A childhood yearning for round eyes recalled on YouTube.
I gave up the Cresta after about two years as a result and then switched to a Daihatsu Mira (6th generation L250) MT. This satisfied him for a while, but he decided to change as it was getting old. At that time, he imagined buying a new car and maintaining a cheaper older vehicle while fixing it up. That’s when Mr Manabu came up with
“If I’m going to pay a lot of money anyway, it should be more fun to choose a slightly older vehicle that I like!”
The conclusion was.
“I’ve always had an interest in older cars, so by that time I was also interested in a Cedric 430, but I ended up with a Gloria Y33. I happened to find a video on YouTube of a car dealer introducing the Gloria Y33 Gran Turismo and saw the 2000cc regular petrol version. I was also driving a Cresta GX8, and I thought this would be okay because it’s slightly cheaper to maintain. Also, round eyes are cool! I thought it would be a good idea to get a Cresta GX8. I was looking for a Gloria Y33 all the time, except when I was eating.”
So serious was Manabu’s desire to buy one. After a friend told him that a 2000cc Gloria Y33 was available, he made a phone call, but the reply was that the car had been sold. I gave up on the idea at first, but then I happened to discover that the car had been sold at an auction by a dealer in Fukuoka Prefecture. After checking the actual vehicle, he made a quick decision, saying that it was in better condition than he had expected. That was two years ago.
“The concept of the car is to maintain it rather than tinker with it. That’s why we replace deteriorated parts as much as possible. It’s not the highest grade, so it’s not fast, but it’s not slow either. That balance is just right for me. I want to drive it every day anyway, so I have driven almost 40,000 kilometers in the last two years, although the mileage was 47,800 kilometers when I bought it. The fact that the vehicle doesn’t give me any trouble may be because I ride it around so often”
This is how Mr Manabu got the round-eyed car he has longed for since his childhood. The mileage on his beloved car will probably continue to increase in the future.
translated by DeepL
