It is very expensive to own a car in Japan. Gasoline, Highway tolls, Labor, cost of repairs & insurance cost up to 4 times more than US. One needs parking permit before they purchase a car, average parking in a commercial area is over $500 per month
Why do engines from Japan have low miles ?
By japaneseengine at 2007-07-26 05:32:05
Why do engines from Japan have low miles ?
It is very expensive to own a car in Japan. Gasoline, Highway tolls, Labor, cost of repairs & insurance cost up to 4 times more than US. One needs parking permit before they purchase a car, average parking in a commercial area is over $500 per month. Japanese vehicles have less miles in comparison to the US. So, a 10 year old car in Japan might have 50,000 miles on the engine compared to 100,000 on US engine. There are no after-market parts, Read More.....
Locating low mileage, good-running engines & transmissions is a challenge. It requires great deal of endeavor, passion & infrastructure to keep our inventories stocked up. Right from the genesis of our company our aim has been to stock as much as possible; low mileage, well-maintained, running engines with good compression, no sludge & no cracks on the block. Our head Read More.....
We have a great nexus of trustworthy suppliers who have been making containers for us for over 15 years. All engines are pulled from running cars, engine is started while in the car.
When we receive the container in the US, each & every engine is compression tested. To measure the cylinder pressure, we take out the spark plug, connect a pressure gauge to the cylin Read More.....