness ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Although I generally agree with you, this looks like the Vauxhall of countries to me. DSdriver and Sigmund Fraud 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChinaTom Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 It is the same as everywhere else - good and bad. A 33km traffic jam in the mountains taking 15 hours to clear is probably quite bad A relaxed attitude to meetings, cheap fags and the ability to smoke them at will is pretty good Food is usually excellent and plentiful Odd drinking customs are usually pretty good Cracking Charcuteries Always an opportunity to annoy a German with lack of breakfast options Occasionally drinking far far too much and worrying that you have woken up in the bloody Andes is quite fun Can be bloody cold though Great chod Basically, get out of the cities, and the place dramatically improves. forddeliveryboy, DSdriver, Sigmund Fraud and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drum Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Great travelogue Gareth.Plus one for more pics and words. Isn't there a Chinese RR Evoque? (as opposed to the Indian one we get here). Edit: found a pic johngarty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethj Posted January 18, 2017 Author Share Posted January 18, 2017 China Tom as ever comes in with the details. As I'm only travelling if it's reeeeally important my life is spent with suppliers which means I don't get much time to myself to get around. By the time I get out of the factory it's very dark which makes photos a but rubbish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overrun Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 This is amazing to see. Excellent job, lads!I have only ever been to Hong Kong, in 1990. For a stopover en route to live in Western Oz, and all I remember (was 8 years old) is the place was a filthy shit hole everywhere, except for the hotel, which rose like a brilliant brand new beacon from between the overcrowded apartment blocks etc. That, and McDonald's. The only thing I would (could) eat.I also vividly recall the dearly departed Kai Tak airport. Mostly because the pilot banked violently and burst my ear drum. I swear you could see into peoples apartments after the plane banked at the mountains and lined up for final approach. Not a very forgiving airport, with the runway stretching into the harbour, and off limits to all but the best of pilots. Awesome. I struggle to recall any vehicles with more than 3 wheels, save for the odd taxi. What an amazing, ever changing country. They get a bit too much stick IMO. They aren't much different to when Japan began making cars etc. cms206, martc, garethj and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 http://autoshite.com/uploads/monthly_01_2017/post-612-0-73309300-1484655914.jpg That looks positively civilised, I mustard mitt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overrun Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 ^ Which one is Joe? Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChinaTom Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 China Tom as ever comes in with the details. As I'm only travelling if it's reeeeally important my life is spent with suppliers which means I don't get much time to myself to get around. By the time I get out of the factory it's very dark which makes photos a but rubbish. In a way, I had the opposite problem. Being in an agriculture based industry, a 2 hour appointment with a customer needed 24 hours each side to get there and back. Lots of photo opps, but tragically low time efficiency! How long are you out there for? Another vote from me to post more pics if you can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KruJoe Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 Which one is Joe? Me? I think that's China_Tom. Brill thread! The rural pics and dining fare share many similarities with up-country Thailand where I am right now. (Note to self: Must revive my thread. Spottings are as plentiful as ever.) overrun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChinaTom Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 Yeah, that's me, but a fair few years ago! I'm also going to hazard a guess that GarethJ is staying in the Pullman Changan hotel. garethj and overrun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overrun Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 Me? I think that's China_Tom. Brill thread!The rural pics and dining fare share many similarities with up-country Thailand where I am right now. (Note to self: Must revive my thread. Spottings are as plentiful as ever.) Oh yeah! Soz mate (and Tom), it was early! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthonyG Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 Buick only survived the GM brand cull in 09 due to its popularity in China, it is indeed GM's biggest selling brand in China. I think the lack of older cars is due to periodic bans/scrappage schemes trying to deal with the pollution problems. I have a 1980 copy of National Geographic with a China article, the street scenes show lots of bicycles, the odd bus and lorry, and no cars. Apart from the Honqi Red Flag limousine, practically the only car made in China from the 1960s to the mid 1980s was the Shanghai, a copy of a Ponton Mercedes with squarer front and back.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_SH760# I love the idea of a car called the Trumpchi! garethj 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alusilber Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 I was over in China with work about 13 years ago. Mostly Chinese-built VWs, Audis, Citroens and the odd Buick in Beijing IIRC. The blue 3-wheeler pickup things actually had a dashboard with dummy instrument stickers on it, like my Action Man's Land Rover. Lacquer Peel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian_pt Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Random stuff found in places you wouldn't expect is one of my very favourite aspects of shite. Here's a Sierra in China in 1986. KruJoe, Mr_Bo11ox, alcyonecorporation and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthonyG Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Amazing. I'd be tempted to say a Western embassy car, although there's a very Chinese looking dude driving (in the standard blue jacket).What's the white saloon going the other way do you reckon? Mid 80s Nissan Laurel? I also think I spy a Mitsubishi L200 just coming into shot, brown with a beige coach line as well - snazzy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2MB Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 This thread is gold, and the Shanghai fake Mercedes is possibly the best thing I've ever seen. Wonder if there are any left? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Buick only survived the GM brand cull in 09 due to its popularity in China, it is indeed GM's biggest selling brand in China. I think the lack of older cars is due to periodic bans/scrappage schemes trying to deal with the pollution problems. I have a 1980 copy of National Geographic with a China article, the street scenes show lots of bicycles, the odd bus and lorry, and no cars. Apart from the Honqi Red Flag limousine, practically the only car made in China from the 1960s to the mid 1980s was the Shanghai, a copy of a Ponton Mercedes with squarer front and back.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_SH760# I love the idea of a car called the Trumpchi!theres one of those at louwman in the hague Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordperv Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 That's not a place to go to, that's a place to run away from while screaming awwwwwww godzirra!Edited for funnyness even though i know godzilla was in japan, i found it funny anyway Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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