On 27 Jan 05  06:31:38, Tom Walker got back to Dan Ceppa 
-> Re: Hardware MB question

 -> The other thing was that the Japanese used US technology to market 
 -> the "correct" car 2 years earlier than the US could re-tool and 
 -> bring it to market.  

 TW> Well they had a leg up becasue Japan was basicly Small Car Country.
 TW> In fact what tyhey imported into this country in those days as a Small
 TW> Car was really Midsize to Large over there. 

That I know.  But, take a look at their response time when people 
wanted "muscle" cars again.  They beat the US competion by at 
least a full year.  


 TW> Also a note of Trivia about Japanese car owners. In most cities you
 TW> had to have offstreet parking before you can even buy a car.
 TW> And they are pretty clever in the ways they got it. One scheme is a
 TW> pole with a Hoise built in. you drive your 360CC car onto it and an
 TW> electric motor raises it up off the Street. 

I've seen those!  And, IIRC, they use them in Europe as well.  


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