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   =?iso-2022-jp?q?Hachiroku_=1B$B%O%A to Mike Hunter   
   Re: Toyota's massive recall woes halt pr   
   27 Jan 10 16:06:16   
   
   XPost: alt.autos.toyota.camry, alt.autos.toyota, alt.autos.lexus   
   From: Trueno@e86.GTS   
      
   On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:59:44 -0500, Mike Hunter wrote:   
      
   > Then why mention GM, when Toyota has the problem?  Are you trying to make   
   > Toyota look good?   
      
   Why would I do that?   
      
   Just because they have had fewer, and less serious recalls than GM, even   
   though they have been selling cars all over the world since before WWII?   
      
      
      
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   > "Hachiroku ????"  wrote in message   
   > news:pan.2010.01.27.20.16.59.805726@e86.GTS...   
   >> On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:23:36 -0500, Mike Hunter wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> How do you thinks that would that have prevented Toyotas massive safety   
   >>> recall?    LOL   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >> It wouldn't. But I am betting GM has learned NOTHING and will keep   
   >> making the cheapest product possible to please the shareholders, and not   
   >> the customers.   
   >>   
   >> Toyota will learn from this.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>> "Hachiroku ????"  wrote in message   
   >>> news:pan.2010.01.27.17.55.34.757905@e86.GTS...   
   >>>> On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:10:50 -0500, Mike Hunter wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> GM stopped production  of the Fiero years ago and not longer makes   
   >>>>> Pontiac. GM today is comprised of Chevrolet, Buick, Cadillac and GMC   
   >>>>   
   >>>> And still haven't learned anything.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Government should have let them sink, except for the 68,000 union   
   >>>> votes it brings in.   
   >>>>   
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   >>>>   
   >>>>> "Hachiroku ????"  wrote in message   
   >>>>> news:pan.2010.01.26.23.00.55.736541@e86.GTS...   
   >>>>>> On Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:31:35 -0800, john wrote:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> "Toyota Motor Corp. said today it would halt production at five   
   >>>>>>> North American plants and order dealers to stop selling eight   
   >>>>>>> models recalled last week over concerns with sticking accelerator   
   >>>>>>> pedals."   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> From The Detroit News:   
   >>>>>>> http://apps.detnews.com/apps/blogs/danielhowesblog/index   
   php?blogid=350#ixzz0dmQAmB7B   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Instead of 'slowing down' when an error is realized, Toyota stops   
   >>>>>> production.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Gm would do well to learn from this. Burning Fieros, CV joints   
   >>>>>> wleded to make a FWD engine a RWD engine, etc.   
   >>>>>>   
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