Quote Originally Posted by leonleon View Post
Yes, cars in japan older than 10 years had to pass an extra test every 2 years.

Cars older than 13 years pay additional 10% annual tax which is like USD 25.00 every two years.

So this Shaken law is not really a dealbreaker to why japs dispose cars very fast.

More like most japs don't know much about cars or be bothered to maintain them well

That's the main reason they just buy new when something breaks down.

Parang mga rich people here lang.

Buy new when the car is sirain na.
Not a good comparison naman yung rules ng Japan to the situation here. They have many local car companies, and that law is designed to benefit those companies by forcing the people to buy new cars.

Banning old cars in the Philippines has no benefit to the local economy, and people will say that it's anti-poor (which is true), and also against our own right to property. Might as well force people to sell their old watches, and renovate all the old homes.