[Newsbot]

Title: Toyota recalls 2.3M cars in U.S.
Category: Business
Posted By: commanderkai
Date: 2010-01-23 05:47:38

[stemmer]

But Toyotas are superior vehicles...Only GM, Ford or Mopar would have problems like this...

Yeah, right... Dream on...

[stemmer]

I gotta kick out the reader's comment...

$1:

240 thousand trucks recalled with rotten frames, so rotten in fact that owners were told to remove the spare tires before they flew off on the highway, so rotten in fact that the power sterring controls would fall off leaving the vehicle unsteerable.

$1:

According to Phil Edmonston of Lemon Aide Car Guide fame has said that Toyota's quality is slipping. I agree with him. He only gives the Camry a 3 out 5 star rating,

[Lemmy]

Red Hering. That frame recall was a minor problem that took place 15 years ago. At least get some fresh bullshit if you want to grind your axe in it.

I took my Tundra in yesterday and it took all of 10 minutes to have the recall service performed. Nothing like the inconvenience of being stranded in the middle of fucking nowhere when my Fords and GMs broke down on me.

[LightStarr]

I'm still going to buy a 4Runner when I get home from Korea.

[stemmer]

Lemmy Lemmy:

Red Hering. That frame recall was a minor problem that took place 15 years ago. At least get some fresh bullshit if you want to grind your axe in it.

I took my Tundra in yesterday and it took all of 10 minutes to have the recall service performed. Nothing like the inconvenience of being stranded in the middle of fucking nowhere when my Fords and GMs broke down on me.

You're the one bullshitting. It wasn't 15 years ago. It was more like 5-6 years ago....

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/11/24/toyo ... odels-tot/

http://news.pickuptrucks.com/2009/10/nh ... issue.html

http://www.autospies.com/news/Frame-Rus ... ght-46799/

[Gunnair]

stemmer stemmer:

Lemmy Lemmy:

Red Hering. That frame recall was a minor problem that took place 15 years ago. At least get some fresh bullshit if you want to grind your axe in it.

I took my Tundra in yesterday and it took all of 10 minutes to have the recall service performed. Nothing like the inconvenience of being stranded in the middle of fucking nowhere when my Fords and GMs broke down on me.

You're the one bullshitting. It wasn't 15 years ago. It was more like 5-6 years ago....

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/11/24/toyo ... odels-tot/

http://news.pickuptrucks.com/2009/10/nh ... issue.html

Irrelevent. You're such a whiny child, Stemmer. It's a brand name for a North American made vehicle that provides for a lot of jobs for Americans and Canadians, and funny enough, doesn't need government bailouts to keep 'em up and running.

Shut up already.

[commanderkai]

Gunnair Gunnair:

Irrelevent. You're such a whiny child, Stemmer. It's a brand name for a North American made vehicle that provides for a lot of jobs for Americans and Canadians, and funny enough, doesn't need government bailouts to keep 'em up and running.

Shut up already.

Eh...come on. As much as you might not like the Big Three, the Japanese automakers have been basically protected by the Japanese government for years now. From the artificially low yen to strict import rules. Just recently, their attempt at a "Cash for Clunkers" would have excluded US Automakers until pressure by the US government finally allowed them in.

[stemmer]

Commanderkai... you said it in a nutshell. People who believe Toyota has not recieved government assistance are either dellushional or completely ignorant and oblivious to the world's economics...

Just google Prius and all the assistance Toyota got from the Japanesse government for it's development, or all the assistance the governments of Canada & US gave to Toyota to set up plants in North America....

[Gunnair]

commanderkai commanderkai:

Gunnair Gunnair:

Irrelevent. You're such a whiny child, Stemmer. It's a brand name for a North American made vehicle that provides for a lot of jobs for Americans and Canadians, and funny enough, doesn't need government bailouts to keep 'em up and running.

Shut up already.

Eh...come on. As much as you might not like the Big Three, the Japanese automakers have been basically protected by the Japanese government for years now. From the artificially low yen to strict import rules. Just recently, their attempt at a "Cash for Clunkers" would have excluded US Automakers until pressure by the US government finally allowed them in.

Your assumption that I dislike the big three is erroneous. I simply dislike Stemmer's whiny agenda.

Your points are also irrlevent. A lot of vehicles are made in NA using NA parts. I'd give more credence if these were real imports.

[Gunnair]

stemmer stemmer:

Commanderkai... you said it in a nutshell. People who believe Toyota has not recieved government assistance are either dellushional or completely ignorant and oblivious to the world's economics...

Just google Prius and all the assistance Toyota got from the Japanesse government for it's development, or all the assistance the governments of Canada & US gave to Toyota to set up plants in North America....

Bailout...

[commanderkai]

Gunnair Gunnair:

Your assumption that I dislike the big three is erroneous. I simply dislike Stemmer's whiny agenda.

It was more of an assumption based on perception.

$1:

Your points are also irrlevent. A lot of vehicles are made in NA using NA parts. I'd give more credence if these were real imports.

They're not exactly irrelevant either. You can't harpoon the Big Three (well, GM and Chrysler) for receiving government bailouts when Japanese automakers benefit from protectionist policy of their home governments as well. The fact that the yen was kept artificially low helped the Japanese even get a foothold in North America in the first place.

[Gunnair]

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Gunnair Gunnair:

Your assumption that I dislike the big three is erroneous. I simply dislike Stemmer's whiny agenda.

It was more of an assumption based on perception.

Incorrect perception then. I fully enjoy my Toyotas, however, prior that, I enjoyed my 1990 chevy pickup (though dreadfully underpowered) my 1991 Lumina mini-van and most of all, my 1978 Pontiac Pheonix.

If remarking on the quality of my Toyota product vice Stemmer's uneducated prattle is feeding your perception then so be it.

$1:

$1:

Your points are also irrlevent. A lot of vehicles are made in NA using NA parts. I'd give more credence if these were real imports.

They're not exactly irrelevant either. You can't harpoon the Big Three (well, GM and Chrysler) for receiving government bailouts when Japanese automakers benefit from protectionist policy of their home governments as well. The fact that the yen was kept artificially low helped the Japanese even get a foothold in North America in the first place.

Actually, heed your own point since you're harpooning the protectionist Japanese without remarking on government bailouts of GM and Chrysler.

[commanderkai]

Gunnair Gunnair:

If remarking on the quality of my Toyota product vice Stemmer's uneducated prattle is feeding your perception then so be it.

Alright.

$1:

Actually, heed your own point since you're harpooning the protectionist Japanese without remarking on government bailouts of GM and Chrysler.

Actually, I never took a stand on anything. I never said the bailouts were right, or what the Japanese did was wrong. All I said that there have been actions by the Japanese government in favor of the Japanese automakers that can compare to what the American (and Canadian) government did to the US automakers.

[poquas]

If anything involves slagging the Japanese, you can count on Stemmer to pile on. I can't help wondering if he has another agenda.

The article is regarding the accelerator pedal sticking but Stemmer is determined bring up his old chestnut regarding a rusty frame.

I guess it would be unfair to mention the massive Chrysler recall that was just in the news.