Loved Ones - Toyota

[brandoro]

The problem is that USA and similarly developed countries are in general disciplined. People behave more or less predictably, roads are good so emergencies don't happen offten. Then take countries with vague trafic rules or where only trafic rule is that there are no rules. Driving there is a chain of emergencies. I have driven in such countries and did few stupid things like driving on wrong side of the road (they had left hand trafic) and nobody hit me or even got excited about that. What I am saying is that all Americans should go and drive in India, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait or at least southern Italy or Czech Republic. In a week there will be no emergency they couldn't handle.

The drivers in China make Italians look disciplined. I drove in Italy, could have acquired a driver's license in China but declined. You need to know where to draw that line. When I turned in the rental car after a couple of months in Italy the guy from the rental agency walked around it three or four times with pen and paper looking for scuff marks. He didn't find any. The car was brand new when I picked it up so was unscuffed and I managed to avoid any close encounters with Italian drivers. Sometimes it's better to be lucky. Makes you appreciate the wide roads and relatively good signage found most places in N America.

 

[dcyrilc]

Cyril, You are asking the wrong question, it should be - 'What are kids learning these days?'

What one intends to teach and what is actually learned can be two very different things.
Dave.

So true!

 

[archerm3]

I've never understood anyones desire to do that. When the Marine Corps asked me if I wanted to go to jump school, I asked them why they think I would want to jump out of a perfectly good airplane.

Because when you ride a perfectly good helicopter into a hot LZ, the helicopter doesn't generally stay perfectly good...and you don't want to be jumping out of helicopter giving up it's parts...lol

 

[dcyrilc]

Because when you ride a perfectly good helicopter into a hot LZ, the helicopter doesn't generally stay perfectly good...and you don't want to be jumping out of helicopter giving up it's parts...lol

Helos are great. Like a good roller-coaster ride that doesn't end after 60 seconds. Probably the one thing I miss the most after getting out of the Corps, free helo rides.

 

[dodge man]

I'm so glad I'm in that top 20%. Aren't I lucky. As a matter of fact, who doesn't think they are in that top 20%? My wife thinks she is in it. She is worse than most guys I know. You say anything at all about her driving, she jumps all over you.

 

[turbo36]

I'm so glad I'm in that top 20%. Aren't I lucky. As a matter of fact, who doesn't think they are in that top 20%? My wife thinks she is in it. She is worse than most guys I know. You say anything at all about her driving, she jumps all over you.

Yup, this forum is just like Lake Wobegon (from Wiki)

Main article: Illusory superiority
The characterization of the fictional location, where "all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average," has been used to describe a real and pervasive human tendency to overestimate ones achievements and capabilities in relation to others. The Lake Wobegon effect, where all or nearly all of a group claim to be above average, has been observed among drivers, CEOs, stock market analysts, college students, parents, and state education officials, among others.

 

[bstrom]

I didn't read all forty pages of this thread but if the accelerator sticks can't you turn off the ignition and step hard on the brake (you lose power brakes) and come to a stop? You used to be able to shut off the ignition on a vehicle when it was moving is that still true?

I don't pay much attention to this crap but heard on the radio someone went on a wild ride for 40 miles or something, man that sounds like BS to me. Like put it in neutral and blow the engine rather than get killed. If you can't think of something in forty miles you got a real slow brain or you are full of ****.

 

[Gator6x4]

What Toyota knew about floor mat problems in their vehicles amd when they knew it.

Toyota used ?secret recalls? for floor mat issues - Autos- msnbc.com

 

[dmccarty]

Seem like a mountain out of a mole hill. Seems pretty obvious that the floor mat could jamb the pedals. I always put in the rubber floor mats that can hold lots of water and mud. And I make sure they are not going to interfere with the pedals.

My Ford has a dohicky in the floor to help prevent the mat from sliding around. A floor mat interfering with the pedals seems kinda obvious.

Do the auto makers need to put a big sticker on the dash telling people to not drive into trees?

Now if Ford could give me a rear facing paint gun that I could fire when that dumb a....s blond on the cell phone is driving behind me so close I cannot see her car's hood, that would be goodness.

Course that would be another sticker on the dash. Don't follow so close.

Later,
Dan

 

[patrick_g]

...and now NASA has been hired for millions (with Governmental oversight of their process) to investigate Toyota's unintended acceleration problem. DOT and Toyota failed so now it is time to call in the big guns, the pros from Dover!

Pat