Apple Co-founder's 2010 Toyota Prius has Sudden Acceleration Flaws
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From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 4 Feb 2010 08:15 On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:52:46 -0800, jr92 wrote: > On Feb 3, 11:32 pm, FridoLay <FridoLa...(a)aol.com> wrote: >> On 2/3/2010 10:19 PM, john wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> > "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... >> >> How scary can 0-97 in 1/2 an hour be?- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > > > 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!!!!!! I don't think most Prius owners know where where the accelerator is. Acceleration ususally has something to do with /speed/. A lot of them know where the brake is, and now that there's been discovered a hesitation in the braking system ,this is REALLY going to confuse them! One good thing about all this concerning Toyota: fewer people that shouldn't be on the road to begin with won't be buying them. The bad thing: they'll be buying SUVs the size of Sherman Tanks that they REALLY won't know how to control in an emergency. If you can't handle a Camry, the LAST thing I want to see you behind the wheel of is an Expedition. Bus companies sell passes good for a year.
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 4 Feb 2010 08:15 On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:06:29 -0800, john wrote: > Let me guess, Toyota employees are working 24/7 again? Wrong. More skilled driver that probably can handle himself in a emergency. > > > 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: Hachiroku ハチロク on 4 Feb 2010 16:44 On Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:06:15 -0800, ransley wrote: > On Feb 3, 11:04 pm, john <johngd...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> 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. ;) ;) ;) > > He will only give it to the NTSB I bet, he is smarter than us, he wont > give it to toyota cleaning corp. The Woz, sure they would want "his" car, > think what you could learn with some hidden surveylance equipment, Apples > next billion dollar inovations. I bet he won't give it to anyone, since he probably hacked the ECU...
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 4 Feb 2010 16:44 On Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:41:01 -0500, Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote: > In article <pan.2010.02.04.13.15.10.983063(a)e86.GTS>, > Hachiroku ÃnÃ`ÃçÃN <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote: > >> I don't think most Prius owners know where where the accelerator is. >> Acceleration ususally has something to do with /speed/. > > I'll put my Prius against your Toyota whatever. Scion tC. You're on.
From: Mike Hunter on 4 Feb 2010 17:28
Jay Leno said one of the CHIP officers clocked a Pruis doing 48 MPH when the pedal got stuck ;) "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message news:pan.2010.02.04.21.44.53.101496(a)e86.GTS... > On Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:41:01 -0500, Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote: > >> In article <pan.2010.02.04.13.15.10.983063(a)e86.GTS>, >> Hachiroku ÉnÉ`ÉçÉN <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote: >> >>> I don't think most Prius owners know where where the accelerator is. >>> Acceleration ususally has something to do with /speed/. >> >> I'll put my Prius against your Toyota whatever. > > > Scion tC. You're on. > > |