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From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 24 Feb 2010 00:21 On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:59:15 -0600, Bob Cooper wrote: >> You wouldn't be the service manager I talked to today by chance, would >> you? > > You were clear in your initial post. > He's a Toyota fanboy. You're a Toyota customer. Big difference. We didn't get to be 'fanboys' by not being 'customers' first. When your head comes out, does it do it with a loud <POP>!!!
From: jim beam on 24 Feb 2010 00:29 On 02/23/2010 05:52 PM, Derek Gee wrote: > "Picasso"<picasso.ng(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > news:ab83dee2-35ca-4ff3-96dd-294d9f3d2055(a)o3g2000yqb.googlegroups.com... >> On Feb 19, 2:04 pm, Neo<residualselfimage1...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> On Feb 16, 8:10 pm, Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B<Tru...(a)e86.GTS> wrote: >>> >>>> This fellow knew what to do to bring his car to a screeching halt. >>> >>> here are some videos - it should work with any car with a on-off >>> button >>> >>> How to stop a Car if the accelerator sticks >>> Consumer >>> Reports/ABChttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT07_JbnKWQ&feature=related >>> >>> 1. apply constant pressure to the brake >>> 2. set the transmission to neutral while >>> still pressing the breaks >>> 3. when the car stop - press the on-off >>> button for over 3 second to turn off the >>> car >>> >>> ========= >>> >>> Is Toyota's Stuck Throttle Problem Real? >>> And What can you do >>> Dan Edmunds. Edmunds.com >>> Videohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u53oRzkRIbY&feature=related >>> >>> Bottom hinged accelerator are okay but >>> top hinged accelerator might get obstructed >>> by all weather mats. Also several methods >>> to stop a runaway car. >> >> >> What the hell is an on off button?? >> >> Put the car in neutral, stop, easy as that? > > Apparently not. The lady who testified to Congress today about her runaway > Lexus stated that she did put the car in neutral and it didn't stop, even > with both feet on the brake pedal. > > Derek > > and you believe perjury??? -- nomina rutrum rutrum
From: IYM "S U N on 24 Feb 2010 08:24 Derek Gee wrote: > "Picasso" <picasso.ng(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > news:ab83dee2-35ca-4ff3-96dd-294d9f3d2055(a)o3g2000yqb.googlegroups.com... >> On Feb 19, 2:04 pm, Neo <residualselfimage1...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> On Feb 16, 8:10 pm, Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B <Tru...(a)e86.GTS> wrote: >>> >>>> This fellow knew what to do to bring his car to a screeching halt. >>> here are some videos - it should work with any car with a on-off >>> button >>> >>> How to stop a Car if the accelerator sticks >>> Consumer >>> Reports/ABChttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT07_JbnKWQ&feature=related >>> >>> 1. apply constant pressure to the brake >>> 2. set the transmission to neutral while >>> still pressing the breaks >>> 3. when the car stop - press the on-off >>> button for over 3 second to turn off the >>> car >>> >>> ========= >>> >>> Is Toyota's Stuck Throttle Problem Real? >>> And What can you do >>> Dan Edmunds. Edmunds.com >>> Videohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u53oRzkRIbY&feature=related >>> >>> Bottom hinged accelerator are okay but >>> top hinged accelerator might get obstructed >>> by all weather mats. Also several methods >>> to stop a runaway car. >> >> What the hell is an on off button?? >> >> Put the car in neutral, stop, easy as that? > > Apparently not. The lady who testified to Congress today about her runaway > Lexus stated that she did put the car in neutral and it didn't stop, even > with both feet on the brake pedal. > > Derek > > In all seriousness, I didn't read her transcript, but I can see the above might happen IF (big if), she had been trying to stop her vehicle for a bit before she threw it in neutral. She could have overheated and glazed the brakes trying to stop it before it occurred to her to throw it in neutral...Just a thought...
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 24 Feb 2010 15:10 On Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:24:30 -0500, IYM wrote: > Derek Gee wrote: >> "Picasso" <picasso.ng(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >> news:ab83dee2-35ca-4ff3-96dd-294d9f3d2055(a)o3g2000yqb.googlegroups.com... >>> On Feb 19, 2:04 pm, Neo <residualselfimage1...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>>> On Feb 16, 8:10 pm, Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B <Tru...(a)e86.GTS> wrote: >>>> >>>>> This fellow knew what to do to bring his car to a screeching halt. >>>> here are some videos - it should work with any car with a on-off >>>> button >>>> >>>> How to stop a Car if the accelerator sticks Consumer >>>> Reports/ABChttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT07_JbnKWQ&feature=related >>>> >>>> 1. apply constant pressure to the brake 2. set the transmission to >>>> neutral while >>>> still pressing the breaks >>>> 3. when the car stop - press the on-off >>>> button for over 3 second to turn off the car >>>> >>>> ========= >>>> >>>> Is Toyota's Stuck Throttle Problem Real? And What can you do >>>> Dan Edmunds. Edmunds.com >>>> Videohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u53oRzkRIbY&feature=related >>>> >>>> Bottom hinged accelerator are okay but top hinged accelerator might >>>> get obstructed by all weather mats. Also several methods to stop a >>>> runaway car. >>> >>> What the hell is an on off button?? >>> >>> Put the car in neutral, stop, easy as that? >> >> Apparently not. The lady who testified to Congress today about her >> runaway Lexus stated that she did put the car in neutral and it didn't >> stop, even with both feet on the brake pedal. >> >> Derek >> >> >> > In all seriousness, I didn't read her transcript, but I can see the above > might happen IF (big if), she had been trying to stop her vehicle for a > bit before she threw it in neutral. She could have overheated and glazed > the brakes trying to stop it before it occurred to her to throw it in > neutral...Just a thought... I'm thinking she had the shifter in Sport and didn't know she had to get it back through the gate to Neutral. Familirization with an automobile is key. They write owners manuals just for that purpose! Imagine that!
From: Paul Hovnanian P.E. on 24 Feb 2010 19:09
Derek Gee wrote: > [snip] > > Apparently not. The lady who testified to Congress today about her runaway > Lexus stated that she did put the car in neutral and it didn't stop, even > with both feet on the brake pedal. Well, then put the transfer case in neutral. ;-) -- Paul Hovnanian mailto:Paul(a)Hovnanian.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ A mathematician is a machine for converting coffee into theorems. |