Toyota Corolla May Be Recalled over Steering Problem
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From: Clive on 24 Feb 2010 07:38 In message <hm2chk$lug$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, =?iso-2022-jp?q?Hachiroku_=1B$B%O%A%m%=2F=1B=28B?= <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> writes >One thing I've noticed, and I don't like, is that it doesn't self cancel >once you've gone below ~35 MPH like the told ones did. If you had it set >for 70MPH on the highway, (er, Motorway...) and go into town, if you were >to hit the lever accidently, it's off to the races. I wonder how many >incidents of UA were caused by this? Not on my car, the cruise control will not function under 27 miles per hour and if engaged whilst driving keeps the speed of that engagement not any previous one. -- Clive
From: Clive on 24 Feb 2010 07:40 In message <coh9o59885athdsqn5b54n8bnq8fl4f2v4(a)4ax.com>, Ashton Crusher <demi(a)moore.net> writes >Tell that to all the dead Toyota victims. Of which the NHTSA will only confirm 5. -- Clive
From: AZ Nomad on 24 Feb 2010 09:19 On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:28:47 -0700, Ashton Crusher <demi(a)moore.net> wrote: >On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:53:47 -0500, Hachiroku ???? <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> >wrote: >>On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:32:41 -0700, Ashton Crusher wrote: >> >>> On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:48:40 -0500, "C. E. White" >>> <cewhite3(a)mindspring.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>>>"Ed Maier" <evmaiertakethisout(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message >>>>news:hlu5is$uvm$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >>>> >>>>>> Read Kimberley A. Strassel's article in this weekend's Wall Street >>>>>> Journal. >>>>>> >>>>>> Seems the whole flap has indeed been concocted by the owners of >>>>>> Government >>>>>> Motors, and now it's backfiring on them. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> Here's a link to Strassel's article: >>>>> http://online.wsj.com/article/potomac_watch.html >>>>> >>>>> Eddie >>>> >>>>Can you summarize the article. I don't subscribe, so I could only see the >>>>teaser. Sounds like another Government scandal in the making. >>>> >>>>Ed >>>> >>>> >>> >>> It's an opinion piece without a shred of evidence for it's allegations. A >>> typical right wing hit piece aimed at undermining the Obama >>> Administration. The WSJ has no credibility anymore. >> >>So far, EVERYTHING about Toyota is an 'opinion piece' without anything >>pointing one way or the other. >> >> >Tell that to all the dead Toyota victims. Go find one. It's a little tough after trying to avoid the 3000 highway victims every month to find one of those toyota victims.
From: cuhulin on 24 Feb 2010 09:47 Toyota also makes some forklifts and lift trucks.I guess they are doing OK. Toy ta. Toybota. cuhulin
From: AMuzi on 24 Feb 2010 14:01
>>> Some medling is justified, even necessary ( some level of safety >>> standards for instance), but all to often politicians try to >>> micro-adjust the economy to buy votes. It rarely works out well. > Bob Cooper wrote: >> The biggest meddler here is the press - including her - and Toyota owners >> who want the issues resolved. >> And most of the "pressure" is coming from Toyota owners. The conspiracy >> wackos and fanboys are in another category. Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/ wrote: > I guess you didn't see where I said if Toyota comes up with a mea culpa, > and doesn't do something about it then it's time to go shopping for > another car. > At least one that's closer than 2,500 miles away. That's easy: http://bbs.freetalklive.com/index.php?topic=4993.0 -- Andrew Muzi <www.yellowjersey.org/> Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |