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If you own a Japanese car, really take notice of the JIS section. I spent years stripping out screws before I finally learned of the JIS screws. I always just t
by olyjohn 9y ago
If you own a Japanese car, really take notice of the JIS section. I spent years stripping out screws before I finally learned of the JIS screws. I always just thought it was me, or the screws were too tight. Nope, you need a JIS screwdriver to work on your car properly. Makes the job of taking everything apart about 10x easier. I'm honestly pretty blown away with how many Japanese cars, and how much culture there is around them, and how few people realize the screws are different.
- dfc 9y agoI don't count national standards as "culture." But I am curious what other culture you think goes unnoticed inside of Japanese cars?
- zachsnow 9y agoI imagine the idea was that, despite there being so much "car culture" around Japanese cars, many within the culture aren't aware of these things. I certainly had never heard of JIS screws, and I have worked on the odd Japanese motorcycle now and again.
- nkurz 9y agoI think you have misinterpreted him. His says there is culture around the cars, not within them. He is expressing surprise that even among aficionados whose self-identity sems defined by modifying and repairing Japanese cars, there is surprisingly little realization that a Phillips screwdriver is rarely the right tool for working on a Japanese product.