I agree, but I am partial to Fords.
I think that the Toyota recalls are primarily politically motivated. I
don't know what they did or didn't do, but they sure are being spanked.
Really, a part on the accelerator petal wears, or a floor mat
overrides the petal, and this is a recall item? By this criteria,
every car in existance or to be built in the future should be recalled.
I have never owned a car that hasn't had a fundamental engineering
flaw. And I've owned Chevys, Fords, VW's, Datsuns, Nissans, a Subaru,
a Jeep, a Volvo, and a Plymouth. And, I've never worked on a car that
didn't have a fundamental engineering flaw (Caddies, Honda's,
Oldsmobiles, Audi's, Mercedes, Lincolns, Dodges, Land Rovers, and who
knows what else). So what. You use it, you fix it, you wear it out,
and you get another pretty good car that you use as a tool to go to job
to job, house to cave, through the snow, over the mountain or through
the woods, or screaming down the interstate.
Steve Stokowski
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Sent: Thu, Feb 18, 2010 10:30 am
Subject: Re: [BP] interesting stuck accelerator fact
Better idea, trade it for a Ford.
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Subject: [BP] interesting stuckaccelerator fact
At high speed, brakes will not stop a carwith accelerator pedal
floored.
Shift into neutral, then putbrake.
Do not turn off the ignition - that willlock the steering wheel, even
if it does disengage the motor, and you will losesteering and hit the
marble steps covered with red wine.
Anyone tried the ignitionthing? christopher
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