Toyota Problems
07-13-2010, 04:24 PM
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Toyota Problems
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100713/ap_on_...s_toyota_recall
"The Department of Transportation has analyzed dozens of black boxes in Toyota vehicles involved in accidents blamed on unintended acceleration, finding the throttles were open and the brakes were not engaged, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday"
lots of people who dont know how to drive blaming toyota for their problems. Not to say that toyota didnt fail in the first place...but the shtstorm that came after their admittance was ridiculous.
"The Department of Transportation has analyzed dozens of black boxes in Toyota vehicles involved in accidents blamed on unintended acceleration, finding the throttles were open and the brakes were not engaged, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday"
lots of people who dont know how to drive blaming toyota for their problems. Not to say that toyota didnt fail in the first place...but the shtstorm that came after their admittance was ridiculous.
07-13-2010, 04:32 PM
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Too little, too late. The damage is done and Toyota's cash has been drained. You'll never hear an apology from any of the talking empty-heads who blew the whole ordeal out of proportion in the first place and caused actual panic among a lot of Toyota owners. I still think the asshole in California who lied about his Prius malfunctioning should have been charged with slander. And the buffoons in DC who grilled Toyota's execs all need to go out and get productive jobs.
07-13-2010, 04:53 PM
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Yep.. just like the whole audi fiasco. Toyta is also to blame for not having all the failsafes/checking out the initial reports & quickly fixing the mats/sticky pedals...
but media for the loss on this one, I think.
but media for the loss on this one, I think.
07-13-2010, 05:36 PM
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OK, if we are willing to accept that an entirely electronic throttle system can malfunction, why would we draw the line concerning "black box" data recording systems?
Conversely, if one believes electronic systems are infallible, I have some swamp land in Florida to sell you. You're guaranteed to profit! Your own computer is saying so!
Conversely, if one believes electronic systems are infallible, I have some swamp land in Florida to sell you. You're guaranteed to profit! Your own computer is saying so!
07-13-2010, 06:17 PM
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saw an article on this earlier today. if it really was just a case of people mashing down the accelerator on accident instead of the brakes, shouldn't we see equal rates of these cases across the board for all vehicles? maybe they are, i don't have any of the numbers. seems strange though...
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07-13-2010, 11:31 PM
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Originally Posted by rustywave,Jul 13 2010, 04:17 PM
saw an article on this earlier today. if it really was just a case of people mashing down the accelerator on accident instead of the brakes, shouldn't we see equal rates of these cases across the board for all vehicles? maybe they are, i don't have any of the numbers. seems strange though...
07-14-2010, 05:51 AM
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Originally Posted by VAD,Jul 13 2010, 04:32 PM
Too little, too late. The damage is done and Toyota's cash has been drained. You'll never hear an apology from any of the talking empty-heads who blew the whole ordeal out of proportion in the first place and caused actual panic among a lot of Toyota owners. I still think the asshole in California who lied about his Prius malfunctioning should have been charged with slander. And the buffoons in DC who grilled Toyota's execs all need to go out and get productive jobs.
. P.s. had no problem selling it but the chaos was ridiculous.