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System under stress at Toyota
Japan Times ^
| 09/13/08
| YURI KAGEYAMA
Posted on 02/26/2010 4:19:10 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster
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To: TigerLikesRooster; sushiman; Ronin; AmericanInTokyo; gaijin; struggle; DTogo; GATOR NAVY; Iris7; ...
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posted on
02/26/2010 4:19:48 PM PST
by
TigerLikesRooster
(LUV DIC -- L,U,V-shaped recession, Depression, Inflation, Collapse)
To: TigerLikesRooster
More bad mouthing from the propoganda arm of the owners of Government Motors.
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posted on
02/26/2010 4:20:28 PM PST
by
Mr. K
(This administration IS WEARING OUT MY CAPSLOCK KEY!)
To: Mr. K
More in the disinformation/misdirection campaign by Union thugs who are trying to feast on the carcass of Toyota. The Union is trying to get their meat hooks into Toyota having now devoured GM and Chrysler. They are insatiable.
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posted on
02/26/2010 4:23:22 PM PST
by
Obadiah
(Democrats and their life partners, the MSM)
To: Mr. K
and no report by the drive-by’s on Gubmint’ Motors execs getting bonuses which they do not deserve.
To: TigerLikesRooster
If I were in the market for a new car, I would be buying a Toyota.....just my way of say “f” U......
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posted on
02/26/2010 4:26:30 PM PST
by
Kimmers
(Be the kind of person when your feet hit the floor each morning the devil says, Oh crap, she's awake)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Hope the CEO does not commit hari kiri.
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posted on
02/26/2010 4:27:13 PM PST
by
luvbach1
(Worse than we could have imagined.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
If only Toyota had unions.. /sarc
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posted on
02/26/2010 4:27:32 PM PST
by
mylife
(Opinions: $1.00 Halfbaked: 50c)
To: TigerLikesRooster
I think that Toyota may have made a mistake in removing the mechanical link entirely from some of its cars and going wholly “fly by wire.” That said, it is an exceptionally well-run, very large company that produces quality products.
An intermittent electronic bug—a hypothetical one at that—is devilishly hard to believe in, and devilishly hard to find. So, they’ve got a problem.
The US government is doing show trial type hearings, hoping to benefit, not GM the company, but the unions that now own it.
To: TigerLikesRooster
It’s looking like it’s time to visit our Toyota dealer, I’m sure I can get reasonable price on one right about now.
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posted on
02/26/2010 4:39:05 PM PST
by
SZonian
(There are times when we have to tell loved ones truths that hurt. We do so because we care for them.)
To: Pearls Before Swine
Toyota may have made a mistake in removing the mechanical link entirely from some of its cars and going wholly “fly by wire.” I agree. Not just Toyota but other car companies as well. Reports about sudden acceleration and other kinds of loss of control had been made by drivers of various model of cars from different companies. Perhaps ensuring proper functioning of fly-by-wire system is either more expensive or requiring more technical improvement.
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posted on
02/26/2010 4:41:44 PM PST
by
TigerLikesRooster
(LUV DIC -- L,U,V-shaped recession, Depression, Inflation, Collapse)
To: luvbach1
“Hope the CEO does not commit hari kiri.”
Doubtful. That honor was reserved for Japanese captains in the IJN who ran their ships aground.
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posted on
02/26/2010 4:43:37 PM PST
by
Polynikes
(Haakkaa Paalle)
To: Polynikes
Well, Japan actually has a high suicide rate, because it’s sometimes actually considered the “morally responsible” thing to do.
So yes, the culture remains, even though Hara Kiri is no longer practiced.
To: TigerLikesRooster
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posted on
02/26/2010 4:50:35 PM PST
by
dr_who
To: mylife
“If only Toyota had unions.. /sarc”
In Japan it does.
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posted on
02/26/2010 5:00:27 PM PST
by
bwc2221
To: bwc2221
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posted on
02/26/2010 5:03:49 PM PST
by
mylife
(Opinions: $1.00 Halfbaked: 50c)
To: Pearls Before Swine
I think that Toyota may have made a mistake in removing the mechanical link entirely from some of its cars and going wholly “fly by wire.” That said, it is an exceptionally well-run, very large company that produces quality products.My 2000 VW GTI was all "fly by wire". Enough to drive one crazy till you got used to it. And the way they programmed it was if the brake and the gas were pressed at the same time a fuel cutoff kicked in. No more power braking.
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posted on
02/26/2010 5:25:51 PM PST
by
VeniVidiVici
("Bring out yer dead! Bring out your dead!" - Cries of a Navy Corpseman)
To: Kimmers
If I were in the market for a new car, I would be buying a Toyota.....just my way of say “f” U. I've had mine for 5 years and love it, if it dies before I do, I'll buy another because it is an excellent vehicle.
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posted on
02/26/2010 5:43:06 PM PST
by
Graybeard58
("0bama's not just stupid; He’s Jimmy Carter stupid”. - Don Imus)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Anyone interested in this I’d advise to Google “Unions Pressure Toyota” and look at the timeline relative to this news commotion.
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posted on
02/26/2010 6:06:12 PM PST
by
ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton
(To those who believe the world was safer with Saddam, get treatment for that!)
To: Graybeard58
I agree they are great cars....everyone that has them loves them.....
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posted on
02/26/2010 6:13:40 PM PST
by
Kimmers
(Be the kind of person when your feet hit the floor each morning the devil says, Oh crap, she's awake)
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