Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Cost of Japanese car inspection

--- On Fri, 7/10/09, Jed Rothwell wrote: Jed, New York state is never to be outdone in the stupidity department. You should read the inspection manual for here; it is a three-ring circus. 1. If a car has a 1mm hole in a rear taillight lens, it fails. Because, you know, that tiny bit of white

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Cost of Japanese car inspection

Google maps are astounding. This link puts Ukashima in the middle of the page and opens a photo of the village: http://maps.google.com/maps/mpl?moduleurl=http:%2F%2Fmaps.gstatic.com%2Fintl%2Fen_us%2Fmapfiles%2Fmapplets%2Fpanoramio%2Fpanoramio.xml&mapclient=google&gl=us&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=33.971552,1

[Vo]:OFF TOPIC Cost of Japanese car inspection

I looked up the cost and frequency of Japanese mandatory car inspections ("shaken" in Japanese). Here is a Q&A page in Japanese from the Min. of Land, Infrastructure and Transport: http://www.mlit.go.jp/jidosha/kensatoroku/question/index.htm The first question is: "Is is true that in America they