9 Things You Should Never Say To A JDM Fanboy

JDM fanboys can be very defensive over their cars, so we asked you: what is the worst thing you could say to a JDM car lover? Here are the best suggestions!
9 Things You Should Never Say To A JDM Fanboy

1. I like Hondas. Mine does a great job of mowing the lawn

Suggested by CTzen Wheel Nuts
Suggested by CTzen Wheel Nuts

Putting a lawnmower at the same level as an S2000 or a Civic Type R is a good way to upset a JDM fanboy.

2. When does V-Tec kick in?

Suggested by CTzen Casey
Suggested by CTzen Casey

Making sarcastic remarks about one of their favourite engine features is not the best way to start a friendship with a Japanese car lover.

3. All Japanese cars are rice

Suggested by CTzen by Wheel Nuts
Suggested by CTzen by Wheel Nuts

Just because there tends to be a number of wings on spoilers on Japanese cars doesn’t mean they’re riced - JDM car lovers will quickly defend themselves at such accusations.

Answer to this suggestion by CTzen Erik Swanson!
Answer to this suggestion by CTzen Erik Swanson!

4. Jokes like this:

Suggested by CTzen Julian Solem
Suggested by CTzen Julian Solem

Do not laugh at their engine’s size - they feel proud of extracting great performance, fuel efficiency and reliability from smaller engines, and besides, no one likes to hear they have a small anything…

5. When will you put tribals on your car?

Suggested by CTzen Nicola Jovic
Suggested by CTzen Nicola Jovic

For a proper JDM fanboy that works on the heart of his car instead of the body style it must be frustrating to have people assume they’re purely motivated by aesthetics.

6. The GTR is not the best car ever created

Suggested by CTzen Szymek S
Suggested by CTzen Szymek S

True or not, would you like to be told that your dream car isn’t the best in the world?

7. Walk up to their S2k and say: “Nice Miata, bro”

Suggested by CTzen u88rich
Suggested by CTzen u88rich

This is probably more annoying for the Honda owner, but either way, fans of both of these cars are borderline fanatical, so recognising their car for what it is will ensure no facepalms are endured.

8. Have you seen the new Datsuns?

Suggested by CTzen in_cognito
Suggested by CTzen in_cognito

It’s been Nissan for a while now! This joke has been around since Datsun died out in the 80s, so you’re not being original, either…

9. The Nissan GT-R drives by itself

9 Things You Should Never Say To A JDM Fanboy

In particular, our very own Neil Winn will hate to hear this one!

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Comments

Haseeb Chowdhury

As a JDM fanboy I think the r35 isn’t a great car at all, at least compared to its predecessors

04/10/2016 - 13:38 |
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Dante Aguirre

I don’t get #7. Datsun is life.

04/10/2016 - 13:44 |
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The white comet of Akagi

don’t ever say to a jdm fanboy, or more specifically a rotary fanboy (me) “are you going to swap an ls in there”

04/10/2016 - 14:01 |
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Clayton Antonio Duran

I’ve had someone come up to me in my mx5 and say “nice MR2 mate”

04/10/2016 - 14:16 |
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Anonymous

If i had to choose between a mazda miata and a s2000 i would choose the s2k

04/10/2016 - 14:17 |
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Fiero Nation

One thing to also never mention if you savour your life:

“The Fiero is better than the Toyota MR2”

All hell will break loose…

04/10/2016 - 14:24 |
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A V8 will fit in a fiero

04/10/2016 - 14:39 |
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Anonymous

JDM is life

04/10/2016 - 14:31 |
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The JDM Master

I approve of this post 👍

04/10/2016 - 14:36 |
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Afonso Silva

I love JDM but the GT-R is not even the best japanese car for me, LFA and NSX are.

04/10/2016 - 15:13 |
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