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Drivers In Some Toyota Crashes Hit Accelerator, Not Brakes
I think this adds a bit of balance to the discussion. Seems there's now some info to offset a bit of the hysteria and lies: (Of course, this certainly does not mean there is no problem...) WSJ: Drivers In Some Toyota Crashes Hit Accelerator, Not Brakes By Mike Ramsey and Kate Linebaugh Of THE WALL STREET JOU... 15 Jul 2010 22:03

Don't look now, little john just took one in the keyster
.... it was only a matter of time before that cockbiter chipped a tooth... ... 14 Jul 2010 00:10

NHTSA finds its not Toyota, ITS THE DRIVER THAT MATTERS
Turns out a bunch of former Ford and GM owners were trying to drive a real car for a change and screwed the pooch. It was the nut that holds the wheel after all. http://www.dailytech.com/NHTSA+Points+to+Driver+Error+in+Toyota+Sudden+Acceleration+Debacle/article19026.htm ... 14 Jul 2010 12:09

Toyota offers fix for steering in Corolla, Matrix for those who ask
Toyota has told U.S. auto safety officials that a steering problem that could affect 749,685 Corolla and Matrix models isn't a safety defect -- but it will offer free repairs to owners who complain, the Free Press has learned. If allowed by federal regulators, the move would save Toyota from adding to its total ... 13 Jul 2010 20:53

Chrysler and Ford Recalls Vehicles for Fatal Flaws
Apparently in a Ford the fuckin roof can cave in on your head and your brakes in your Jeep can fail, sending you crashing into a retailing wall and sending you through the windshield, decrapitating you like a soldier getting his head sawed off by the talibans. http://www.newsday.com/classifieds/cars/chrysler-fo... 14 Jul 2010 09:54

Toyota to recall 600,000 1998-2010 Sienna minivans
Toyota had been working on a remedy for the last three months. But Lyons said the company still has no timing for when it will have a permanent fix. The recall covers 220,000 1998-2003 models and 380,000 2004-2010 models, Lyons said. Toyota said the condition may be on Siennas that have been driven in cold cl... 13 Jul 2010 07:39

There's only one reason anyone brings negativity to a particularmanufacturer's newsgroup....
Larry Pollard schreef: ...they are simply here to troll and cause trouble, the likes of C.E. White, john, etc. They didn't get enough attention as children, and have nothing positive to contribute to society (much less usenet), so they come here under the pretense of knowledge sharing in order to mak... 9 Jul 2010 05:07

Auto Hacking, keyless entry, smartkeys
At the ETH in Zurich, Switzerland (Eidgen�ssische Technische Hochschule) one of the professors got a new car, with smartkey, for keyless entry. He offered the car for the test, if the system is secure. It is not, not at all, definitely not. Read the scientific investigation report here: Relay attacks on pass... 12 Jul 2010 11:52

There's only one reason anyone brings negativity to a particular manufacturer's newsgroup....
....they are simply here to troll and cause trouble, the likes of C.E. White, john, etc. They didn't get enough attention as children, and have nothing positive to contribute to society (much less usenet), so they come here under the pretense of knowledge sharing in order to make up the attention that mommy an... 8 Jul 2010 23:42

You need to understand Jim Bean. He thinks anyone who doesn'tagree with him is either an idiot or a paid shill. He attacks me and claimsI am a paid shill becRe: Toyota Recalls Defective Engines in Lexus GS350,GS450h, GS460, IS350, LS460, LS600h, LS6
On 07/08/2010 09:47 AM, C. E. White wrote: "jim beam"<me(a)privacy.net> wrote in message news:tqCdnfEap5F2bKjRnZ2dnUVZ_uadnZ2d(a)speakeasy.net... On 07/08/2010 07:56 AM, C. E. White wrote: "Larry Pollard"<lpol(a)gbustmail.com> wrote in message news:t9jb36h6oi7714vtcigsqohtpjv0fq08d5(a)4ax.com... ... 9 Jul 2010 08:23