From: Mike Hunter on 16 Mar 2010 12:38 One would suspect that if one had a choice, that most drivers would rather have the "impression that the brakes have failed" then actually having their car get out of control, as has been happing in so many of Toyotas documented cases that have resulted in 54 deaths and numerous injuries thus far. I read the Journal that the SEC has opened an investigation of Toyota for not having included their know problems, with cars going out of control that could effect the future value of their stock, in their Stock Prospectus. That is a very serous offence, if it is proves to be factual "C. E. White" <cewhite3remove(a)mindspring.com> wrote in message news:iuGdnfDgosZCZAPWnZ2dnUVZ_uednZ2d(a)earthlink.com... > > "JLA" <info(a)jlaenterprises-dot-com.no-spam.invalid> wrote in message > news:AZSdna_mErPddwPWnZ2dnUVZ_rSdnZ2d(a)giganews.com... >> The U.S. automakers have been licking their chops to take a hard swipe >> at Toyota over unintended acceleration. None had the guts to actually >> do it. Saturday Night Live SNL, however, does � with this anti-Toyota >> commercial Ford wishes they could really run. >> >> Ford - We make Hybrids too >> >> View the attachments for this post at: >> http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=40343320#40343320 > > Yep, and they made hybrids with the same sort of braking issues as the > Prius... > > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35242362/ > > "DETROIT - Ford Motor Co. plans to fix 17,600 Mercury Milan and Ford > Fusion gas-electric hybrids because of a software problem that can give > drivers the impression that the brakes have failed." > > Ed
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