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   clare@snyder.on.ca to All   
   Re: Something rotten here...   
   29 Jan 10 20:32:41   
   
   XPost: alt.autos.toyota.camry, alt.autos.toyota, alt.autos.lexus   
   XPost: rec.autos.tech   
      
   On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:24:25 -0500, Hachiroku ????    
   wrote:   
      
   >On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:53:15 -0500, Mike Hunter wrote:   
   >   
   >>   
   >> However in this instance EVEN Toyota is saying they have a problem with   
   >> unintended acceleration, hence the recall and stop sell order.   Perhaps   
   >> you think Toyota is mistaken?   
   >   
   >It's not 'unintended acceleration', it's a condition where the throttle   
   >does not return to idle.   
   >   
   >Slight difference. You have to have the car up to speed and then it sticks   
   >there. If she was going fast enough entering a parking space to crash   
   >through a wall, she should have taken the bus in the first place.   
   >   
   >   
   Both Toyota and CTS, the manufacturers of the pedal in question have   
   stated there are a dozen or less reported incidents of the pedal   
   sticking, resulting in ZERO accidents, ZERO injuries, and ZERO deaths,   
      
   The carpet issue is TOTALLY separate from this issue.   
      
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