>From what I have read, Japan raises the taxes on older vehicles to the point >that it isn't economic to keep them beyond a certain point. This is also the >reason that used JDM (Japanese domestic market) engines find their way to the >U.S.
I recall seeing a RHD Subaru wagon used as a rural carrier's vehicle a few years back. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 22, 2015, at 17:46, Willie2 via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 03/22/2015 11:31 AM, Lee Hart via EV wrote: >> Glen Hoag via EV wrote: >>> AFAIK, all rural carriers use their own vehicles these days. Around here, >>> some are still using ex-USPS Jeep DJ-5s, though most have been replaced by >>> newer vehicles. >> >> Around here, they all switched from private cars to postal vehicles a good >> decade ago. There were debates at the time about safety. People using >> regular cars had to sit on the passenger's side (to reach the mail boxes), >> and drive with only their left hand on the wheel and left foot to (barely) >> reach the accelerator and brake. Can't reach the turn signals, so they >> weren't used. That led to accidents. >> >> Today, I don't know what the Post Office's policy is nationwide. Does anyone >> have a mail carrier that uses their personal car? > Here in central Texas, most or perhaps all carriers use their own cars. I > think all have converted to right drive. One friend has a wife that is a > carrier; I've offered to lend them an EV to try. Route is about 50 miles. > She had been using a surplus USPS Jeep. She recently acquired a used Cherokee > that had it's origin in Japan. Apparently Japan outlaws vehicles before they > become well used; many seem to be parted out and/or exported. > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
