00:00 John Daub: In 140 meters, make a left turn. First car in Japan. I waited 23 years for this, Peter. What made you decide this car and... Hold on a second, I think I can... What made you decide this car and... Why BMW? It's Japan. They make awesome cars.

00:27 Peter von Gomm: Yeah, they do.

00:54 John Daub: And I looked at a lot of different cars. But this one suited the style that I wanted. I wanted a kind of hatchback type, fastback.

01:21 Peter von Gomm: It's all about the style with you. Left turn.

01:48 John Daub: Well, not necessarily. And I don't care if it's BMW. I just like the body style of it.

02:15 Peter von Gomm: Well, the body. It's all about the body. I like bodies.

02:42 John Daub: But it also has a good track record. It's a diesel, believe it or not.

03:09 Peter von Gomm: What? But it's a fast one. It's a turbo diesel. What's the advantage of a diesel? Isn't a diesel more expensive?

03:36 John Daub: Oh, wow. Okay, well I see. Nothing congested. So the speed limit is for you. Okay. Yeah. Zero to... That was zero to speed limit in two seconds. It's a pretty quick car.

04:03 Peter von Gomm: Yes. But, yeah, it's... It's the first car. I'm a car guy.

04:30 John Daub: I thought you were a bike guy. Motorbike.

04:57 Peter von Gomm: Well, I'm a motorbike. But... Make a left turn. Moto, moto. Interesting. I like cars. And I've always had fun cars in America before I came to Japan. 150 meters. Make a left turn. So this was the first one that I got.

05:24 John Daub: Okay. Toka Texas writes in here, here's a ticket to go see Shin Ultraman and then tell us what your thoughts are. I promise it's better than the sandwich. Okay. Yeah, that Shin Ultraman. Is that playing here?

05:51 Peter von Gomm: No. I think it is. I'm a fan of Ultraman.

06:18 John Daub: Wow. For no particular reason. Whoa. Yeah, diesels get a bad rap. The old diesels, they all had kind of that clanky sound, right? Like trucks. Yeah. Well, isn't diesel a dirty fuel?

06:45 Peter von Gomm: No. No, it's the opposite. It's cheaper. Don't you want to take a right, right?

07:12 John Daub: Oh, shoot. I got to talking. Yeah, and you're left. So... Yeah. So what do you do? I guess we're going the long way around. Uh, let's see if somebody will let me in.

07:39 Peter von Gomm: Oh, yeah. Yeah, I don't... Yeah, really? The BMW guy. That's another reason why you don't want to buy the... Super expensive car. Don't make a scene, Peter. Okay. Yeah... Your arrow is green now. Yeah, I know, but there's no cars coming up behind us. That's true. So... I think we'll change before that taxi comes and gets angry with me. I don't want to even show this, the carnage in front of us. Please, baby Jesus. Okay, so this... It's got green light. This guy's going to hopefully let me in. Thank you. That's very nice of him. Japanese drivers in general are fairly polite. We saw them were two white guys completely lost. Well, one. That had something... One completely lost. That's right. Uh... This is Toyosu. This is on Tokyo Bay, so we're kind of wrapping around it. Maybe we'll get a chance to go there. We'll go over one of the bridges. Mmm. But I would have gone straight according to the navi map.

08:06 John Daub: Here, I can take it out. Can we show them your navi map?

08:33 Peter von Gomm: Sure. So this is Peter's navi map here. I would have gone straight this way, but the navi is telling you to go another way. Yeah. There's different ways to go, of course. But the ultimate is to go across the Rainbow Bridge, the top, once you get on the expressway. It's such an amazing sight. Yeah, we couldn't do that with the... With the direction that we're coming from. I live in Chūō-ku (中央区，central Tokyo ward), which is the... Like a Nihonbashi area, so the Rainbow Bridge is in a roundabout way. So that's a new angle to look at it. That's pretty cool.

09:00 John Daub: Why didn't you tell me you bought a new car? Were you hoping to do this to shock the world?

09:27 Peter von Gomm: Yeah, I was gonna surprise you. It was hilarious this morning. Yeah, you know, I'm looking for you to motorbike, because you said we were gonna do a motorbike, so we do PR shots for the Kickstarter project we're thinking about doing. So why are we actually driving here?

09:54 John Daub: Sorry. We're actually driving because we're going to Ricoland, which is the motorcycle everything superstore. Superstore. And it's at Tokyo Bay. Helmets, jackets, gloves, communication devices, boots, parts for your bike they do, customization, everything.

10:21 Peter von Gomm: Yeah, and I'm gonna dress up like Negan from Walking Dead. He looked like a motorbike rider, cyclist. Except he had a bat named Lucille, I believe. Named after his wife.

10:48 John Daub: Yeah. Lucille? That was, uh... You did not watch Walking Dead with Negan?

11:15 Peter von Gomm: No, I did not. No, when you're wearing your leather jacket and you're smirking, you look just like Negan. But that's B.B. King's guitar, Lucille.

11:42 John Daub: Oh, yeah. Well, maybe he got it from there. I don't know. Lucille was in a fire, a house fire in Survivor. Walking Dead's not a real show, Peter. We're going straight here. At least as far as we know. Oh, I used to, this used to be the route that we'd run the Tokyo Marathon down this road. It's changed quite a bit. We're almost there?

12:09 Peter von Gomm: Yeah. We're almost there. Wow. What's it say? 1104, we arrive. Yeah. It's, yeah, it's about three, four stops on the Yurakucho Line for me, so it's not too bad. Nice. It's, I like this area of Tokyo, too. It's so wide. It's easy to drive. Tokyo Bay. Yeah, for sure. Wangan Dori is the one that...

12:36 John Daub: What's that? Have you seen that before? The tree? It's got like veins.

13:03 Peter von Gomm: What? That's a, um, pachinko place. They kind of went the next, went the distance when they made that thing. Yeah, I don't play pachinko, but if they keep making dolls, I'm gonna play it. If they keep making dolls like that, I might. They know what, they know what dudes want. They want to go inside of a tree house, right? Yeah. That's a, looks like a freaky tree house. We do have beautiful weather. This is maybe the best time of year to visit Japan, right before the rainy season, um, May, early June. Air's still cool out. Air's still cool. I got long sleeves and jeans because I go to motorcycle school in an hour or two.

13:30 John Daub: Yeah, so how do you feel about that? Today will be your first day riding, actually?

13:57 Peter von Gomm: Yeah, my first day riding on the bike. I... I seem okay with it. I've ridden like motorbikes before, 50cc small ones, but this is a different beast. Did you actually sit on the bike you'll be riding? The Honda? No. It's a, it's a Honda. Uh, today I will. CB400. Yeah, today I will and hopefully I don't crash.

14:24 John Daub: You won't. But as long as I have gloves and a helmet on, if I did, I'd be okay with it, maybe. So it's not my bike.

14:51 Peter von Gomm: Is that the wrong... That's your reputation. That's the wrong... Just my reputation and my pride. That's the wrong way to look at it. It's not my bike. It's somebody else's so I can crash it. Uh, so for those that don't know, we're thinking about doing a, um, a motorcycle trip. Gonna make you sweat or what it's called. I was like overplayed so much back in the early 90s. This is the boot of a, maybe cement truck, I think. It looks really interesting. The booty? Yeah. And we're pulling into Ricoland, which is the motorcycle gear. Left turn, now. Wow, and they even have a Starbucks in Ricoland. Ooh, that's new. Really? Yeah. Wow. Now I hope to have car parking. They have plenty of bike parking, but. I wonder how many. That's why. I thought you were gonna come by motorcycle. I like, there's gonna be parking here. Is this the in or is this the out? The out. Rico Suave is from my wife's country, Ecuador. You have reached the end of your journey. Yeah, MC Hammer. Remember MC Hammer? You're gonna have to grab the ticket. Whoever grabs the ticket pays for parking. Can you reach it? Wasn't it free if you buy a certain amount? Push the button, Peter. Wasn't it free if you buy a certain amount? I hope so. They won't bring it in with us. Uh. Park. Park. Um, Toto House, we're driving in Peter's new car, so we're gonna, oh, it's gonna be dark in here, we can't show it too much, but that's okay. I can park outside.

15:18 John Daub: Well, you can stop outside for a couple of minutes. Yeah. It might be pretty nice for people to see that. I better put it in my pocket, the ticket. Self-service car wash. What? That's cool. That little booth in there, you can wash and detail your own car. Look, that guy's doing it! Oh, man. Probably another BMW. I guess you could pull in one of theirs without washing it, right? Is that a Tesla? That lady's got a Tesla? Oh, my gosh, she does. She's got something. I'm talking about the car, Peter. She's got a, uh, the same vacuum cleaner that Kanae has. Why does she have a car vacuum? It's not a car vacuum. It's the, um, what's it called? The, uh, Dyson. Some people say, don't get your wife a vacuum for her, for her birthday, but that's exactly what she wanted. In Japan, everybody backs into their spaces, except this guy. He's got it going. He's a rebel, probably one of us. And I'm gonna do the same. Yeah. You go like... Everybody backs in. Always gotta back in. It's like, if you back in, how do you put the stuff into your trunk? Exactly. Yeah, I don't understand it. It bugs me. Well, and it doesn't bug me. I mean, I don't get offended by them. I do. You do? You get offended by that? Oh, right. So, I brought my camera with 135 millimeter. Irvin would appreciate that. Except, we don't have the motorcycle, so we don't have the camera. So, I can't take PR shots for the Kickstarter. Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa. Let's do a... We can do a car trip in Kyushu. We'll do PR trips when the fall comes around for that. I'm putting you onto the gimbal, everybody, so... Are we okay to go inside with that? No, we're not gonna go into Ricoland with... And I'd have bikers angry at me with baseball bats and... Fire around his bat, Lucille. All right, you guys are going for a ride. There's a whole new set of... Uh-oh. There's a whole new set of worries when you have a car. People opening their car door onto yours, finding a place to park, paying for that parking. In Tokyo, it's crazy expensive. It's like average 200 to 300 yen per 20 minutes. 20 minute blocks. Right. Sometimes 15. I've seen 10. Wow. Yeah, it depends on the... I can't even imagine Ginza trying to park there. Crazy expensive. And I... This is... This is interesting. I'll show you. I got a parking space for the car. So, this... We should do a video on buying a car in Japan. It's crazy, man. All the paperwork. It's really off-putting. How long did it take you from... Well, when I... I started looking quite a while ago, and then I found this car, and told them I wanted it, and started going through the hoops of the process. One of the processes... Before you can even... Yeah. So, they have what's called a shaken (車検，vehicle inspection), which is the vehicle inspection for motorcycles and cars. Well, so, to transfer the title over, you have to get shaken and go through the test center. Well, in order to do that, there's other steps before that, and one of those steps is proving that you have a parking space for your vehicle in Tokyo.

15:45 Peter von Gomm: Really?

16:12 John Daub: Yes. So, the police came to my house and measured my garage, and I had all my motorcycles in there, bicycles. And I was like, sorry, it's kind of messy. He's like, oh, it's okay. It's just confirming that this, in theory, your car will fit in this garage.

16:39 Peter von Gomm: What?

17:06 John Daub: Yeah. So, anyhow, because I have the bikes and things, I had to get a parking space somewhere else, and they're not cheap, so there's lots of expenses.

17:33 Peter von Gomm: Wait, you have a garage and a house, and you're renting a parking space right now? Yeah. Why? Well, I just explained. I have all the motorcycles. Well, put it inside the house. I don't know. Right. Well, so... I'm hiding from the police, and when they go, bring the bikes out. So, what I did was I found this other parking space. I wouldn't do that. And check this out. You pull it... Wait, wait, wait. This is hilarious. So, it's a tower, and the cars, it's one of those automatic... Oh, the carousels. Yeah. So, it's like a Ferris wheel inside. Check it out. Oh, did you leave your camera in there to... No, there's a window. Oh, wow. Yeah. Give me some carnival music. Okay. So, it's like... Is that carnival music? No. But, yeah. So, it's like this Ferris wheel contraption inside, and it just goes around, around. It shuffles the cars. And there's 30 cars, 30 spaces. So, what's really cool, though, is you pull in straight, and then it turns the car around. Oh, you got one of those... Wow. Okay. So, one of those ground wheel things. No, it's not. But, it's... This whole platform rotates. Oh, wow. It just spins all the way around 90 degrees, and then you pull out straight. Yeah, it's in the ground, right? That thing that... No, it's not that. Not that one. Oh, it's not that one? No, no, no. You know what I'm talking about? Yeah. Okay. Interesting. Well, let's get outside and take a look at the amazing car you bought.

18:00 Peter von Gomm: Sure. I do have to hide my $8,000 camera. Hide your jealousy. Yeah, right. Your car costs more than my camera. Isn't that weird? Ugh. Are you serious? I gotta bring my wallet. All right. Why did you pick this color? Hold on. Nobody can hear you. Well... Of course, you're dressed in all black. But, turn it off, huh? Does the car fit the man? What do you say when you pick this color? What are you telling the world?

18:27 John Daub: Because... Blue is beautiful. You always wear black. I thought maybe you'd get a non-color color. Well, what I like is cars... The body lines of cars show up better on the car. I think it's because of the colors. So, there's... This model is the 118d, which is diesel. But it's the Shadow Edition. So, it has these special, like, little features on it. And it's the M model, motorsport, BMW motorsport. So, it's a little more high performance. I don't know a lot about it yet. I haven't done much research. But I saw it, and I really liked the color. There weren't many that were in this color. No. You don't see that in Japan much. Yeah. I don't know. So, I was like, wow, the body lines stand out nicely. It's a pretty color. And so, that's what I wanted to do. I saw a pink Porsche yesterday. Wow. Yeah. Walking around Asakusa Shinmachi. Wow, look at the wheels and the tires are thin. Yeah, those are low profile tires. The wheels are custom wheels. What? Like, did you custom? Or they custom? No, it was all in there. Interesting. This is a 2019. Wow. I don't even want to ask what you paid for, but I'm sure you got a deal. Yeah, Japan, used cars in Japan, you can get really good deals on. So, yeah, it wasn't dirt cheap, but it wasn't super expensive either. For my first car in 23 years, I wanted to have something. I waited that long. I wanted something that had a little bit of a sporty edge to it. What? Is it so low? I don't know how you're going to drive around the countryside in that. You're going to have to drive around the countryside. You're going to drag race it. Look how low it is to the ground. You're going to smash this up on the curbs and stuff. No, I'm not going to do anything crazy. Just staying on the roads. Really? Off road. See, what if you hit like truck stuff or something? See, I would have gotten like a SUV or something. So you went sporty though. I looked at SUVs also. Right? Yeah, I looked at SUVs. I looked at Toyota Corolla Sport, which is a hybrid. Yeah. I wanted something with good gas mileage. It was pretty good gas mileage. Is it a hybrid? No, because diesel gets better gas mileage than the standard. Oh, the regular. Yeah. And it's cheaper. But no real change in the performance. The BMW diesel, as compared to the... Well, it's such a beautiful car. I'm sure if you keep it in good shape, you can just sell this and maybe even make your money back. Sell it to somebody who... Maybe you. I'm not buying that. Sell it to some sucker like John Doe. I'm not buying that. I want something that's a little bit less sporty. I was thinking I might want a sports car and then I grew up. Well, but look, it's got four doors, so it's still a family car. Well, because it got four doors. Yeah. Actually, that's a pretty good point. Okay. All right. And the back is... John Michael, I saw you chime in earlier and I think that was Katayama. Thank you, guys. I might have missed something. People get angry if I cut off Peter. But I mean, look at that. Look how spacious it is. You could ride back here, Peter. I could. Chan could live back here. Look at that. He lives in a trunk. Yeah. That's a lot of open space for him. Chan, what do you think? Do you have any USB ports or ventilation or... We could crack the window for him. I guess so. And I'm not even sure what's in here. I've never even looked in here. What's... Hatchback is always preferable. Well, it's the jack. The jack if you get a flat tire, I think. So it has five doors, essentially. Is that what you're saying? Yeah. That comes from Matthew. Well, if you count this one, that's six. Six doors. Right here. That's a six door. It's a door that leads to... Well, it's a door. I guess it would be, yeah. Well, you mean a car door. Anybody got any BMW people that can educate me on this? I know nothing about the car, basically. Yeah. If you have any Beemer people that are out there, you can leave a comment and get me to read it. Any do's or don'ts for a 118d? Well, it's a pretty sweet ride for your first car. And I'm very surprised. But yeah, delightfully surprised. What's this thing? That's for a roof rack. Oh, roof rack. Wow. Then that would make it... That's not as sporty. That would make it more... Yeah, more utilitarian. People are trying to guess the price. 50K. Someone said 60K US. Not even close. I think you got a pretty good deal. Did you promise that you would do some services for them? I'll do some narration work for you if you give it to me. For the dealer? Yeah. I should have. I should have. I didn't think of that. Really? There's some bartering for a discount. You know what? If you said that to me, I'd be like, I don't know. I jacked the price up. So, we'll see your success from there. Okay, well, guess what? I just jacked it up. 80,000. I like the wipers. These are very thin. I appreciate the things that other people don't appreciate. Like here, connected drive. I don't know what that is, but... That's like a road service, I think. That looks pretty cool. Did it come inclusive with the driver cam? The dashboard cam? What do you call that? Dash cam. But there's another name for that. Another name for dash cam? I think it's dash cam. I think it's dash cam. Yeah, it came with it. Well, very good, Peter. So, this is Peter. You want to stand by your new car and act cool? Or stand from this side and I'll get a... You guys can send Peter a screenshot on his Instagram. All right, this is Peter and his new car. That's my truck behind him. A bottle of water. Hey, go over by the driver's side and act cool. That's on this side. Oh, the passenger side. We're on the right-hand drive. Well, yeah, but... It's the driver's side. All right, yeah. Send him this postcard, this picture. He'll be really happy. Peter and his first car. So, yeah, free rides, anybody that comes. They said pop the hood. Free rides. Okay. Oh, really? I've never even looked at the hood. Are you saying... Wait, before you bought it, you didn't look underneath the hood to see if they'd yanked some wires or something? Maybe I did, yeah, just briefly, yeah. Really? All right, we'll do it quick because Peter's got to get some helmet. Ricoland is over there, by the way. Anybody know how to... I don't... I would think you would get vanity plates, knowing you. Well, actually, it is a vanity plate. Oh, yeah. It is? That's a custom plate. The guy told me, everybody does it, just get the custom plate. I could choose the numbers. I chose my lucky number. That's what the mafia does. My lucky number is 13. Whoa. That's clean. It is pretty clean. Because I spit everywhere. So, it only had 20,000 miles on it, you said? 20,000 kilometers. 20,000 kilometers. So, that's like 15,000, 14,000 miles. That's not a lot. Yeah. Jeez, it's hot. Sweet ride. What is that, a V8? No, no, it's an inline four. Inline four. Okay. Turbo. Turbo. Oh. Twin-powered turbo. Do you pay more because of the turbo? I'm not sure. I always thought turbo was... It's a standard. I always thought turbo was a con. What do you mean, turbo in Tokyo? It's like, you turbo for half a second, and then you stop because there's a traffic light. Yeah, but that half second is very exhilarating. That adds up to a lot of seconds over 10 years. It does. It's a lot of exhilaration. That's almost a full second. 10 years of... All right, guys. So Mika writes in here about 38,000 USD. That's what he's writing here. Motorcycle7 approves. Thank you. Well, welcome to Ricoland. Got a motorcycle helmet on.

18:54 Peter von Gomm: Yeah, and I'm gonna dress up like Negan from Walking Dead. He looked like a motorbike rider, cyclist. Except he had a bat named Lucille, I believe. Named after his wife.

19:21 John Daub: Yeah. Lucille? That was, uh... You did not watch Walking Dead with Negan?

19:48 Peter von Gomm: No, I did not. No, when you're wearing your leather jacket and you're smirking, you look just like Negan. But that's B.B. King's guitar, Lucille.

20:15 John Daub: Oh, yeah. Well, maybe he got it from there. I don't know. Lucille was in a fire, a house fire in Survivor. Walking Dead's not a real show, Peter. We're going straight here. At least as far as we know. Oh, I used to, this used to be the route that we'd run the Tokyo Marathon down this road. It's changed quite a bit. We're almost there?

20:42 Peter von Gomm: Yeah. We're almost there. Wow. What's it say? 1104, we arrive. Yeah. It's, yeah, it's about three, four stops on the Yurakucho Line for me, so it's not too bad. Nice. It's, I like this area of Tokyo, too. It's so wide. It's easy to drive. Tokyo Bay. Yeah, for sure. Wangan Dori is the one that...

21:09 John Daub: What's that? Have you seen that before? The tree? It's got like veins.

21:36 Peter von Gomm: What? That's a, um, pachinko place. They kind of went the next, went the distance when they made that thing. Yeah, I don't play pachinko, but if they keep making dolls, I'm gonna play it. If they keep making dolls like that, I might. They know what, they know what dudes want. They want to go inside of a tree house, right? Yeah. That's a, looks like a freaky tree house. We do have beautiful weather. This is maybe the best time of year to visit Japan, right before the rainy season, um, May, early June. Air's still cool out. Air's still cool. I got long sleeves and jeans because I go to motorcycle school in an hour or two.

22:03 John Daub: Yeah, so how do you feel about that? Today will be your first day riding, actually?

22:30 Peter von Gomm: Yeah, my first day riding on the bike. I... I seem okay with it. I've ridden like motorbikes before, 50cc small ones, but this is a different beast. Did you actually sit on the bike you'll be riding? The Honda? No. It's a, it's a Honda. Uh, today I will. CB400. Yeah, today I will and hopefully I don't crash.

22:57 John Daub: You won't. But as long as I have gloves and a helmet on, if I did, I'd be okay with it, maybe. So it's not my bike.

23:24 Peter von Gomm: Is that the wrong... That's your reputation. That's the wrong... Just my reputation and my pride. That's the wrong way to look at it. It's not my bike. It's somebody else's so I can crash it. Uh, so for those that don't know, we're thinking about doing a, um, a motorcycle trip. Gonna make you sweat or what it's called. I was like overplayed so much back in the early 90s. This is the boot of a, maybe cement truck, I think. It looks really interesting. The booty? Yeah. And we're pulling into Ricoland, which is the motorcycle gear. Left turn, now. Wow, and they even have a Starbucks in Ricoland. Ooh, that's new. Really? Yeah. Wow. Now I hope to have car parking. They have plenty of bike parking, but. I wonder how many. That's why. I thought you were gonna come by motorcycle. I like, there's gonna be parking here. Is this the in or is this the out? The out. Rico Suave is from my wife's country, Ecuador. You have reached the end of your journey. Yeah, MC Hammer. Remember MC Hammer? You're gonna have to grab the ticket. Whoever grabs the ticket pays for parking. Can you reach it? Wasn't it free if you buy a certain amount? Push the button, Peter. Wasn't it free if you buy a certain amount? I hope so. They won't bring it in with us. Uh. Park. Park. Um, Toto House, we're driving in Peter's new car, so we're gonna, oh, it's gonna be dark in here, we can't show it too much, but that's okay. I can park outside.

23:51 John Daub: Well, you can stop outside for a couple of minutes. Yeah. It might be pretty nice for people to see that. I better put it in my pocket, the ticket. Self-service car wash. What? That's cool. That little booth in there, you can wash and detail your own car. Look, that guy's doing it! Oh, man. Probably another BMW. I guess you could pull in one of theirs without washing it, right? Is that a Tesla? That lady's got a Tesla? Oh, my gosh, she does. She's got something. I'm talking about the car, Peter. She's got a, uh, the same vacuum cleaner that Kanae has. Why does she have a car vacuum? It's not a car vacuum. It's the, um, what's it called? The, uh, Dyson. Some people say, don't get your wife a vacuum for her, for her birthday, but that's exactly what she wanted. In Japan, everybody backs into their spaces, except this guy. He's got it going. He's a rebel, probably one of us. And I'm gonna do the same. Yeah. You go like... Everybody backs in. Always gotta back in. It's like, if you back in, how do you put the stuff into your trunk? Exactly. Yeah, I don't understand it. It bugs me. Well, and it doesn't bug me. I mean, I don't get offended by them. I do. You do? You get offended by that? Oh, right. So, I brought my camera with 135 millimeter. Irvin would appreciate that. Except, we don't have the motorcycle, so we don't have the camera. So, I can't take PR shots for the Kickstarter. Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa. Let's do a... We can do a car trip in Kyushu. We'll do PR trips when the fall comes around for that. I'm putting you onto the gimbal, everybody, so... Are we okay to go inside with that? No, we're not gonna go into Ricoland with... And I'd have bikers angry at me with baseball bats and... Fire around his bat, Lucille. All right, you guys are going for a ride. There's a whole new set of... Uh-oh. There's a whole new set of worries when you have a car. People opening their car door onto yours, finding a place to park, paying for that parking. In Tokyo, it's crazy expensive. It's like average 200 to 300 yen per 20 minutes. 20 minute blocks. Right. Sometimes 15. I've seen 10. Wow. Yeah, it depends on the... I can't even imagine Ginza trying to park there. Crazy expensive. And I... This is... This is interesting. I'll show you. I got a parking space for the car. So, this... We should do a video on buying a car in Japan. It's crazy, man. All the paperwork. It's really off-putting. How long did it take you from... Well, when I... I started looking quite a while ago, and then I found this car, and told them I wanted it, and started going through the hoops of the process. One of the processes... Before you can even... Yeah. So, they have what's called a shaken (車検，vehicle inspection), which is the vehicle inspection for motorcycles and cars. Well, so, to transfer the title over, you have to get shaken and go through the test center. Well, in order to do that, there's other steps before that, and one of those steps is proving that you have a parking space for your vehicle in Tokyo.

24:18 Peter von Gomm: Really?

24:45 John Daub: Yes. So, the police came to my house and measured my garage, and I had all my motorcycles in there, bicycles. And I was like, sorry, it's kind of messy. He's like, oh, it's okay. It's just confirming that this, in theory, your car will fit in this garage.

25:12 Peter von Gomm: What?

25:39 John Daub: Yeah. So, anyhow, because I have the bikes and things, I had to get a parking space somewhere else, and they're not cheap, so there's lots of expenses.

25:57 Peter von Gomm: Wait, you have a garage and a house, and you're renting a parking space right now? Yeah. Why? Well, I just explained. I have all the motorcycles. Well, put it inside the house. I don't know. Right. Well, so... I'm hiding from the police, and when they go, bring the bikes out. So, what I did was I found this other parking space. I wouldn't do that. And check this out. You pull it... Wait, wait, wait. This is hilarious. So, it's a tower, and the cars, it's one of those automatic... Oh, the carousels. Yeah. So, it's like a Ferris wheel inside. Check it out. Oh, did you leave your camera in there to... No, there's a window. Oh, wow. Yeah. Give me some carnival music. Okay. So, it's like... Is that carnival music? No. But, yeah. So, it's like this Ferris wheel contraption inside, and it just goes around, around. It shuffles the cars. And there's 30 cars, 30 spaces. So, what's really cool, though, is you pull in straight, and then it turns the car around. Oh, you got one of those... Wow. Okay. So, one of those ground wheel things. No, it's not. But, it's... This whole platform rotates. Oh, wow. It just spins all the way around 90 degrees, and then you pull out straight. Yeah, it's in the ground, right? That thing that... No, it's not that. Not that one. Oh, it's not that one? No, no, no. You know what I'm talking about? Yeah. Okay. Interesting. Well, let's get outside and take a look at the amazing car you bought.