Toyota recalls and related issues: BusinessWeek-Media owes Toyota an apology
02-27-10, 12:39 PM
#811
I will call this out, these people are absolutely LYING and full of it and I would hope would be brought up on charges for lying under oath.
Perhaps it is time to fight back and stage a drive-in at the White House. 10K Toyota vehicles parked out in front blocking all of the traffic.
Get a few Tundras and roll through the White House gates and do donuts on Obama's lawn. I'm actually serious.
Perhaps it is time to fight back and stage a drive-in at the White House. 10K Toyota vehicles parked out in front blocking all of the traffic.
Get a few Tundras and roll through the White House gates and do donuts on Obama's lawn. I'm actually serious.
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02-27-10, 01:22 PM
#813
Lexus Fanatic
I am detecting some BS as well
02-27-10, 05:21 PM
#816
CNN actually laughed at Toyoda's english ("stuttering english") when he spoke it in press conference earlier this month... after that, he spoke with translator in tow.
02-27-10, 06:32 PM
#817
http://detnews.com/article/20100226/AUTO01/2260443
NHTSA will test runaway Toyota vehicle
David Shepardson / The Detroit News
Washington -- The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Friday it bought a 2006 Lexus at the heart of the debate over Toyota Motor Corp.'s sudden acceleration complaints.
On Friday, the agency said it had purchased the 2006 Lexus ES350 formerly owned by Rhonda and Eddie Smith of east Tennessee.
At a congressional hearing this week, the couple offered harrowing testimony of Rhonda Smith's sudden acceleration incident in 2006. They blasted both the government and Toyota for their handling of the incident, and the investigation of runaway vehicles.
The Smiths' car will be studied at the NHTSA Vehicle Research and Test Center in East Liberty, Ohio.
The car was traded in by The Smiths with 3,000 miles on it several years ago; NHTSA has now acquired it with approximately 30,000 miles on the odometer.
Rhonda Smith traded her vehicle in to a Toyota dealer and did not sell it to the individuals NHTSA acquired it from, the family said Friday.
"NHTSA will thoroughly examine the Smiths' car as we work to get to the bottom of possible causes for sudden acceleration," Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Friday.
Rhonda Smith told a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee of the terror she felt Oct. 12, 2006, as she struggled to slow down her racing Lexus on a freeway. She repeatedly punched the stop/start ignition button. She stomped on the brakes. Feeling desperate, she said she called her husband. "I knew he could not help me but I wanted to hear his voice," she said, wiping away tears. Six miles down the road, she managed to regain control of the car.
"Shame on you, Toyota, for being so greedy," she testified.
But the cause of the incident is unclear, since it apparently has been trouble-free since then.
Toyota spokesman Ed Lewis said the company was looking forward to the tests.
"Toyota is pleased that we immediately located the 2006 Lexus ES350 formerly owned by Rhonda and Eddie Smith, as promised in our testimony this week before the House Energy and Commerce Committee," Lewis said. "We look forward to the results of the agency's independent analysis of the vehicle's electronic throttle control system."
David Shepardson / The Detroit News
Washington -- The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Friday it bought a 2006 Lexus at the heart of the debate over Toyota Motor Corp.'s sudden acceleration complaints.
On Friday, the agency said it had purchased the 2006 Lexus ES350 formerly owned by Rhonda and Eddie Smith of east Tennessee.
At a congressional hearing this week, the couple offered harrowing testimony of Rhonda Smith's sudden acceleration incident in 2006. They blasted both the government and Toyota for their handling of the incident, and the investigation of runaway vehicles.
The Smiths' car will be studied at the NHTSA Vehicle Research and Test Center in East Liberty, Ohio.
The car was traded in by The Smiths with 3,000 miles on it several years ago; NHTSA has now acquired it with approximately 30,000 miles on the odometer.
Rhonda Smith traded her vehicle in to a Toyota dealer and did not sell it to the individuals NHTSA acquired it from, the family said Friday.
"NHTSA will thoroughly examine the Smiths' car as we work to get to the bottom of possible causes for sudden acceleration," Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Friday.
Rhonda Smith told a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee of the terror she felt Oct. 12, 2006, as she struggled to slow down her racing Lexus on a freeway. She repeatedly punched the stop/start ignition button. She stomped on the brakes. Feeling desperate, she said she called her husband. "I knew he could not help me but I wanted to hear his voice," she said, wiping away tears. Six miles down the road, she managed to regain control of the car.
"Shame on you, Toyota, for being so greedy," she testified.
But the cause of the incident is unclear, since it apparently has been trouble-free since then.
Toyota spokesman Ed Lewis said the company was looking forward to the tests.
"Toyota is pleased that we immediately located the 2006 Lexus ES350 formerly owned by Rhonda and Eddie Smith, as promised in our testimony this week before the House Energy and Commerce Committee," Lewis said. "We look forward to the results of the agency's independent analysis of the vehicle's electronic throttle control system."
02-27-10, 07:44 PM
#818
Lexus Fanatic
I saw that as well. I watched 3 hours of the hearings . I think the black lady who was questioning Mr Toyoda about the safety of her hybrid camary was a total *****. I wanted to smack her .
02-27-10, 08:06 PM
#819
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02-27-10, 08:08 PM
#820
Lexus Champion
I understand how difficult it is to convey your feelings in another language when you speak is limited, b/c I have been through that when I was first learning Japanese.
However being a credited translator now, I did not like the way his words were translated. IMO he should have a native English speaker as his translator b/c the one at the hearing did not fully convey his emotion or his concern for this matter, to put it in a word , the translation was very "Japanese", which can come across very vague and uncaring.
02-27-10, 08:14 PM
#821
Lexus Fanatic
I understand how difficult it is to convey your feelings in another language when you speak is limited, b/c I have been through that when I was first learning Japanese.
However being a credited translator now, I did not like the way his words were translated. IMO he should have a native English speaker as his translator b/c the one at the hearing did not fully convey his emotion or his concern for this matter, to put it in a word , the translation was very "Japanese", which can come across very vague and uncaring.
02-28-10, 12:31 AM
#822
Lexus Champion
I want to point out that unless you have been exposed to 2 languages from early childhood, it is much easier to convey someones thoughts and feelings through translation into your own language, translating into your second language in much more difficult. You can see the translator was Japanese so she was translating into her second language and it is my opinion that he should have had an American translator translating Japanese to English for him.
02-28-10, 08:49 AM
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http://www.autoblog.com/2010/02/28/r...le/2#c25837503
experts are anticipating Ford to gain the most from the toyota fiasco. Toyota at 12% marketshare, and ford to jump 9% to 14%. Damn, I thought Ford would bankrupt just 3 years ago.
experts are anticipating Ford to gain the most from the toyota fiasco. Toyota at 12% marketshare, and ford to jump 9% to 14%. Damn, I thought Ford would bankrupt just 3 years ago.
02-28-10, 08:58 AM
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Okay I thought the translator was horrid as well but I didn't want to bring it up. Glad I wasn't the only one that felt that way.
Ford stock ftw
Ford stock ftw
02-28-10, 11:56 AM
#825
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http://www.autoblog.com/2010/02/28/r...le/2#c25837503
experts are anticipating Ford to gain the most from the toyota fiasco. Toyota at 12% marketshare, and ford to jump 9% to 14%. Damn, I thought Ford would bankrupt just 3 years ago.
experts are anticipating Ford to gain the most from the toyota fiasco. Toyota at 12% marketshare, and ford to jump 9% to 14%. Damn, I thought Ford would bankrupt just 3 years ago.