Toyota to suspend production due to quakes....

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by mav1178

This is mostly being reported as a business article. So yes, car parts and economy is relevant.

Can't have a recovery if you can't pay for it, and stoppage of production for one of the largest companies in Japan deals a blow to everything, including getting their shit straight.

-alex

Exactly! I was going to bring that up but you beat me to it. Every day that industry is shutdown has a major impact on how fast things will recover. Japan has survived earthquakes for all of recorded history but as an industrialized nation they can not survive being shut down long.

[CatScan]

Originally Posted by Cole

The drinking part is what I'm interested in. Please tell me more about kerosene and swizzle sticks. (Much to the chagrin of @Tcoat)

After two or three days, I begin to doubt my ability to drive my AT car anywhere near as fast as some 16-year old first-time MT owner. The lead in the swizzle stick helps remove all doubt that I am slower and gives me the strength to carry on. Ahh, the courage of heavy-metal poison.

I'm just lead dust in the wind. Or I have been at this for 40 years and can drive an lowly AT better than some dumbass teener who just learned how to grind the gears in an FR-S MT.

The lead confuses me so badly, but a few huffs of the TRD oiled air filter cleaner clears the mind.

Gratuitous video of Unknown Hinson.

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdSgFABwtiw"]Unknown Hinson - Voodoo Child - YouTube[/ame]

[ChrisFL]

I find it amazing that 3 huge earthquakes and the last count I heard, only 48 people have died (and 11 missing).

I love Japan...visited 4 times and though I do wish they didn't have earthquakes, it's part of what makes the country what it is, and their resilient attitude toward rebuilding after disaster strikes.