>> that Toyota recalled more vehicles in the US than they sold last year.
>>> They recalled 2.38 million vehicles but only sold 2.26 million. Did you
>>> hear about that?
>> Statistically speaking, how many 3800 generation II engines did GM recall?
>> (Answer: none).
>>
>> If they had recalled these substandard units and repaired them, how many >> would
>> that have been.
>>
>> I was told by the local dealership that GM only recalls for safety issues. >>
>> Is this a double standard, or am I just misinterpreting the situation?? >
> For starters, I think you very well know that GM did indeed start to pay
> customers with the gasket problem. For seconds, your 3800 Series II motor
> problems were a decade go, get over it. People like you can always twist
> the facts to suit whatever point they are trying to make. Did Toyota recall
> all those cars in 2006 because they were trying to be "loyal to there
> devoted customers", or because they were worried people would start getting
> killed, hence costing much more money, and bad PR? I think I know your
> answer, and it ain't the right one. The only thing Toyota has managed to do
> in the past 30 years is "make" themselves look good. I will fully admit
> they have the best PR department around, and can make motor's sludging up
> and blowing in Camry's, or axl's flying off Tundra's a "minor inconvience",
> but you really need to look at the facts.
>
>
The "facts" that you claim are dubious at best and invented at worst. All told the Final Arbiter of Automotive Success, aka the American Consumer, has long since decided that the Tiny Three (soon to be Two) have failed in quality, vision and customer service. Detroit (and you
80) have lost it all.