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David K
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Not at all... and how do you figure? Unlike other car companies, Toyota is going above and beyond to ease the minds of their customers. How many Ford
Pintos exploded before they were changed or fixed?
One Lexus loaner car had two floor mats where there should obviously only be one... thus getting caught under the accelerator. It was a terrible
thing... Why did the dealer put a second mat in that car? I don't see it as a Toyota fault at all... but they are acting big time. My new truck had no
floor mats available because of that... so I took the ones out of my '05 and put them in my '10.
If the trucks (and cars) they make weren't so good, then they wouldn't be the #1 car maker... With so many cars, it is amazing how few recalls Toyota
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805gregg
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How many cars are they making and selling now? They have diverted the new redesigned gas pedals to the car factories instead of the recalled 8 million
cars waiting for a fix. So the Americans are still driving around in possible death traps while Toyota wants to get car production up and running. If
you can't design an accelerator pedal assembly, what other more complicated items are poorly designed. Read the LA Times 3 front page articles in the
last month document Toyota's disregard for obvious safety problems. One is recalling cars in Japan that they left on the road in the US. The best
thing is you will stop telling everyone what a great vehicle Toyota is, 19 deaths and over 2000 incidents says you are wrong.
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rts551
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David wake up. This has been going on for a long time. Kinda like ford and cruise control. Turns out maybe not the floor mat at all.. but that
pedal you rely on so much
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Not at all... and how do you figure? Unlike other car companies, Toyota is going above and beyond to ease the minds of their customers. How many Ford
Pintos exploded before they were changed or fixed?
One Lexus loaner car had two floor mats where there should obviously only be one... thus getting caught under the accelerator. It was a terrible
thing... Why did the dealer put a second mat in that car? I don't see it as a Toyota fault at all... but they are acting big time. My new truck had no
floor mats available because of that... so I took the ones out of my '05 and put them in my '10.
If the trucks (and cars) they make weren't so good, then they wouldn't be the #1 car maker... With so many cars, it is amazing how few recalls Toyota
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David K
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Well, we will wait and see... It sounds more like hysteria drumbed up by the new socialized GM (Government Motors Corp.) ... Funny how they already
had commercials offering to buy back Toyotas in trade for a new GM piece of junk??? Let's see what else did they say? Oh yah, if we pass the stimulus
bill, unemployment won't go over 8% 
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rts551
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Earth to DK!! Toyota is already recalling the pedal assembly on most models that went through the floor mat recall.
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Well, we will wait and see... It sounds more like hysteria drumbed up by the new socialized GM (Government Motors Corp.) ... Funny how they already
had commercials offering to buy back Toyotas in trade for a new GM piece of junk??? Let's see what else did they say? Oh yah, if we pass the stimulus
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David K
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Well, this is about MY truck, right? I say that beause this is in my trip report not in another thread/ or forum.
Well, I have NOT received any notice of a recall... okay?
IF I do, I will let you know... Toyota doesn't pay me to saynice things about them, afterall... In fact I pay them A LOT, every month!!!
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rts551
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Just offering some balance to an unbalanced private thread on a public board
And by the way, conspiracy theorist. One of the reecalled vehicles is a Pontiac Vibe, A joint Toyota/GM venture.
Hope there is no problem while you wait.
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Well, this is about MY truck, right? I say that beause this is in my trip report not in another thread/ or forum.
Well, I have NOT received any notice of a recall... okay?
IF I do, I will let you know... Toyota doesn't pay me to saynice things about them, afterall... In fact I pay them A LOT, every month!!!
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rts551
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Just offering some balance to an unbalanced private thread on a public board
And by the way, conspiracy theorist. One of the reecalled vehicles is a Pontiac Vibe, A joint Toyota/GM venture.
Hope there is no problem while you wait.
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Well, this is about MY truck, right? I say that beause this is in my trip report not in another thread/ or forum.
Well, I have NOT received any notice of a recall... okay?
IF I do, I will let you know... Toyota doesn't pay me to saynice things about them, afterall... In fact I pay them A LOT, every month!!!
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David K
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Thank you, as I said... no notice has been sent, and they do have my address... I have had my truck for 2+ months and have 2,700 miles on it... no
accelerator issues.
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wessongroup
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Now that is funny, you were the first person I thought of when I saw the "blurb" I knew you just got that "pretty" one.. just a short while back...
and had been putting it through it's paces and reporting back on things.... is there a safety on the ignition to where one could not shut it down??
was reading about people with the pedal that got stuck.. in some cases it was too quick.. but in others .. seems like one could have just turned the
engine off.. I just tried it my car and it worked yesterday.. it's not a Toyota.. it's a Ford Crown Vic.. just wondering .. have had that happen on a
motorcycle too, pulled the plug wire.. now that was a shocking experience, but got it stopped..
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
How quickly you forget that we had a fantastic economy despite being attacked and in a war... thanks to the tax cuts that caused growth. It was my
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Politics aside...
The reason the trades were so busy from 2002-2007 had nothing to do with tax cuts. The answer is pure and simple. Home equity. It was soooo easy to
borrow against the actual or percieved equity in your home. If you had a pulse and a home you could get an equity line. People were becoming $100,000
to $500,000 richer literally overnight. They would take that money and remodel their homes, landscape (DK) or buy a second home or a piece of land
down in Baja.
Tax cuts? No. Loose banking guidelines? Absolutely.
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