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XPost: alt.autos.toyota.camry, alt.autos.toyota, alt.autos.lexus
XPost: rec.autos.tech
From: Mikehunt2@lycos,com
Perhaps but one has to ask, if you could afford a new car today would you
buy the one with a bubble in the glass or the one that can go out of control
and kill your wife and children? ;)
"ransley" wrote in message
news:d357c704-0348-4c1b-9de7-7d7d3e67aa1f@m16g2000yqc.googlegroups.com...
> On Jan 27, 12:30 am, jr92 wrote:
>> On Jan 26, 7:37 pm, Hachiroku ハチロク wrote:
>>
>> > On Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:07:03 -0800, jr92 wrote:
>> > > What they are doing now is is simply a PR move.
>>
>> > > Many are considering it to be a desperation tactic.
>>
>> > > Time will tell if their PR move pays off.
>>
>> > > Myself,
>>
>> > > I value my loved ones' well-being too much to risk putting them into
>> > > the
>> > > likes of a Toyota.
>>
>> > Really? What DO you put them into?
>>
>> Good old GM cars.
>>
>> Perform better in crash tests than their Japanese counterparts.
>>
>> Are more fuel effecient than their Japanese counterparts.
>>
>> Have much better performance than their Japanese counterparts.
>>
>> Are not recalled nearly as often as their Japanese counterparts.
>>
>> Engines dont sludge, suspensions dont rust, and throttles dont stick
>> wide open nearly as often as their Japanese counterparts.
>>
>> > My last Toyota was recalled for...
>>
>> > the antenna not mounted to the body correctly, which may cause static
>> > on
>> > the radio.
>>
>> And my last Pontiac was recalled for an external thermometer guage not
>> reading accuractly.
>>
>> > With Ford sticking stickers on the dash saying, This car may go into
>> > reverse at any time...
>>
>> Of course, certain Toyotas could have used a sticker warning drivers
>> that the throttle could stick wide open at any time.
>>
>>
>>
>> > Chevy making rolling blunders
>>
>> And certain Toyotas rolling over, period.
>>
>> > I'll stick to Toytota. They aren't perfect, but about as close as you
>> > can
>> > get at a good price.
>>
>> Prices on many models are certain to go up, due to shortages, because,
>> at least for the time being, they arent being made anymore. (I guess
>> there goes your "good price")
>>
>> There is a rumor going about that the vechicles throttles may stick
>> open. making them too dangerous to drive.
>>
>> I guess that proves they "aren/t perfect."
>>
>> In my books, that is FAR from being perfect.
>
> PONTIAC, you compare Toy to PONTIAC
> HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAA, you gota stop lyin
> to yourself !! When I look at Consumer Reports ratings all the Black
> marks on pontiac make me wonder how they survived this long. I went to
> a dealer to look at one and drove it, the front windshield had 4 air
> bubbles in it, it was a cheap black plastic interior, it reminded me
> of that cheap 70s look on how they always looked dirty inside. I asked
> if I could get brown, yea he said, but the dash would have been that
> cheap black crappy looking shit, it dove hard, steered stiff and I
> said to the salesman, " any company willing to pass this defective
> piece of crap windshield with 4 air bubbles in it wont get my vote for
> confidence that any bearings or anything elseis not defective or crap.
> PONTIAC is the cheapest crap made besides Yugo. And you bs on milage
> and all else is nothing but lies, and I am not driving a toyota right
> now, but I still have one thats fine, a 91.
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