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Witness: 'Shame on you, Toyota, for being so greedy'



 
 
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Old February 24th 10, 01:32 AM posted to alt.autos.toyota,alt.autos.toyota.camry,alt.autos.toyota.prius,alt.autos.lexus,rec.autos.tech
john
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Default Witness: 'Shame on you, Toyota, for being so greedy'

Some excellent testimony videos. Looks like Toyota USA is only a sales
front, no engineering know-how, manufacturing or safety recall
decisions (all done in Japan). And that Lentz guy doesn't seem to know
anything but sales. What a shame.

Videos on: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540...38073#35549366
Under Business -> Autos

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/2...ing-so-greedy-
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Old February 24th 10, 04:34 AM posted to alt.autos.toyota,alt.autos.toyota.camry,alt.autos.toyota.prius,alt.autos.lexus,rec.autos.tech
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Default Witness: 'Shame on you, Toyota, for being so greedy'

On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:32:16 -0800, john wrote:

> Some excellent testimony videos. Looks like Toyota USA is only a sales
> front, no engineering know-how, manufacturing or safety recall decisions
> (all done in Japan). And that Lentz guy doesn't seem to know anything but
> sales. What a shame.
>
> Videos on: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540...38073#35549366 Under
> Business -> Autos
>
> http://www.detroitnews.com/article/2...ing-so-greedy-



Is this the lady that couldn't stop her car, even in neutral?


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Old February 25th 10, 03:33 AM posted to alt.autos.toyota,alt.autos.toyota.camry,alt.autos.toyota.prius,alt.autos.lexus,rec.autos.tech
ACAR
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Default Witness: 'Shame on you, Toyota, for being so greedy'

On Feb 23, 8:32*pm, john > wrote:
> Some excellent testimony videos.


yeah, if you like Audi 5000 replays

rather than a parade of people whose stories strain credibility how
about a few stories from people who were able to successfully control
their cars after they began to accelerate.
them, I'd like to hear.

(did Woz just turn off his cruise control?)
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Old February 25th 10, 04:09 AM posted to alt.autos.toyota,alt.autos.toyota.camry,alt.autos.toyota.prius,alt.autos.lexus,rec.autos.tech
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Default Witness: 'Shame on you, Toyota, for being so greedy'

On Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:33:10 -0800, ACAR wrote:

> On Feb 23, 8:32Â*pm, john > wrote:
>> Some excellent testimony videos.

>
> yeah, if you like Audi 5000 replays
>
> rather than a parade of people whose stories strain credibility how about
> a few stories from people who were able to successfully control their cars
> after they began to accelerate. them, I'd like to hear.
>
> (did Woz just turn off his cruise control?)



HEY! Leave Woz alone! His Prius rocketed from 35-100 in just 60 minutes!


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Old February 25th 10, 12:19 PM posted to alt.autos.toyota,alt.autos.toyota.camry,alt.autos.toyota.prius,alt.autos.lexus,rec.autos.tech
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Default Witness: 'Shame on you, Toyota, for being so greedy'

Normally - CEOs act as the lead Public relations/sales manager
of a firm - the best they can do is either deny something, agree
with you, or say they'll get back to you with an answer later.
Having CEO appear before Congress - is not going to be a
fact-finding-hearing but more of a public grievance and tongue
lashing session. Which is what happens in most public
hearing (the outcome is already pre-determined by actions
occuring outside and before the public hearing ).


For immediate answers for a technical qustion - the two persons
in manufacturing that are much more likely to know the answer
on the spot are the Project/Lead R&D Engineer and the
Project/Lead Testing Engineer for a particular product. While
some Toyotas are not made in Japan - they are all designed,
developed, and tested in Japan so all the engineers would
most likely need a Japanese Translator who specialized
in translating computer technology, engineering, and
scientific works ( who probably would also be an engineer
or scientist as well). Needless to say Toyota's engineers and
Dr. David Gilbert are not in agreement at this time.





On Feb 23, 8:32*pm, john > wrote:
> Some excellent testimony videos. Looks like Toyota USA is only a sales
> front, no engineering know-how, manufacturing or safety recall
> decisions (all done in Japan). And that Lentz guy doesn't seem to know
> anything but sales. What a shame.
>
> Videos on:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540...38073#35549366
> Under Business -> Autos
>
> http://www.detroitnews.com/article/2...402/1148/auto0...


 




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