Toyota is FOCKED!

[Captain Allen 0]

First all the recalls and now they are halting production and the sale of 8 vehicles. I'm guessing it won't be long before they are hit with a rash of lawsuits due to this issue.

[patweisers44 707]

those 5,000 shares of Ford i bought last year at 2.40 are looking better every day.

[NorthernVike 2,080]

those 5,000 shares of Ford i bought last year at 2.40 are looking better every day.

Ford 11.41 +0.22

 

 

2.40

x 5000

--------

12,000

 

 

 

 

 

11.41

x 5000

---------

 

57,050

 

 

 

 

57,050

-12,000

---------

45,050

 

 

 

Ha ha, you've got a tax problem

 

 

 

 

 

nice problem to have

[edjr 5,617]

those 5,000 shares of Ford i bought last year at 2.40 are looking better every day.

 

that Die Nasty money is just what you needed.

[Captain Allen 0]

Just out of curiosity, what do the geek Toyota owners think about this?

[SUXBNME 1,348]

Just out of curiosity, what do the geek Toyota owners think about this?

Not concerned in the least.

This won't affect them that much at all. Many other car companies have been through much worse and survived just fine.

[surferskin 30]

Could be worse. They could have Obama running their company.

[parrot 789]

Just out of curiosity, what do the geek Toyota owners think about this?

 

Wife has a Camry. Upping her life insurance and praying.

[remote controller 133]

My 2002 Avalon has 183,000 miles on it and still gets 30+ mpg.

[NorthernVike 2,080]

Not concerned in the least.

This won't affect them that much at all. Many other car companies have been through much worse and survived just fine.

Don't know about the "much worse" claim. I don't remember any auto maker shutting down production because of a recall

[Jeff Garcia 8]

My wife has over 140,000 miles on her '98 4-Runner. Thing still runs like a champ. We have never had any issues with it.

[pingpong 0]

Once they get past the initial shock, Toyota comes out of this smelling like a rose. Would an American company ever care so much about quality to STOP selling the car? Never. In the long run, this will improve their image.

[SUXBNME 1,348]

Don't know about the "much worse" claim. I don't remember any auto maker shutting down production because of a recall

They are only shutting down for 1 week...No big deal

If you want to talk about the worst recalls in history, see below

 

• #10, Ford, 1987. The company had to recall as many as 3.6 million vehicles due to engine compartment fires caused by bad fuel line connectors. It was an earth shaker not necessarily because of its number, but because of how wide the recall was. The recall affected just about every car Ford made.

• #9 General Motors, 2004. General Motors had to recall 3.6 million trucks because of tailgate problems. Reports say that there were as many as 134 people who suffered some kind of minor injury when the tailgate collapsed. The cause of the problem was corroded cables on the tailgate. Trucks that were caught in this mess included the Silverado, Sierra, Escalades and Avalanche.

• #8 Volkwagen, 1972. Visibility could be the most essential thing when driving a motor vehicle. But 3.7 million vehicles were recalled by VW because the windshield wiper arms worked loose and would spin off the vehicle during rain or snow storms. So VW replaced the wiper arms on its Beetle built between 1949 and 1969.

• #7 Honda, 1995. The culprit in this recall were the seat belts. The release button of these seat belts either cracked or disintegrated causing belts to fail outright or causing them to trap passengers and keep them in the car after accidents. Three million seven hundred thousand vehicles were recalled and included the Civic, Prelude, Accord, Acura, Legend, Integra and NSX.

• #6 General Motors, 1973. Eighteen General Motors models experienced control problems after stones would fly up and damage the steering assembly. Three million seven hundred thousand vehicles were recalled and included the Centurion, Electra, Estate Wagon, LeSabre, Riviera, Belair, Biscayne, Brookwood, Caprice, Impala, Kingswood, Kingswood Estate, Townsmen, Olds 88 and 98, the Bonneville, Grand Ville and Catalina.

• #5 Ford, 1971. Seat belt shoulder harnesses on a number of 1970 and ‘71 models caused Ford to recall 4.1 million vehicles. These included the Ford Rancheros, Lincolns, Mercurys, and Fords. The detailed explanation said that the shoulder harness would fray and detach from the metal that held them to the seat frame.

• #4 General Motors, 1981. No one wants to be in a car that suffers problems related to steering control. But that is what happen when bolts in certain models of General Motors vehicles actually came loose. Models affected included the Century, Regal, El Camino, Malibu, Monte Carlo, Caballero, Cutlass, Grand Prix, and LeMans. And the recall numbered 5.8 million vehicles.

• #3 General Motors, 1971. You would certainly panic if you were the driver of a car in which the engine mounts would separate from the engine frames and fall back onto the throttle. Well, this is what happen to cause a recall of 6.7 million vehicles. The models affected included the Belair, Brookwood, Camaro, Caprice, Chevrolet, Chevy II, G Series, Impala, Kingswood, Nova, P Series, C Series and Townsmen.

• Ford, 1996. The ignition systems were to blame for a recall of 8.6 million vehicles. Caught in the mess were the 1998-’93 Escort, Mustang, Tempo, Thunderbird, Courgar, Crown Victoria, Gran Marquis, Lincoln Town Car, Aerostar, Bronco and F-Series trucks.

• Finally, the worst recall in history, Ford, 2008. The cruise control switch would catch fire even hours after the engine had been turned off and the vehicle had been parked. 1993 to 2004 Lincoln and Mercury SUVs, pickups, cars and vans were caught up in the net.

 

 

http://blogs.automotive.com/6304790/opinio...alls/index.html

 

And the whole Ford / Firestone debacle back in the 90's

 

In 2001, Ford Motor Company announced that it would replace 13 million Wilderness AT tires on its sports utility and pick-ups as a result of mounting concerns surrounding their safety. This followed orders from the U.S. Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration ("NHTSA") Bridgestone/Firestone to recall 6.5 million Firestone ATX and Wilderness tires following the death of 271 people and more than 700 injuries attributed to defective tire separation

 

http://www.usautoinjurylaw.com/cases/tires...e-firestone.htm

[Sho Nuff 720]

Is this the thread where we post how many miles are on our Toyota that has nothing to do with this recall?

Or where we post how many miles are on a car from a different maker to say "so what" to the Toyota honks?

[SUXBNME 1,348]

Is this the thread where we post how many miles are on our Toyota that has nothing to do with this recall?

Or where we post how many miles are on a car from a different maker to say "so what" to the Toyota honks?

No, this is the thread where you blame Bush for the recall.

[pimptastic69 0]

You know there is some exec in Japan holding a Samurai sword to his gut right now.

 

In the US, that same exec would have gotten a $12 million buyout to go away.

[mobb_deep 919]

those 5,000 shares of Ford i bought last year at 2.40 are looking better every day.

 

Got mine at 1.60 (only 1,000 though).

 

Bought 100 GE the same day at just over 10$. Been sitting around 16 for a while, but I'm pretty confident it will get back up into the mid 20's.

[GettnHuge 1]

speaking of nice stocks to own a lot of, it's good to see sirius hit 75cents and probably more. I bought

a schload at about 6cents a share. course at the time there was a risk of bankruptcy. seemed like a smert

gamble.

[GobbleDog 822]

My wife drives a 2007 Camry. I'm waiting for the recall notice to get it fixed, but in the meantime I talked to her about "being ready to throw the car in neutral and pulling over".

 

It still worries me. It's been my experience that when sh*t starts hitting the fan and instinct is needed, women tend to lose their heads.

[NorthernVike 2,080]

My wife drives a 2007 Camry. I'm waiting for the recall notice to get it fixed, but in the meantime I talked to her about "being ready to throw the car in neutral and pulling over".

 

It still worries me. It's been my experience that when sh*t starts hitting the fan and instinct is needed, women tend to lose their heads.

Fock, I would have told my wife to take a cross country drive.

[jgcrawfish 232]

My wife drives a 2007 Camry. I'm waiting for the recall notice to get it fixed, but in the meantime I talked to her about "being ready to throw the car in neutral and pulling over".

 

It still worries me. It's been my experience that when sh*t starts hitting the fan and instinct is needed, women tend to lose their heads.

 

that's funny. i told my wife that if she sees a Toyota driver on the road, swerve off the road surface quickly and hit a tree. Just cause I don't own a Toyota doesn't mean I can't profit from it.

 

 

 

In all seriousness, this is the PERFECT time to try and buy a Toyota. Go talk to a dealer, haggle a killer a price and tell them to put in writing and you'll buy it as soon as the sales freeze is lifted. Freakin dealerships here are advertising new 09 Camry's at $13k-sumthing. that's freaking cheap.

[supermike80 1,317]

1) Americans are all about what is trendy

2) Americans are generally stupid

3) Toyota is trendy

 

= they will be fine

[swamp dog 0]

ford making billions...non-union toyoto making death traps...

 

viva la unions

[SUXBNME 1,348]

ford making billions...non-union toyoto making death traps...

 

viva la unions

You are kidding, right?

[GettnHuge 1]

make that 82 cents

[pimptastic69 0]

ford making billions...non-union toyoto making death traps...

 

viva la unions

 

 

I surprised you aren't calling for Ford to redistribute their "excessive" wealth in these trying times.

[lickin_starfish 1,498]

my ex-girlfriend had 250,000 miles on her Jeep Cherokee and it was still going strong. Eff the foreign crap.

[Boston Three Party 6]

My 95 5.0 Ford had about 3,000 different recalls. But it was a late model 90's Ford. Big difference...

[NorthernVike 2,080]

my ex-girlfriend had 250,000 miles on her Jeep Cherokee and it was still going strong. Eff the foreign crap.

Giants Fan was your "girlfriend"?