The Japanese tsunami impacts everything, from cars to toilet paper. Most Japanese car makers were closed since after the catastrophe and will remain closed at least until mid April. Many paper mills are in the affected area, and all paper, from glossy stock to the softer kind, is in short supply. Publishers of Japanese illustrated pulp fiction have canceled the printed version and direct their readers to the Internet instead. Tokyo corporations battle a wave of toilet rolls vanishing from their restrooms, from where they find a way to the toire at home. While these may be temporary outages, the lack of stable electrical power emerges more and more as the biggest impediment to the recovery of the Japanese industry. It will affect you and your car, in one way or the other. (Read More…)
Recent Comments
Scoutdude - The problem in many cases IS the hitch. Shortly after the announcement I was behind a GC and immediately noticed that it had an aftermarket hitch where the...
brid1970 - What makes Miles stand out is that it was the company that spawned Coda, the feisty EV upstart written about a lot in the automotive...
Caboose - Or, sans tin-foil hat, payback for driving on a suburban two-lane at ton-up speeds at 4:30 a.m., in an...
Athos Nobile - Oh Marcelo, sorry, but that Multipla in the first picture is FUGLY. I’ve been in one, it’s huge inside, but also ugly. So I rather not...
993cc - I always thought it looked like a Dodge Neon being humped by a slug. But I like it. I’m weird that way.
Redshift - Not really equal to compare an exhaust choked stock rotary to a modified 3800. My NA RX7 once it’s tuned will be in the...
Lorenzo - Exactly. Say what you want about butt-kissing but it keeps the paychecks coming.
DrivenToMadness - This is a serious question. I know this car doesn’t photo very well, but for all the haters, have you really looked at one in the flesh? To me, it...
dantes_inferno - Hmm, so that’s where those darned Pinto design blueprints went to…
jimbob457 - God bless you. In the words of our great President William Jefferson Clinton: “I feel your pain”. So, why are you still, after all this...