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From: Adrian on 15 Apr 2010 02:27 Doug <jagmad(a)riseup.net> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: > "Toyota suspends sales of Lexus GX 460 worldwide" > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8621402.stm > > All very well but what about the ones presently on our roads and still > threatening lives? How many times, Duhg...? THE LEXUS GX HAS NEVER BEEN SOLD HERE. From that article... "Outisde the US and Canada, the 2010 Lexus GX 460 is sold only in the Middle East and Russia."
From: "Nightjar "cpb" on 15 Apr 2010 02:57 Djornsk wrote: .... > We have a the related Pajero "Snow Athlete" which presumably is designed > to do acrobatics when you drive carelessly in winter. Superb and > affordable vehicles but to state the obvious they need to be driven > within their limits. The lock on them is not particularly good so one > occasionally has to keep a look out for pedestrians when mounting > pavements to corner or perform a three point turns &c. Are they worth extra points if you get them on the pavement? Colin Bignell
From: Doug on 15 Apr 2010 03:07 On 15 Apr, 07:57, "Nightjar <\"cpb\"@" <"insertmysurnamehere> wrote: > Djornsk wrote: > > ... > > > We have a the related Pajero "Snow Athlete" which presumably is designed > > to do acrobatics when you drive carelessly in winter. Superb and > > affordable vehicles but to state the obvious they need to be driven > > within their limits. The lock on them is not particularly good so one > > occasionally has to keep a look out for pedestrians when mounting > > pavements to corner or perform a three point turns &c. > > Are they worth extra points if you get them on the pavement? > Another example of pavement motoring? Is it not enough that these cars are fundamentally dangerous without using them on pavements too? -- UK Radical Campaigns www.zing.icom43.net A driving licence is a licence to kill.
From: Brimstone on 15 Apr 2010 03:48 "Adrian" <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:82nptrFu50U3(a)mid.individual.net... > Doug <jagmad(a)riseup.net> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were > saying: > >> "Toyota suspends sales of Lexus GX 460 worldwide" >> >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8621402.stm >> >> All very well but what about the ones presently on our roads and still >> threatening lives? > > How many times, Duhg...? > > THE LEXUS GX HAS NEVER BEEN SOLD HERE. > > From that article... "Outisde the US and Canada, the 2010 Lexus GX 460 is > sold only in the Middle East and Russia." 6000 vehicles sold worldwide, in north America, the Middle East and Russia. That's putting an awful lot of UK residents at risk isn't it Doug?
From: Adrian on 15 Apr 2010 03:53
"Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >>> "Toyota suspends sales of Lexus GX 460 worldwide" >>> >>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8621402.stm >>> >>> All very well but what about the ones presently on our roads and still >>> threatening lives? >> How many times, Duhg...? >> >> THE LEXUS GX HAS NEVER BEEN SOLD HERE. >> >> From that article... "Outisde the US and Canada, the 2010 Lexus GX 460 >> is sold only in the Middle East and Russia." > 6000 vehicles sold worldwide, in north America, the Middle East and > Russia. That's putting an awful lot of UK residents at risk isn't it > Doug? 5,000 of those were in the US, according to the articles t'other day. 400 in Canada, it seems - leaving only 580 across the Middle East and Russia. http://business.maktoob.com/20090000458322/ Toyota_halts_Lexus_GX_460_sales_in_Mideast/Article.htm 'course, it still hasn't been _banned_ anywhere. Toyota have just pulled it from the market. |