From: john on
"Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Count Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Wozniak among
Toyota Motor Corp. car owners who say their vehicles accelerate
unintentionally.

Wozniak’s 2010 Toyota Prius can unintentionally accelerate to as much
as 97 miles (156 kilometers) per hour when he uses cruise control to
increase his speed, he said in an interview yesterday. Toyota and the
U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration haven’t responded
to his complaints in the past two months on what may be a software-
related glitch, he said.

“It’s scary when it happens,” Wozniak, 59, said from San Jose,
California. “I’ve had trouble getting both the government safety
agency and getting Toyota to listen to me.”"


http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-02-03/apple-co-founder-says-his-prius-has-acceleration-flaw-update1-.html


From: jr92 on
On Feb 3, 11:32 pm, FridoLay <FridoLa...(a)aol.com> wrote:
> On 2/3/2010 10:19 PM, john wrote:
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> > "Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Count Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Wozniak among
> > Toyota Motor Corp. car owners who say their vehicles accelerate
> > unintentionally.
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> > Wozniak’s 2010 Toyota Prius can unintentionally accelerate to as much
> > as 97 miles (156 kilometers) per hour when he uses cruise control to
> > increase his speed, he said in an interview yesterday. Toyota and the
> > U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration haven’t responded
> > to his complaints in the past two months on what may be a software-
> > related glitch, he said.
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> > “It’s scary when it happens,” Wozniak, 59, said from San Jose,
> > California. “I’ve had trouble getting both the government safety
> > agency and getting Toyota to listen to me.”"
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> >http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-02-03/apple-co-founder-says-his...
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I made the same point in an earlier post and was quickly shot down by
a Prius owner who said his Prius would go TWICE as fast as what you
stated!!!!!!
From: john on
Toyota offered to "borrow" Steve Wozniak's Prius. My guess is that by
the time they're done "studying" it the Feds won't be able find any
fault with the Prius. ;) ;) ;)



From: john on
Let me guess, Toyota employees are working 24/7 again?


On Feb 3, 8:52 pm, jr92 <coachros...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> I made the same point in an earlier post and was quickly shot down by
> a Prius owner who said his Prius would go TWICE as fast as what you
> stated!!!!!!

From: dsi1 on
On 2/3/2010 7:06 PM, john wrote:
> Let me guess, Toyota employees are working 24/7 again?

You're kidding! People are working? That's horrible!

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> On Feb 3, 8:52 pm, jr92<coachros...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>> I made the same point in an earlier post and was quickly shot down by
>> a Prius owner who said his Prius would go TWICE as fast as what you
>> stated!!!!!!
>