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From: john on 1 Jul 2010 03:40 Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday about 270,000 cars sold worldwide -- including luxury Lexus sedans -- have potentially faulty engines, the latest quality lapse to hit the automaker following massive global recalls of top-selling models. Japan's top-selling daily Yomiuri said in its evening edition that Toyota will inform the transport ministry of a recall on Monday. The paper cited no sources. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_JAPAN_TOYOTA?SITE=MIDTN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
From: Michael Walken on 1 Jul 2010 15:15 My new IS 250 is unaffected. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-07-01/toyota-says-seven-lexus-models-may-have-problem-causing-engines-to-stall.html At least Toyota takes action to rectify their flaws, unlike American car makers who opt to compare the dollar value from lawsuits that result from human life loss to the dollar value involved in fixing the issue. Remember the Pinto? Ford said it was okay that your family died screaming in flames, as long as they didn't have to be bothered with moving the gas tank.
From: Heywood Jablowme on 1 Jul 2010 18:21 Looks like you are sober enough to type. How was your rehab stint? Was it for drugs or alcohol or both? "john" <johngdole(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:fda9cfce-8fe7-47e8-a3b1-7026bb166850(a)c10g2000yqi.googlegroups.com... > Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday about 270,000 cars sold worldwide -- > including luxury Lexus sedans -- have potentially faulty engines, the > latest quality lapse to hit the automaker following massive global > recalls of top-selling models. > > Japan's top-selling daily Yomiuri said in its evening edition that > Toyota will inform the transport ministry of a recall on Monday. The > paper cited no sources. > > > http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_JAPAN_TOYOTA?SITE=MIDTN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
From: Michael Walken on 1 Jul 2010 19:04 On Thu, 1 Jul 2010 15:21:21 -0700, "Heywood Jablowme" <heywood(a)jablowme.com> wrote: >Looks like you are sober enough to type. How was your rehab stint? Was it >for drugs or alcohol or both? He's not yet approved for actual typing or thinking on his own. His doctor says cut-n-paste only until the med dosage is 1/5th of current.
From: jim beam on 1 Jul 2010 22:04
On 07/01/2010 12:15 PM, Michael Walken wrote: > My new IS 250 is unaffected. > > http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-07-01/toyota-says-seven-lexus-models-may-have-problem-causing-engines-to-stall.html > > At least Toyota takes action to rectify their flaws, unlike American > car makers who opt to compare the dollar value from lawsuits that > result from human life loss to the dollar value involved in fixing > the issue. Remember the Pinto? Ford said it was okay that your > family died screaming in flames, as long as they didn't have to be > bothered with moving the gas tank. so true. and they did the same with their exploder suv and its inherent instability. vehicle rolls when it gets a flat, roof collapses and kills the occupants? easy - blame the tire company! -- nomina rutrum rutrum |