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To: wrrock

Good, I am very leary when I see a Toyoto these days.
Especially when they are going very fast.


4 posted on 02/01/2010 12:18:58 PM PST by TribalPrincess2U (demonicRATS ... taxes, pain and slow death. Is this what you want?)
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To: TribalPrincess2U
I'm about to make a comment on this and I want to preface it by saying that I do not own a Toyota, but I have driven them.

This petal issue is not as bad as the presstitutes are reporting. Toyota has a petal that pivots to the drivers foot position. It is this pivoting that can sometimes cause the petal to become lodged under the floor mat or you can actually get your foot stuck between the petal and the floorboard carpets which are much plusher these days.

It's a rare thing and depends largely on driving style, ie: "Heal and toe" drivers.

They have had this petal for more than ten years! I did not like it when I drove a few Toyota's over this time period. The first time I drove one I got my foot stuck under the petal assy. and it was not a pleasant experience.

BTW, I only own American made cars, and I am posting this only to tell you that the petal is not defective, it is the drivers foot position and floor mats that are at issue. This will not happen in a GM car because the petal is stiffer and the foot rest pad is twice the size.

Just my observations of the rice burner clown cars made today. I would not be watching for one to go out of control, because you will never actually see it happen. This situation depends on a sequence of events, and the shoes even have a roll in it. The car is not dangerous, just different and they, Toyota, never saw it as a big issue until the story went viral on the Internet.

10 posted on 02/01/2010 12:41:17 PM PST by Cold Heat
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