Re: The solution to the Toyota gas pedal problem
Raymond Sirois
not isolated to Toyota. As a matter of fact, I believe the phrase
Unintended Acceleration was coined during Audi's unfortunate
experience in this area. Also, I once owned a car that had the
"carpet jamming the gas pedal problem." The car in question wasn't an
Audi, or a Toyota, but a 1970 Chrysler 300. Just imagine the thrill
of uncontrollable acceleration in a car that weighs 4,000 pounds
powered by a 440 c.i.d. engine. Makes a runaway Toyota seem like a
walk in a park.
On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 05:34:24 -0600, charles...@mycomputer.com, in
an obviously impaired state, wrote:
>Here is the solution to the Toyota gas pedal problem.
>If you own a Toyota, simply REMOVE the gas pedal. You will not crash
>the car afterwards and may save your life as well as the life of other
>friends and family members. Use your wrenches, or just saw it off
>with a hacksaw. Just be sure to remove it from the car.
>
>And remember this: Toyota claims to make one of the best vehicles on
>the market. Well, consider this. Every vehicle made since the
>beginning of petroleum powered vehicles began in the early 20th
>century has had a gas (or diesel) pedal. Stuck pedals were rare or
>nonexistant during all these years. Gas pedals were found on all
>autos, trucks, tractors, and all other machines powered by gasoline or
>diesel fuel. Back then, gas pedals were pretty simple and a very minor
>part of cars. They were basically just a metal shaft fitted to a
>simple sleeve bearing, and attached to a steel rod or cable on the
>engine side, and a rubber foot pedal inside the vehicle. But Toyota
>had to make the "simple" gas pedal as complicated as possible, and of
>course make it out of flimsy, breakable plastic instead of durable
>metal. They also has to connect it to computers. After all, we live
>in a generation where everything has to be made so complicated that no
>one understands it, and of course everything has to be plastic and
>connected to a computer whether it's needed or not,
>
>Thanks to Toyota, what once was simple became a complex disaster and
>many have died as a result. Lets thank Toyota for making their death
>machines and giving jobs to those in the Funeral industry, as well as
>lawyers and judges. I bet the Japanese are real proud of Toyota
>creating machines that kill Americans. This time they didn't even have
>to bomb Pearl Harbor. They just kill Americans on the highway every
>day.
>
>With any luck, Toyota will join the ranks of bankrupt auto
>manufacturers. You can help force bankruptcy on Toyota by removing
>the gas pedals from every Toyota vehicle you can get your hands on.
>In the process you will save many human lives. Not only will Toyota
>go down in history as a manufacturer of "Weapons of Mass Destruction",
>but Toyota will go down in history as the manufacturer of the longest
>lasting engine in all of history, since their engines will last
>forever once the gas pedals are removed.
>
>CF
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