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2010-01-30 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Toyota's Chief Apologizes as Company Races to Fix Recall Crisis or Fixing Death Traps

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Posted by Elminert Threaque2512 2010-01-30 08:10|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 What, no seppuku? These youngin's. No respect for the old ways.

Posted by Procopius2k 2010-01-30 12:20|| 2010-01-30 12:20|| Front Page Top

#2 Voices of the Dead

The Toyota Crash that caused the recall.

RIP poor souls.

Posted by NoName 2010-01-30 16:35|| 2010-01-30 16:35|| Front Page Top

#3 In this situation, just shut off the engine. Don't turn the key to lock, just to off. You get to keep your steering that way. And you will lose power brakes, so if you are not strong enough to operate them without the vacuum assist, don't pump them a lot or you'll exhaust whatever limited supply of vacuum you may or may not have. Just press them down enough to get out of trouble and hold it.

In the case of the Lexus, I believe I read that you just hold the start button down for three seconds and it shuts it off the engine.

You can also put it in neutral. So what if it's not what you usually do and the engine red-lines, at least you stand a way better chance of walking away. If you have a rev-limiter, you'll also get to keep your brakes. If not, the engine will blow. And hopefully you will end up whining about replacing it.

Posted by gorb 2010-01-30 17:34|| 2010-01-30 17:34|| Front Page Top

#4 that crash was in my town, Santee, where State Route 125 ends at Mission Gorge Road. There's still flowers set out there every few days. RIP. It was a loaner vehicle from the dealer while the family got their car worked on so they may not have been that familiar with the button-hold-down method

Posted by Frank G 2010-01-30 17:52|| 2010-01-30 17:52|| Front Page Top

#5 Not knowing anything about the crash or the car, my first thought was why didn't they put it in neutral and/or cut off the engine?

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2010-01-30 19:04|| 2010-01-30 19:04|| Front Page Top

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