Suck on that Toyota

[Gas Man]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100127/.../toyota_recall



"The Obama administration said it pressed Toyota to protect consumers who own vehicles under recall and to stop building new cars with the problem.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told WGN Radio in Chicago that "the reason Toyota decided to do the recall and to stop manufacturing was because we asked them to."

Serves them right for holding big recalls against the American Big 3. At least many of the american recalls were voluntary.

[Dave]

i wonder if the affected models were manufactured here? strong odds id say

[Trip]

I'd still buy a Toyota over anything Mexi..., i mean, American.

[fatbuckRTO]

Originally Posted by Trip

I'd still buy a Toyota over anything Mexi..., i mean, American.

Exactly. As PC said, the parts causing the recall were manufactured here. My 2009 RAV4? No defect. Its part in question? Manufactured in Japan.

And Toyota still hasn't had to rape the US taxpayers for billions just to stay afloat.

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by fatbuckRTO

Exactly. As PC said, the parts causing the recall were manufactured here. My 2009 RAV4? No defect. Its part in question? Manufactured in Japan.

And Toyota still hasn't had to rape the US taxpayers for billions just to stay afloat.

Precisely. It was only after Toyota's Japanese contractor was unable to meet production requirements, and they had to farm out production to a North American sub-contractor, that they started having issues.

[Homeslice]

What a crock of shit.

A private firm said it had identified 275 crashes and 18 deaths because of sudden, uncontrollable acceleration in Toyotas since 1999.

275 crashes over 11 years and probably 10 million Toyotas? Big fucking deal. And even among those 275, most were probably senile old farts who thought they were hitting the brakes when they were really hitting the gas..........just like the Audi thing 20 years ago.

In North Palm Beach, Fla., Clare Roden showed up at a Toyota dealership worried about the 2010 Camry she purchased recently. She was relieved when she was told her accelerator was not a problem part.

Next time check whether your model is affected before driving all the way to the dealership. Jesus, are people really this pathetic?

[azoomm]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

What a crock of shit.



275 crashes over 11 years and probably 10 million Toyotas? Big fucking deal. And even among those 275, most were probably senile old farts who thought they were hitting the brakes when they were really hitting the gas..........just like the Audi thing 20 years ago.


Next time check whether your model is affected before driving all the way to the dealership. Jesus, are people really this pathetic?

Absofuckinglutly!

I drove my Tundra yesterday to a friend's house. This friend is a marketing director for a local dealership - they've had phone calls from people demanding the dealership send a truck to pick up their car because they are afraid to drive it.

Those people don't deserve to breathe the same air the rest of us are... it's just rediculous.

[HurricaneHeather]

Originally Posted by azoomm

Absofuckinglutly!

I drove my Tundra yesterday to a friend's house. This friend is a marketing director for a local dealership - they've had phone calls from people demanding the dealership send a truck to pick up their car because they are afraid to drive it.

Those people don't deserve to breathe the same air the rest of us are... it's just rediculous.

Even though they have been driving it without a problem up until this all came out. I bet she is on the verge of punching some of those people.

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by azoomm

I drove my Tundra yesterday to a friend's house. This friend is a marketing director for a local dealership - they've had phone calls from people demanding the dealership send a truck to pick up their car because they are afraid to drive it.

Wow......And let me guess, it already has 30,000 miles on it.........And all of a sudden it's going to crash on their way to the dealer.

Sheep.

[Rider]

Common sense..... Not many have it as proved by this recall.