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From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 12 Feb 2010 19:30 On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:09:30 -0600, Ed Maier wrote: > Same here. My wife and I have owned a '52 Plymouth, '60 VW Bug, '62 > Corvair Monza, You, uh, don't still have this, do you...?
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 12 Feb 2010 19:32 On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 08:04:22 -0600, dbu'' wrote: > In article > <b11522a6-0228-4f0e-b59d-a22b55130eb3(a)k36g2000prb.googlegroups.com>, > john <johngdole(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >> Yoshi Inaba sounds like a clairvoyant. ;) I wonder if there will be >> charges and arrests in the Toyota case as the Japanese government did >> in the Mitsubishi case. >> >> "For years, warning signs have clashed with its touted high standards >> >> Five years ago, Yoshi Inaba, then president of Toyota Motor Corp.'s >> U.S. sales operations, disclosed his biggest fear. It was that >> someday, some flaw in Toyota vehicles might go undetected and cause >> injuries, or worse, to the company's customers. >> >> Inaba was perhaps thinking of a huge scandal that had just engulfed >> Mitsubishi Motors Corp., a smaller Japanese carmaker accused of >> covering up defects for years. Top Mitsubishi executives, including >> its former president, had been arrested and charged." >> >> From The Detroit News: >> http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20100211/OPINION01/2110340/1148/auto01/Toyo >> ta-loses-its-way#ixzz0fHiJSPza > > My two Toyota's were the best cars I've ever owned and I've owned quite > a few big three plus VW in my 67 years. I will buy another another > Toyota without question. Yup. Same here. Will not hesitate to buy another Toy, that is, if they have what I want. I'm thinking the next one might be a S00B, AWD wagon, unless Toyota either puts the XRs engine back in the AWD Matrix, or brings back the Celica...
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 12 Feb 2010 19:34 On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:21:52 -0600, Vic Smith wrote: > On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 08:15:27 -0800, "Wayne" <mygarbagecan(a)verizon.net> > wrote: >>Yep me too. After all, I have much more confidence in hardware built by >>Toyota, and ECU software written by Toyota than if it were built/written by >>Microsoft. (or GM) >> > > And I like La Villa thin crust, cheese and sausage. > It's harder finding good thin crust than a good car. > > --Vic That did it, Vic...Now I know you're a whacko! Either that, or a Neopolitano. I'm Italian thanks to a half Italian mother. She likes the thin crust, whereas I like Sicilian, great big crust like you're chewing on half a loaf of bread. I also like clam sauce with my spaghetti...
From: Ed Maier on 12 Feb 2010 20:49 On 2/12/2010 6:30 PM, Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B wrote: > On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:09:30 -0600, Ed Maier wrote: > >> Same here. My wife and I have owned a '52 Plymouth, '60 VW Bug, '62 >> Corvair Monza, > > You, uh, don't still have this, do you...? > > God no. Ed Maier
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 12 Feb 2010 21:24
On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:49:35 -0600, Ed Maier wrote: > On 2/12/2010 6:30 PM, Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B wrote: >> On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:09:30 -0600, Ed Maier wrote: >> >>> Same here. My wife and I have owned a '52 Plymouth, '60 VW Bug, '62 >>> Corvair Monza, >> >> You, uh, don't still have this, do you...? >> >> >> > God no. > > Ed Maier Why?!? Those were cool little cars. I had a '66, three on the...er...yeah. It's problems were more than my technical capabilities at the time. However, if I had it now, I would have one cool Corvair. (I live about 10 miles from the place in Mass that remanufactures Corvair parts...) |