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 08:16 On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:28:13 -1000, dsi1 wrote: > 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! Oh, man! There HAVE to be workers in order to pay for the government! Why do you THINK Congress is so concerned with the unemployment situation? > > >> >> 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: fred on 4 Feb 2010 19:22 jr92 <coachrose13(a)hotmail.com> wrote in news:bc31583a-5ac2-473e-b8a5-92aa463d5792(a)f11g2000yqm.googlegroups.com: > 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 - >> > > 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!!!!!! There you go. Dropped out of the shuttle from orbit.
From: Elder on 9 Feb 2010 10:30 In article <pan.2010.02.04.21.44.22.361244(a)e86.GTS>, Trueno(a)e86.GTS says... > 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... > > > And didn't bother with the snow leopard upgrade which would have solved the runaway problem, but have become incompatible with the brakes. -- Carl Robson Get cashback on your purchases Topcashback http://www.TopCashBack.co.uk/skraggy_uk/ref/index.htm Greasypalm http://www.greasypalm.co.uk/r/?l=1006553
From: Elder on 9 Feb 2010 10:31 In article <elmop-884649.09410104022010(a)nothing.attdns.com>, elmop(a)nastydesigns.com says... > In article <pan.2010.02.04.13.15.10.983063(a)e86.GTS>, > Hachiroku �n�`�ç�N <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. > IS200, shall we play. -- Carl Robson Get cashback on your purchases Topcashback http://www.TopCashBack.co.uk/skraggy_uk/ref/index.htm Greasypalm http://www.greasypalm.co.uk/r/?l=1006553
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 9 Feb 2010 17:46
On Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:36:54 -0500, Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote: > In article <MPG.25db9044907aba53989b8f(a)news.individual.net>, > Elder <carl.robson(a)bouncing-czechs.com> wrote: > >> > I'll put my Prius against your Toyota whatever. >> > >> IS200, shall we play. > > Yup. Now it gets interesting... The IS200 is a real sports sedan, with a six cylinder engine (or is that just the 250?) while the Prius' electric motor give an advantage from the line. I'm printing up tickets for this one! |