Re: Toyota struggles to stop runaway crisis

Toyota owners will start receiving mails next week, Prius cars.About

7,000 Camrys, brake fluid leaks,, recalling some Corollas,, unsteady steering. I just now saw and heard on 5:00 PM local tv news. cuhulin

I chalk that up to twitchy driver's who have never driven a Corolla before. They have TOUCHY steering! Compare that to your drifting Dodge product (don't go off...I have had 3 Chrysler minivans and an LHS. The LHS steering was beautiful. The minivans...)

Except that with the PARK position people stopped using the EB and over

300 were killed...

My sister owns a Honda whatever it is van.Have you ever sat in a minivan before? No room at all in there, you can't stretch out.

I don't care that much for little minivans.I like BIG LONG TALL full size vans, like my 1978 Dodge van and my 1983 Dodge van.I can, and I have before, hauled fourteen feet long boards in my vans and with both of the rear doors closed too.I have hauled four feet by eight feet sheets of plywood in both of my vans too.I like Lots of cargo/hauling room in my vans. cuhulin

Which is why sending them a sticker was an appropriate "fix".

I almost bought one of these on eBay...

1987 with 225,000 miles, and a supposedly rebuilt engine. I figure, street value, $600, so I'll go $475. I went up to $580 and said WHOA!!!

Damn thing went for $1200!!! It was OK, but not $1200!!!

So I bought my 3rd one of these...

for $150. Hey, it runs...

I like these. They have been good to me, overall, even on with 249,000 miles on it!

January 1964, eight hours layover in Tokyo.A little Mercedes Benz Airport van picked us up and took us to the hotel, Tokyo Tokyu, I think was the name of that hotel.I was kind of supprised that little MB van had such a good ride.I was sitting in that MB van, thinking I would have me one of these vans. cuhulin

In message , Ashton Crusher writes

It's not a fix, it's a warning that the vehicle could (and frequently was) dangerous. A fix is to correct the fault so that the danger no longer exists.

Did you?

I own an early 1960s Mercedes Benz four cylinder diesel engine I bought from J.C.Whitney many years ago.That is the only MB thingy I own.Other than that, I have never owned a MB vehicle before.

My older brother (he was eight years older than I am) was in the Army too, he was in Germany in 1963.He bought a second hand Mercedes Benz car in Germany. cuhulin

Well, it was one of the cable news stations again today: a tape of someone calling into 911 saying they couldn't stop their car and were about to approach an intersection.

So basically they have time to call 911 and complain to an operator but aren't smart enough to shut their damn car off or put it in neutral, and the media aren't telling people to do this.

They kind of are, they just aren't spoonfeeding it to the Sheeple.

"MY CAR"S OUT OF CONTROL!!!!"

Anser should have been, "Put it in neutral, dumbass..."

What with that new snow blizzard going on right now in some states, a lot of vehicles aren't going anywhere for a while. cuhulin

What the hell did you do with an M-B Diesel engine? ;)

My first (and best) girlfriend had a 1963 M-B 190D, a four door M-B sedan with a "four on the tree". Yup...4 speed trans...on the column. It was the usual H pattern but you had to go about 1/3 of the way into 1st and then pull back to get into Reverse.

Reverse took a little to get used to...

"Made up story"?

Take a look at Fox news' web page. They had the 911 call for a while.

A lot of news sources had the call.

In message , Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B writes

Be honest, Fox news isn't exactly unbiased. We here in the UK have a fair amount of our press and satellite TV from Murdock, we also get Fox News via satellite. You've also shot yourself in the foot by saying that "A lot of news sources had the call" Now only one call was made, why would many news sources want it apart to sensationalise?