Thank you USA Friends and your great leader for taking a HARD STANCE on TOYOTA HARD!!

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Qianglong

Qianglong

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I would like to pass on my thanks and sincere support towards to USA and your wonderful president & government for taking such a hard stance on Toyota. I've personally worked at a several Japanese companies in the past and have to quit because I absolutely cannot stand the way they treat their employees or their business practice.

Giving Japanese management advice and recommendation for improvements is usually viewed as a direct insult towards their intelligence, perfection and superiority complex. I was pulled into lecture, screaming and cussing meetings for 2 hours + whenever I provide an idea to improve existing products/process and have to sign a paper saying I'll never question the Japanese management decision/idea etc.

I am glad to see that despite high risks of economic fallout in pursueing toyota, your government still decided to to what is best for you. The Canadian government on the other hand is just a chicken sh*T that sit there and let them do whatever they want.

By the way..thanking for giving the Canadian Hockey team a good beating!
 
Capt Caveman

Capt Caveman

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Did you post the same thing when the USA took a hard stance against tainted food/toys/etc from China?
 
LTC8K6

LTC8K6

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It's good that we are looking after our gov't owned auto industries...
 
LTC8K6

LTC8K6

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No, it was a conspiracy to sell more Ford cars...

Remember when they used to catch on fire from the cruise controls for just about forever? Remember the congressional outrage?
 
LTC8K6

LTC8K6

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Ford execs were called in to congress over the long running cruise control switch fires? The gov't told people not to buy Fords?

I really don't recall either if they happened.
 
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Taejin

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imagine what would happen in the US if we let china sell cars here
 
techs

techs

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LTC8K6 said:
No, it was a conspiracy to sell more Ford cars...

Remember when they used to catch on fire from the cruise controls for just about forever? Remember the congressional outrage?
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Yeah, I had to wait almost a freakin year for Ford to make a freakin simple little wire harness. I think Ford figured the longer we wait the less cars we have to fix.
 
moshquerade

moshquerade

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I'm lost... is Honda where it's at for quality now or are they cockily sweeping safety issues under the rug too?
 
amdhunter

amdhunter

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Riceninja said:
lTS ALL A CONSPIRACY TO SELL MORE GM CARS
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I know you say this in jest, but I believe that it is true. The only way the US can convince people to buy their inferior, overpriced products is by cleverly creating a terroristic campaign against its Japanese competitors.

Scare tactics -- it's the American way.
 
grrl

grrl

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amdhunter said:
I know you say this in jest, but I believe that it is true. The only way the US can convince people to buy their inferior, overpriced products is by cleverly creating a terroristic campaign against its Japanese competitors.

Scare tactics -- it's the American way.
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And that includes planting incriminating emails.
 
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bignateyk

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I think the whole thing is blown out of proportion. Even in the extremely unlikely chance that this were to happen to you, are you really that dumb that you can't

1) Turn off the ignition
2) Put the car in neutral
3) Press the brakes

Any one of those 3 would stop the car.

I own an '08 RAV4, and I love it. Once my wifes '04 Liberty bites the dust I will probably get an Xterra though.
 
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lurk3r

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bignateyk said:
I think the whole thing is blown out of proportion. Even in the extremely unlikely chance that this were to happen to you, are you really that dumb that you can't

1) Turn off the ignition
2) Put the car in neutral
3) Press the brakes

Any one of those 3 would stop the car.

I own an '08 RAV4, and I love it. Once my wifes '04 Liberty bites the dust I will probably get an Xterra though.
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You are missing one big point, alot of the cars with issues have completely electronic controls, no key, just a start button that has to be held for 5s to turn the car off, trans has no physical linkage etc. It is entirely possible that turning the car off or putting it into neutral will not work.
 
BoomerD

BoomerD

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lurk3r said:
You are missing one big point, alot of the cars with issues have completely electronic controls, no key, just a start button that has to be held for 5s to turn the car off, trans has no physical linkage etc. It is entirely possible that turning the car off or putting it into neutral will not work.
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I posted a yahoo news story in the "other" toyota thread about just that problem.

"Also being heard from Tuesday are drivers like Rhonda Smith, a Sevierville, Tenn., woman whose Toyota-made Lexus suddenly zoomed to 100 miles per hour as she tried to get it to stop — shifting to neutral, trying to throw the car into reverse and hitting the emergency brake. Finally, her car slowed down before she crashed."
 
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bignateyk

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lurk3r said:
You are missing one big point, alot of the cars with issues have completely electronic controls, no key, just a start button that has to be held for 5s to turn the car off, trans has no physical linkage etc. It is entirely possible that turning the car off or putting it into neutral will not work.
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Ah, I didn't know that. My '08 RAV4 has none of those things.
 
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