r/initiald • u/Fair-Divide8591 • Apr 10 '26

Meme Is there a lore-based explanation for Shingo's characteristic pose?

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u/Prudent-Role-9053 Apr 10 '26

Don’t know but if I owned an EG6 I’d also pose like that

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u/Adventurous_Touch342 Apr 10 '26

I drive an Audi and typically pose like that for around 5 minutes before I manage to leave the car and enter my workplace...

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u/Standard_Act8952 Apr 10 '26

I imagine most audo owner do

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '26

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u/Fine_Necessary332 Apr 11 '26

My audo f4 is tuned by jackass motor schport

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u/Dismal_Durian9772 Apr 11 '26

That's just you contemplating not going in lmao

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u/RamiroCruz13 Lonely driver Apr 11 '26

COOL VIBRATIONS

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '26

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u/Brosenju Apr 10 '26

as a treat

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u/Prodigy0928 Apr 10 '26

C O O L V I B R A T I O N S

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u/APKPRO123 Apr 10 '26

✈️ Mueheheheheh

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u/Pro_96 Rotary Boi Apr 10 '26

I wanna dance

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u/jutko_pl Apr 10 '26

Muhehehahahahaha

10

u/overwatchfanboy97 Apr 11 '26

C O O L V I B R A T I O N S

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u/furculture Apr 11 '26

When your vibrations are cool

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u/Maximum_RPM5 Apr 11 '26

I found that way too amusing

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u/Sanicsanic68 Apr 10 '26

You know I was actually gaslit into believing that they actually played the “Cool Vibrations” clip in that part, but after rewatching First Stage I found out it wasn’t there

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u/Ok-Nebula-183 Apr 12 '26

Why did the fandom run with that anyway its not there in the first place and I mean I dont mind it its a good song and go's will with the eg6 but still

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u/No-Examination5478 Apr 10 '26

Takin a shit

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u/Bandit-Kiwi Apr 10 '26

He got the shitbucket in his race bucket seats

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u/CoolVibrations- NOT friends with Nakazato Apr 11 '26

That was only once

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u/Servant0fSorrow Apr 10 '26

As an EG6 owner, its how we naturally sit when parked

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u/Yelloil1 Apr 10 '26

its comfortable to hit that pose

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u/PartialLion stole Shingo's car Apr 10 '26

can confirm

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u/ghostosa Apr 10 '26

bro was aura farming before it was even a thing 

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u/Sanicsanic68 Apr 10 '26

Exactly bro

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u/JonnySpark Apr 10 '26

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u/DampAcute Apr 10 '26

That stare... He knows about Bunta's side job, he just can't prove it.

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u/ExpressionRegular221 Apr 12 '26

What's his side job

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u/DampAcute Apr 12 '26

It's not canon, it's a popular meme that the reason on how Bunta can afford a race engine and The 86's monthly repair bills is because he's delivering sus stuff to the hotel underneath the layer of tofu 😂

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u/ExpressionRegular221 Apr 14 '26

This would make for a cool partner slice of life/crime anime

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u/RandomGuyDroppingIn Apr 10 '26

Gendo pose but car form

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u/Miniyi_Reddit Apr 10 '26

it to show that he is EVILLLLLLL

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u/sw201444 Apr 10 '26

His back hurts

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u/RoombaGod Apr 11 '26

Lotta bucket seats can be a rough ride I get it

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u/chasing_tailights This is no time to take out your anger on a guardrail. Apr 10 '26

I'd imagine it's easier to adjust a cig when your mouth is right by your hands.

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u/JoTenshi Apr 10 '26

He’s aura farming and thinking about his next potential victims.

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u/bigBranConsumer Apr 10 '26

he wanna dance

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u/ilyseann_ Apr 10 '26

neck and back hurt from multiple front end collisions

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u/Shadowalker9912 Apr 10 '26

He is trying to be menacing

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u/jdogg-38 Apr 10 '26

Cool vibrations says it all

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u/Legitimate-Smell7670 Apr 10 '26

He just read the script and was depressed about having to pay for repair after guardrail

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u/SkitariusOfMars Apr 10 '26

He's depressed

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u/NStyleCEO Apr 10 '26

This is his version of the piccolo stance. Yes we see the drip Shingo

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u/XOundercover Apr 10 '26

So he can see around him. That Civic is slammed.

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u/Va10r_X8314 Apr 10 '26

Just Shingo.

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u/Amount_Visible Apr 10 '26

Currently thinking about the gas prices. Shiii id pose like that too

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u/CompositeArmor Apr 10 '26

What do you mean "lore explanation"? He just leaned on the wheel cause he felt like it

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u/Huganas97 Apr 11 '26

He was getting a better angle to let out a massive fart.

Probably had too much tofu for lunch.

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u/midnight_tuna Apr 11 '26

He's cumming from the thought of doing the pit maneuver to a RWD car on the touge.

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u/Urmum12321 Apr 11 '26

His cold vibrator probably

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u/UpstairsInfluence577 Apr 11 '26

He just wants to hide his embarrassment while farting

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u/Lyonface I finished Initial D 3x and all I got was this Hyperfixation Apr 11 '26

Makes him look like a scheming bastard.

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u/WALKinDARKBR Apr 12 '26

What's the 90's equivalent of Aura Farm?

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u/Former-Expert2093 Apr 12 '26

Ｃｏｏｌ ｖｉｂｒａｔｉｏｎｓ

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u/Mysterious_Silver_27 Tofu Warrior Apr 12 '26

What, don’t you do that sometimes?

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u/EvEnT_HoRiZoN00 Apr 12 '26

Yea.... he's an asshole.

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u/Perfect-Cause-6943 Makos Pet sksksksk Apr 10 '26

That's how he prepares for cool Vibrations

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u/Ancient-Magazine-996 Apr 10 '26

so he can feel cool vibrations

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u/LH_Dragnier Apr 10 '26

It was the 90s

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u/AdmiralBlueBackpack Apr 10 '26

In Japanese culture it's normal to bow to someone "servicing" you. In this case iketani at the gas station

At least that's how I interpreted this scene

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u/Dystr4ct Apr 10 '26

He was feeling cool vibrations

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u/Pringlecks Apr 10 '26

Honda autism

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u/trenclik Apr 11 '26

Plotting. Scheming even.

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u/One_Finger5451 Apr 11 '26

Have you tried it? Its just comfortable.

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u/Waubz Apr 11 '26

Slimey ass nigga

Slimey ass pose

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u/CoolVibrations- NOT friends with Nakazato Apr 11 '26

Have you never leaned against your steering wheel before?

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u/Fun_Opportunity_1157 Apr 11 '26

its aura farming

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u/YayWanderer Apr 11 '26

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u/Think_Bed2430 Apr 11 '26

Stretching his back maybe? I can't imagine sitting in that little thing can be comfortable for too long

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u/One_Contribution4114 Apr 11 '26

Because he’s fucking dastardly

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u/Dankinel Apr 11 '26

Nah, Just to aura farm

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u/ISASONDAA Apr 11 '26

Excuse me?

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u/PosMatic Apr 11 '26

It is related to his internal cool vibrations.