(02-13-2010 05:57 PM)bikechuck Wrote:  Will your "American Car" be built in the United States like the Hondas that are manufactured in Marysville, Ohio? What exactly is an "American Car" these days?

Good point. I am pretty sure that all Chrysler cars are half Italian these days. GM cars are half UAW. Ford is the only American car company that deserves respect. And that is hard for me to say.

(01-27-2010 10:03 PM)huskiealum03 Wrote:  American automakers in the 80s damaged their rep because their cars caused many complaints, but they were arrogant enough to continue pushing it down the consumers' throats. At least Toyota is owning up, and pulling their cars. This shows a care to fix the problem

Yep, Toyota really owned up. You may want to write a retraction after reading this:

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/con...733462.htm

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100224/ap_o...ota_recall

ToyoDOH!

"We pursued growth over the speed at which we were able to develop our people and our organization," "

They were greedy. They forgot what got them to the top. Quality and attention to detail.

(02-19-2010 10:24 PM)Rock Bottom Wrote:  

(01-27-2010 10:03 PM)huskiealum03 Wrote:  American automakers in the 80s damaged their rep because their cars caused many complaints, but they were arrogant enough to continue pushing it down the consumers' throats. At least Toyota is owning up, and pulling their cars. This shows a care to fix the problem

Yep, Toyota really owned up. You may want to write a retraction after reading this:

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/con...733462.htm

hey fair enough...i'm not personally going to buy toyotas in the near future.

SUCK SUCK SUCK

PUT MONEY IN FRONT OF SAVING LIVES!!!

I hope all you jap car lovers are as proud as you have always been!

(02-24-2010 06:34 PM)NIU Chicago Wrote:  SUCK SUCK SUCK

PUT MONEY IN FRONT OF SAVING LIVES!!!

I hope all you jap car lovers are as proud as you have always been!

You must be wrong - Jap car owners say only American car companies do stuff like that.

Another Toyota speeding in California. This time a Prius. Police car had to help stop run away vehicle.

(03-09-2010 11:00 AM)klake87 Wrote:  Another Toyota speeding in California. This time a Prius. Police car had to help stop run away vehicle.

Go Toyota go! Energizer needs to get into this.

Supposedly this took 30 miles for this guy to stop, lol. He tried to cut the power to the car, but you need to hold the ignition button to cut the power and not just press it. The trooper needed to instruct him to to put the car in neutral, lol. People need to be able to understand how cars work, and not just gas=go, brake=stop, wheel=turns. Thats where a manual transmission comes into play and makes for a smarter driver.

(03-09-2010 02:56 PM)HuskiemobileMan Wrote:  The trooper needed to instruct him to to put the car in neutral, lol.

Wait, so not only did the guy not think to put the car in neutral while it was barreling down the road, but he didn't even know HOW to put the car in neutral? That guy should lose his license lol.