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From: jim beam on 15 Feb 2010 11:15 On 02/15/2010 05:51 AM, C. E. White wrote: > "Hachiroku"<Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message > news:pan.2010.02.14.01.38.10.609000(a)e86.GTS... > >> So that makes TWICE Dana has screwed Toyota, first on the frames and >> now >> on driveshafts. > > Interesting how you are willing to blame Dana for screwing Toyota but > not balme Toyota for screwing their Customers... > > Ed > > delusional logical disconnect? or deliberate attempt at deceit? [rhetorical] -- nomina rutrum rutrum
From: jim on 15 Feb 2010 12:00 jim beam wrote: > > On 02/15/2010 06:40 AM, jim wrote: > > > > > > jim beam wrote: > > > >> > >> but you're confusing frames with driveshafts. different materials. > > > > In the newsgroup I am posting to nobody has until now has mentioned > > anything about steel frames. > > then you're not reading the thread! Or maybe you are hallucinating. > > > > > The first post in the thread that i see said: > > > > "I think I heard they're recalling Toyota trucks > > because the front propellor shaft can separate > > (probably at the U-joint...)" > > see above. see above > > > > > > >> > >>> Did you know > >>> what you were talking about when you said "there's nothing special about > >>> ductile iron that would necessitate a proprietary japanese pour for a > >>> usa casting." ? > >> > >> actually, i know quite a bit about steel production and processing. > >> someone would need a real special reason to import ingot from japan. > >> commodity "ductile iron" ain't it. > > > > It doesn't sound like you know much about steel. You definitely don't > > know much about cast irons either. Ductile iron is not a commodity it > > is material that is produced as a result of the casting process. > > whoa. wow. evidently you simply don't know what you don't know. but > we already know you've not read this thread or you'd have bothered with > the cites i gave earlier. How does that make the foolish statement I was responding to any less foolish?
From: jim beam on 15 Feb 2010 13:02 On 02/15/2010 09:00 AM, jim wrote: > > > jim beam wrote: >> >> On 02/15/2010 06:40 AM, jim wrote: >>> >>> >>> jim beam wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> but you're confusing frames with driveshafts. different materials. >>> >>> In the newsgroup I am posting to nobody has until now has mentioned >>> anything about steel frames. >> >> then you're not reading the thread! > > Or maybe you are hallucinating. > >> >>> >>> The first post in the thread that i see said: >>> >>> "I think I heard they're recalling Toyota trucks >>> because the front propellor shaft can separate >>> (probably at the U-joint...)" >> >> see above. > > see above > >> >>> >>> >>>> >>>>> Did you know >>>>> what you were talking about when you said "there's nothing special about >>>>> ductile iron that would necessitate a proprietary japanese pour for a >>>>> usa casting." ? >>>> >>>> actually, i know quite a bit about steel production and processing. >>>> someone would need a real special reason to import ingot from japan. >>>> commodity "ductile iron" ain't it. >>> >>> It doesn't sound like you know much about steel. You definitely don't >>> know much about cast irons either. Ductile iron is not a commodity it >>> is material that is produced as a result of the casting process. >> >> whoa. wow. evidently you simply don't know what you don't know. but >> we already know you've not read this thread or you'd have bothered with >> the cites i gave earlier. > > How does that make the foolish statement I was responding to any less > foolish? it doesn't make your statement less foolish dude. "ductile iron" is very much a commodity. you'd know that if you knew about iron/steel. -- nomina rutrum rutrum
From: Steve on 15 Feb 2010 13:29 jim beam wrote: > On 02/13/2010 04:19 PM, C. E. White wrote: >> >> "Hachiroku ハチロク" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message >> news:hl5f5n$l03$2(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> >>> ....This is not as major a recall as the frames; the first round was >>> 1996 or 97 to 2003, huundreds of thousands of trucks Toyota bought back >>> for 150% of Kelley Blue Book, but a lot of them promptly bought a new >>> Tacoma... >>> >>> Only to find out a year or two later it ALSO had a Dana frame that could >>> rot prematurely! >> >> Dana makes frames for lots of companies. Why does it seem only the >> Toyota frames are so bad there are recalls for them? >> Because only the Toyota frames were built to Toyota's specifications. Which were obviously inadequate. The Tundra is deader than 1980's thanksgiving turkey. Stick a fork in it.
From: jim on 15 Feb 2010 17:41
jim beam wrote: > >>> It doesn't sound like you know much about steel. You definitely don't > >>> know much about cast irons either. Ductile iron is not a commodity it > >>> is material that is produced as a result of the casting process. > >> > >> whoa. wow. evidently you simply don't know what you don't know. but > >> we already know you've not read this thread or you'd have bothered with > >> the cites i gave earlier. > > > > How does that make the foolish statement I was responding to any less > > foolish? > > it doesn't make your statement less foolish dude. "ductile iron" is > very much a commodity. you'd know that if you knew about iron/steel. In your fantasy world that may be, but not in the real world. |