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Ford launches sales campaign to match Toyota and GM
Ford has announced zero percent financing for as long as 60 months on select 2010 models, following similar moves by Toyota and GM. Ford will offer zero percent for 60 months on Focus and Fusion, and...
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Re: Highway Patrol officer helped slow a runaway Toyota Prius from 94 mph to a safe stop
The press always takes notice when people are killed, especially 54 of them. When water leaks into the trunk, not so much
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Re: Highway Patrol officer helped slow a runaway Toyota Prius from 94 mph to a safe stop
Are you saying their are instruction in the Toyota owners manual that tells you what to do when your Toyota gets our of control and flies down the highway?
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Re: Highway Patrol officer helped slow a runaway Toyota Prius from 94 mph to a safe stop
Perhaps they will if they ever figure out what is wrong with their gasoline powered cars. ;) Ouch! :D Drove with a friend who had a turbo-diesel Jetta... he said he easily gets 50+ mpg on that. Wish...
 
Re: Highway Patrol officer helped slow a runaway Toyota Prius from 94 mph to a safe stop
I wish more buyers could be conned into buying hybrids. If there were it would save gasoline for those of us that like to drive real cars. ;)
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Re: Highway Patrol officer helped slow a runaway Toyota Prius from 94 mph to a safe stop
Do you mean IF you can catch one?
 
Re: Highway Patrol officer helped slow a runaway Toyota Prius from 94 mph to a safe stop
An article in todays Tribune Newspapers, the NHTSA says they have 3,326 unintended acceleration complaints involving Toyota vehicles over the past nine years resulting in 1,269 crashes, nearly 500...
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Re: Highway Patrol officer helped slow a runaway Toyota Prius from 94 mph to a safe stop
Perhaps the Toyota owners manual should tell drivers what to do when their Toyota get out of control?
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Re: Highway Patrol officer helped slow a runaway Toyota Prius from 94 mph to a safe stop
More importantly it should not have gone out of control
 
Re: Highway Patrol officer helped slow a runaway Toyota Prius from 94 mph to a safe stop
You mean like Toyota?
 
Re: Highway Patrol officer helped slow a runaway Toyota Prius from 94 mph to a safe stop
Why was the car our of control is another more pertinent question.
 
Re: Highway Patrol officer helped slow a runaway Toyota Prius from 94 mph to a safe stop
Are you not concerned WHY was the car out of control, making it necessary to take logical steps?
 
Re: Highway Patrol officer helped slow a runaway Toyota Prius from 94 mph to a safe stop
More importantly WHY was there a NEED to turn off the engine in the first place? correction... any reason he couldn't turn the engine off ABOVE 50 mph?
 
Re: Highway Patrol officer helped slow a runaway Toyota Prius from 94 mph to a safe stop
The video is all over the news, not good for Toyota. There is nothing like a visual aid that counters a point one is trying to make. Wanna bet it will end up on "Cops" or "Worlds Worst?" Another of...
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Toyota charts upset rivals
Toyota charts upset rivals BY TOM WALSH FREE PRESS COLUMNIST Toyota's recall troubles might appear at first to be an occasion for great glee among Ford, General Motors and Chrysler, a chance to steal...
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