Runaway Toyota

[woofmarkthedog]

Oh dear...

Poor ol' mega corp TOYOTA , seems that 5.2 million cars in Canada & USA are faulty, due for recall

Yes, "five point two million" is quite alot, we are only in for 180 thousand here in the UK ( pah )

The fault is "The cars just wont stop, in fact they accelerate by themselves" & that's a bit scary at + 125 mph

Still only 8 million world wide, but I would say that the japanese work fast & I'm sure they'll sort it

Some time soon.....

I can't help thinking how "Gary Larson" might see it

"Is that a Toyota coming up behind us honey"

SPLAAAAAT....

W**F

[Roll Deep]

And here was me worrying about how all those crash dummies were going to sign on.

[Jeremy]

Is this the problem with the accelerator getting caught on the foot mat? It's only happened a handful of times - and surely if it happened to you, you'd just stick the car in neutral and pull over... right?

[Brendan]

Or move the foot mat perhaps.

Just a thought.

No actually on reflection you wouldn't want to go messing with things you don?t understand. You may void the warrantee. Best to just jump out of the car and call somebody qualified.

[Jeremy]

I'm actually thinking of getting a Toyota... do you think I can get a hefty discount if I buy one with a faulty mat?

[Brendan]

Good point. Presumably they?ll have to do something with these 8 million cars. Perhaps sell them in parts of Africa and the Indian subcontinent where there are very few traffic lights so you don?t have to stop that often.

woofmarkthedog Wrote:

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> The fault is "The cars just wont stop, in fact

> they accelerate by themselves" & that's a bit

> scary at + 125 mph

I?ve had a Toyota before. It couldn?t do anything near 125mph.

[woofmarkthedog]

Jeremy Wrote:

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> Is this the problem with the accelerator getting

> caught on the foot mat? It's only happened a

> handful of times - and surely if it happened to

> you, you'd just stick the car in neutral and pull

> over... right?

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Maybe, maybe not

Depends what mood your in

Though have you heard the recording from a driver in America ?

"Hello 911 operator"

"Oh hello, ermmm my car won't stop"

"Won't stop , why is that Sir ?"

"Oh I think the throttle's jammed, it's a Toyota"

"And where are you Sir"

"On the highway, I'm doing 125mph & can't stop"

" Have you tried braking ? "

"Yeah it still won't stop, it just gets faster "

"Where exactly are you ?"

"On the highway but I think ill turn off & find somewhere to run the car off the road"

That was the last thing they said, apparently the car later crashed off the road

Only in America but coming to a road somewhere near you......soon

W**F

[5imon]

no problem.

getting the accelerator stuck on a prius would actually clean the environment, wouldn't it?

eat that, al gore.

[computedshorty]

There was a similar problem with brakes on comercial vehicles, the configuration that existed compromised the use of Air Vacuum to assist the applying of brakes, to hold the vehicle stationary, should the vacuum fail the brakes would release and the vehicle no longer remain stable could move with gravity. The later system with the brake applied untill they are released to allow the vehicle to move. This does have drawbacks as should a failier in the system occur the vehicle will stop.

[Roll Deep]

Surely in your day the driver would just pull back on the reins, shorty?

[computedshorty]

My day is Now, I still do what you should do.

[woofmarkthedog]

Oh lordy...

"Hello" I'm stuck in a bell vacuum jar * taps inside of said dome with heel of shoe*

Or is it a parallel reality .....

For you what is to guess my ?

W**F

[woofmarkthedog]

On a serious note though...

W**F