Re: the share held by banks

[Stephen Block <stephenb@xxxxxxxx>]

This message, for some reason, never got through. So I am attempting to
repost it, if it is still relevant.

How many Japanese built cars have "interference" engines? Mazda, don't think
so. Honda, yes. Toyota, do you know? ditto Suburu, Nissan? So I assume you
are joking. This is somewhat reminiscent of the  warnings given circa 1973
about the junkie Hondas and TOYotas that were about to land.  They did, and
we soon found out what GM meant by quality control: that it intended to
control quality (downward). Honda, etc, just used good ole Yankee know-how
to produce a superior car long after GM behaved as if it were impossible to
do. So why the allusion to scrapped Japanese cars? There are probably more
1973 Toyotas extant than 1983 GM's, although my evidence is probably as
strong as is yours. But you were joking, right?

Stephen Block



>
> That's true, many are.
>
> On Mon, 16 Apr 2001 04:43:49 EDT GGard97342@xxxxxx writes:
>> In a message dated 14/04/01 18:12:27 GMT Daylight Time,
>> w_b_ryan@xxxxxxxxxxx
>> writes:
>>
>>> The typical Japanese car in America is driven 200,000 miles by
>> three or
>> four
>>> successive owners.  In Japan that same car is literally forced off
>> the
>>> road at 30,000 miles through onerous "safety" and "emission"
>> regulations.&
>>> nbsp; The car is scrapped and broken down for parts which are not
>> consumed
>>> locally--that is not permitted--but shipped overseas.  Boatload
>> after
>>> boatload of low mileage Japanese engines thereby arrive at
>> American ports,
>>> presumably to replace the Japanese "interference" engines which
>> self-destruct
>>> when their timing belts break at 80,000 miles.
>>
>> I thought they were exported to New Zealand and other nearby
>> countries which
>> drive on the left.
>>
>> Geoff Gardiner
>
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