I believe the attack on Toyota is falling apart faster than I could have imagined.
Between the article done by Car and Driver and the video by Popular Mechanics (both below) on the ability of the brakes to over power the engine....
....and this slew of quotes compiled at HotAir the torches may soon be extinguished.
These are no longer the days of model rocket ignited gas tank fires.
Lastly, I hope the representatives who took part in the public skewering of Toyota not only lose face but lose power. As I said here in January, our representatives seem to think political capital can still be gained from 70's and 80's style corporate bashing.
Our current run of representatives embarrass me.
Between the article done by Car and Driver and the video by Popular Mechanics (both below) on the ability of the brakes to over power the engine....
....and this slew of quotes compiled at HotAir the torches may soon be extinguished.
“These ‘electronic defects’ apparently discriminate against the elderly, just as the sudden acceleration of Audis and GM autos did before them.”
“‘As I was going, I was trying the brakes … and it just kept speeding up,’ he said.
“‘While a final report is not yet complete, there are strong indications that the driver’s account of the event is inconsistent with the findings of the preliminary analysis,’ Toyota said in a prepared statement.”
These are no longer the days of model rocket ignited gas tank fires.
Lastly, I hope the representatives who took part in the public skewering of Toyota not only lose face but lose power. As I said here in January, our representatives seem to think political capital can still be gained from 70's and 80's style corporate bashing.
Our current run of representatives embarrass me.
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I think your spot on. Few more things i have seen.
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2. I think it was of all groups but NPR pulled all the sudden acc. claims from 2009 and put together a chart that showed Toyota had a lot due to the sticky gas pedal but VW / Audi had more..... i think i saw this on edmunds.com but am not sure....
Bottom line i do think this issue will turn out to be much like with Audi in that its really not much of a issue at all..... media jumps on a story and blows it up.... sometimes with bogus reporting....and ruins or harms a good company....