Suck on that Toyota - Page 2

Homeslice · 01-28-2010, 04:24 PM

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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 · 01-28-2010, 04:27 PM

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

azoomm · 01-28-2010, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Homeslice

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.

Right.

And, somehow it lost Neutral in the shuffle...

dumb dumb dumb

Dave · 01-28-2010, 05:24 PM

im reminded of the car and driver article where they proved how little a WOT situation affects most cars ability to stop.

Phenix_Rider · 01-28-2010, 09:43 PM

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Originally Posted by azoomm

Right.

And, somehow it lost Neutral in the shuffle...

dumb dumb dumb

Dunno about you, but most people I've seen drive have no idea what that "N" means. Or when to use "1" and "2" for that matter- all they know is "D" goes forward, "R" goes back. And "P" means park - but can't figure out how to use a hand brake.

I heard something on the news about an earlier outbreak of Toyotas where the carpet got stuck in the pedal.

azoomm · 01-28-2010, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Phenix_Rider

...I heard something on the news about an earlier outbreak of Toyotas where the carpet got stuck in the pedal.

Do you know WHY?? They purchase new ones and put them over the top of the ones that come with the car. Those silly engineers developing the hooks in the floor... those are useless in the hands of the general consumer.

I SO want to teach people how to drive... hell, I'd be happy if they could learn how to merge...

Gas Man · 01-28-2010, 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

Those who hold this out as some sort of vindication for the Big Three had better consider this; the recall is the result of a part manufactured by an American sub-contractor, made in a Canadian city.

SPECIFIED, DESIGNED, and QA/QC'd by TOYOTA.
the pedals where made in Canada by CTS out of Indiana

And this just in: Toyota has suspended the sales and production of a lot of models worldwide for the exact same reason, and the parts on those cars were NOT made by an American company.

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Originally Posted by wildchild

i can only speak for me, i was glad to hear it just because it was Toyota. i know folks who wouldn't buy anything else and they would be foolish to not buy Toys because of this. Big 3 have certainly had their recalls i just like the fact it was Toyota this time.

Exactly!

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Originally Posted by 101lifts2

I've been saying this for years.....Toyota won't back it's products and the funny thing is that it has little to do with money.

Japanese arrogance.

Could be... I know many of their owners are just that way.

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Originally Posted by Phenix_Rider

I heard something on the news about an earlier outbreak of Toyotas where the carpet got stuck in the pedal.

That is what Toyota blamed it on at first, to avoid the safety recall.

fatbuckRTO · 01-31-2010, 12:11 PM

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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 · 01-31-2010, 02:12 PM

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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.

101lifts2 · 01-31-2010, 08:34 PM

Reliablity is measured by the number of reported problems, not by how well a vehicle actually holds up. So........if you deny you are at fault and reject paying for shit, your reliability is subsequently higher.

This is how Japan operates.

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Rider Moto GP Star Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 12,156	Common sense..... Not many have it as proved by this recall.

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Dave Chaotic Neutral Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Cherry Hill NJ Moto: GV1200 Madura, Hawk gt Posts: 13,992	im reminded of the car and driver article where they proved how little a WOT situation affects most cars ability to stop.