Toyota

Toyota struggles to stop runaway crisis
"Remarkable doesn't begin to describe what's happening to Toyota Motor Corp. Its reputation for delivering safe, reliable, quality-engineered vehicles is in tatters. Governments from Tokyo to Washington, clearly on the muscle, are pressuring the automaker to act openly and quickly. Toyota's executives, corporate... 11 Feb 2010 23:00

Regionalized Duncan Donuts commercial for New England...
Advertising their coffee. One person has two coffees, and before he gives it to the other he wants to make sure the other person is a New Englander through a series of questions: Down Easter? Someone from Maine. Nor'easter? Wicked bad storm (wicked used to be something from Mass and Maine...people knew you ... 6 Feb 2010 17:29

Insteqad of pissing and moaning, "john" how about doing something useful?
On Fri, 05 Feb 2010 03:45:00 -0800, ransley wrote: But I have had two Toyotas with 'problems', both fixed free after the warranty had expired. To me, they have always been a good company. It wouldn't surprise me if they throttled back production in order to make good cars again.- Hide quoted text ... 5 Feb 2010 21:49

US investigation into Toyota scam
THis cant be good!... 5 Feb 2010 19:38

It's bad enough seeing a car come speeding up behind you and tailgating...
It's worse when you notice it's a CAMRY!!! ... 6 Feb 2010 16:22

Summary of Toyotas Recalled for Accelerator Related Problems
I saw this summary of which Toyotas were recalled for which accelerator based problem and thought it would be useful information for the group: THE TOYOTA RECALL CRISIS FACT BOX: Turmoil at Toyota Hans Greimel Automotive News -- February 5, 2010 - 12:39 pm ET TOKYO -- Since last fall, Toyota has recalled 8.1... 12 Feb 2010 20:17

The Real Problem
"David Z" <me(a)privacy.net> wrote in message news:7t2rhsFv0uU1(a)mid.individual.net... With car recalls, ideally, the press should find out about the problem when the recall is announced. The problem here, IMO, is that a culture has evolved at Toyota whereby they deny and stonewall problems until they... 7 Feb 2010 01:07

Toyota my take
(Cross postings deleted, automatically) Perhaps, but if I were you I would be sure you drive with my left foot poised above the accelerator ;) "hls" <hls(a)nospam.nix> wrote in message news:j6KdnWUTLahb2_HWnZ2dnUVZ_s-dnZ2d(a)giganews.com... "Tom" <tc(a)comcast.net> wrote in message news:hkcgq0$rno$1@n... 5 Feb 2010 15:08

{BS} Test
Can you hear me now? ... 5 Feb 2010 19:37

Re Recall: Constant Speed, Or Speeding Up Problems ?
On Feb 4, 7:25 pm, "Jeff Strickland" <crwlrj...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: "C. E. White" <cewhite3rem...(a)mindspring.com> wrote in messagenews:eYqdnaAwDvxq2_fWnZ2dnUVZ_tSdnZ2d(a)earthlink.com... You don't make any sense at all, Ed. If you believe that the driver is pressing the wrong pedals -- pure absurdity, if you ask... 5 Feb 2010 19:37