[TheOracleAtLilac]

The Japanese cars first came here during the Carter days

Japanese imports were well on their way in the early 70's & didn't wait for Carter's arrival....FWIW

[eraser2005]

Oh, but its much more fun to have something else to blame Carter for... :)

[bk1000]

"Japanese imports were well on their way in the early 70's & didn't wait for Carter's arrival.."

I guess whenever I remember the seventies (what I CAN remember of them, that is) Carter just seems to be there...My bad!