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   XPost: alt.autos.toyota.camry, alt.autos.toyota, alt.autos.lexus   
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   On Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:30:51 -0800 (PST), jr92   
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   >On Jan 26, 7:37 pm, Hachiroku ????  wrote:   
   >> On Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:07:03 -0800, jr92 wrote:   
   >> > What they are doing now is is simply a PR move.   
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   >> > Many are considering it to be a desperation tactic.   
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   >> > Time will tell if their PR move pays off.   
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   >> > Myself,   
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   >> > I value my loved ones' well-being too much to risk putting them into the   
   >> > likes of a Toyota.   
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   >> Really? What DO you put them into?   
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   >Good old GM cars.   
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   >Perform better in crash tests than their Japanese counterparts.   
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   >Are more fuel effecient than their Japanese counterparts.   
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   >Have much better performance than their Japanese counterparts.   
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   >Are not recalled nearly as often as their Japanese counterparts.   
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   >Engines dont sludge, suspensions dont rust, and throttles dont stick   
   >wide open nearly as often as their Japanese counterparts.   
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   >> My last Toyota was recalled for...   
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   >> the antenna not mounted to the body correctly, which may cause static on   
   >> the radio.   
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   >And my last Pontiac was recalled for an external thermometer guage not   
   >reading accuractly.   
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   And GM built the 3.8 with defective intake manifolds/gaskets for HOW   
   many decades, without a fix??   
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   >> With Ford sticking stickers on the dash saying, This car may go into   
   >> reverse at any time...   
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   >Of course, certain Toyotas could have used a sticker warning drivers   
   >that the throttle could stick wide open at any time.   
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   >> Chevy making rolling blunders   
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   >And certain Toyotas rolling over, period.   
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   >> I'll stick to Toytota. They aren't perfect, but about as close as you can   
   >> get at a good price.   
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   >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")   
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   >There is a rumor going about that the vechicles throttles may stick   
   >open. making them too dangerous to drive.   
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   >I guess that proves they "aren/t perfect."   
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   >In my books, that is FAR from being perfect.   
      
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