I 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 se

I 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.