I would think that there are many Americans who think American cars are still made in inches even after 30+ years of them not being made that way. Of course cars today are not user friendly when it comes to servicing, so how would they know? Even if told they might no believe it.
Also the person may be referring to antique cars where there is a considerable amount of interest in restoring. These cars tend to be inch based and need inch parts and are worked on by back yard mechanics. So the impression from their point of view is true. Each time I go into my local auto parts store I'm still amazed that the fasteners they have for sale are mostly inch sizes compared to the few that are metric. There must be a market for these old sizes or the stores wouldn't sell them. I think it is for the restoring market and not for the cars made in the last 30+ years. Jerry ________________________________ From: John M. Steele <[email protected]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 7:44:21 PM Subject: [USMA:44553] Re: Omninerd Some of the comments made sense some didn't. One guy commented that companies that export are already metric. This is largely true, although other companies have gone metric for other reasons. Another myth perpetuated the notion you need Customary tools to work on American cars. There may be a few exceptions, but you mostly need metric tools. However, there are industries which are fiercely Customary, petroleum, aircraft, road builders to name a few. There is almost a "Two Cultures" phenomena where industries in metric and Customary camps don't deal with each other. --- On Fri, 4/10/09, Pat Naughtin <[email protected]> wrote: From: Pat Naughtin <[email protected]> Subject: [USMA:44547] Omninerd To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, April 10, 2009, 5:56 PM Dear All, You might find this site interesting. http://www.omninerd.com/polls/Metric_Weights_and_Measures_for_America_2?open_thread=22744#comment_id_22744 Cheers, Pat Naughtin PO Box 305 Belmont 3216, Geelong, Australia Phone: 61 3 5241 2008 Metric system consultant, writer, and speaker, Pat Naughtin, has helped thousands of people and hundreds of companies upgrade to the modern metric system smoothly, quickly, and so economically that they now save thousands each year when buying, processing, or selling for their businesses. Pat provides services and resources for many different trades, crafts, and professions for commercial, industrial and government metrication leaders in Asia, Europe, and in the USA. Pat's clients include the Australian Government, Google, NASA, NIST, and the metric associations of Canada, the UK, and the USA. See http://www.metricationmatters.com/ to subscribe.
