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Originally Posted by Nardi330
Japanese service is really amazing.
back when i had a JDM Honda Civic Type R (EP3), i visited a Honda dealer at Osaka for some small parts. i personally speak zero Japanese and unfortunately there wasn't any staff that speak much English. a lady invited me to sit down at a desk and offered my a drink. then i said in English i wanted to buy some parts and she introduced a guy from parts and sat down with me. i tried explaining what i want (i searched for pic off the net etc and saved them in my iphone to show them) and we chatted using translation app on the iphone. it took us 2 hours of chatting to finally order 30,000 yen worth of parts and organised postage to my hotel. they never showed any sign of impatient etc and i felt sorry for wasting so much time during the process but they were very accomodating. so wish the dealers in Australia are as good as them.
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LOL... your post reminds me of the local Honda motorcycle shop. I needed
some wheels for while I was here (once a gear-head, always a gear-head), so I got a little 400cc motorcycle. The few times I took it in for service, there was nobody at the shop who spoke English, and my Japanese was even worse at that time. But the lady who met with customers had no problem pointing and pantomiming, and I had no problem doing the same. So for people watching the two of us the time I was trying to explain what services I needed done (oil change, chain-lube, tire air-pressure, etc...), as well as trying to ask if they would wash the bike or not... they must have thought the circus had come to town! LOL...
God I'm going to miss this country. My FR-S is going to be working double-time to try and console me.
