XPost: alt.autos.toyota.camry, alt.autos.toyota, alt.autos.lexus   
   XPost: rec.autos.tech   
   From: Trueno@e86.GTS   
      
   On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:54:30 -0500, C. E. White wrote:   
      
   >   
   > "Hachiroku ハチロク"  wrote in message   
   > news:pan.2010.01.27.18.20.10.668434@e86.GTS...   
   >   
   >>  No other car maker ever had a throttle stick.   
   >> Should we talk about automatic transmissions that AUTOMATICALLY shifted   
   >> themselves into Reverse? and all the government required was a sticker on   
   >> the dash?   
   >   
   > So what are you trying to say - a 2010 Toyta is almost as good as a 1978   
   > Ford?   
   >   
   >>   
   >> What to see John go running for cover?   
   >>   
   >> CORVAIR!!! CORVAIR!!! CORVAIR!!!   
   >   
   > Or that a 2010 Toyota is marginally better than a 1960 Crvair?   
   >   
   > Weak.   
   >   
   > My opinion is that this whole sticky accelerator pedal is way overblown if   
   > the problem is really only what is being reported. But then that was true   
   > for the Ford transmission problem and especially true for the Corvair.   
   > Corvairs were far safer than VW Bettles of that era, or most other imported   
   > cars, yet Ralph "The Trial Lawyers Best Friend" Nader picked on the Corvair.   
   > I wonder why...Oh wait, GM was a g juicy target for scum sucking trial   
   > lawyers. Welcome to the club Toyota - you are now the big juicy target.   
   >   
   > If Toyota isn't paying you - they should.   
   >   
   > Ed   
      
   After the number of trouble-free Toyotas I have owned, yeah, I still like   
   them. They were bound to have a problem. They will fix it, and it will be   
   a long time before they make another mistake. Not like GM, where there is   
   a recall issued on almost every new model, and quite a few of them severe.   
      
   People still cheer GM, even after a number of models had conditions where   
   they would catch fire. Same goes for Ford.   
      
   All in all, in terms of numbers of safety recalls, I'll still roll the   
   dice with Toyota before GM.   
      
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