Toyota witch hunt continues...
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Toyota witch hunt continues...
Lexus GX 460 deemed unsafe by Consumer Reports. It has been given a rare "Don't Buy" warning.
http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2010/04/consumer_reports_calls_lexus_g.html
Notice the part I bolded... this shit is just too funny to read any more. Fuck this country.
Ok, so it's super dangerous and we shouldn't buy it, yet they don't have one substantiated report of a roll over? Good fucking lord
http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2010/04/consumer_reports_calls_lexus_g.html
Notice the part I bolded... this shit is just too funny to read any more. Fuck this country.
NEW YORK -- Consumer Reports has given the Lexus GX460 a rare "Don't Buy" warning, saying a problem that occurred during routine handling tests could lead the SUV to roll over in real-world driving.
In the latest blow to Toyota's reputation, the magazine said that during a test of the vehicle's performance during unusual turns, the rear of the vehicle slid until it was nearly sideways before the electronic stability control system kicked in.
Consumer Reports said in real-world driving, such a scenario could cause a rollover accident. As a result, the magazine has given the seven-seat SUV a "Don't Buy: Safety Risk" label until the problem is fixed.
"In a real-world situation, by that time, the car can hit the curb or the side of the road and that's the situation where, in a vehicle like that, it could cause it to roll over," said Gabriel Shenhar, senior auto test engineer at Consumer Reports, who was one of four testers to experience the problem.
Consumer Reports said the last vehicle to receive such a warning was the 2001 Mitsubishi Montero Limited. It said among the 95 SUVs in its current ratings, no other slid as far as the GX460.
Starting at about $52,000, the GX460 is a small-volume vehicle for Lexus, Toyota Motor Corp.'s luxury brand.
But the warning represents yet another blow for Toyota's tarnished reputation for safety following recalls of millions of vehicles for faulty gas pedals. The GX460 is not covered by the pedal recalls.
Consumer Reports said the problem occurred during a handling test on its test track. During the test, the driver approaches a turn unusually fast, then releases the accelerator pedal to simulate a typical driver's response. This causes the rear of the vehicle to slide.
In normal cases, the vehicle's electronic stability control should quickly correct the loss of control. But Shenhar said in the case of the GX460, the stability control took too long to adjust, causing a risk of rolling over.
However, Consumer Reports said it is not aware of any reports of the vehicle rolling over. The magazine said it tested two separate vehicles, both of which experienced the problem, but neither rolled over.
Consumer Reports said it has notified Toyota and said the automaker is investigating the problem.
Ok, so it's super dangerous and we shouldn't buy it, yet they don't have one substantiated report of a roll over? Good fucking lord
Ehwmatt- Major Leaguer
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Re: Toyota witch hunt continues...
After what Japan did us at Pearl Harbor I don't give a fuck what happens to their auto companies. But I do understand that now that the U.S. has a vested interest in seeing foreign auto companies fail, this seems rather suspicious. And you know what? Had this been under President Bush there would have been nightly conspiracy theories that tied his friend's aunt's son to owning stock in Ford and GM, and that would have been enough of a smoking gun for an idiot like Olberman to be on nightly blabbing through his cum tunnel about how Bush's cronies are making money off of this.
Saint John- Major Leaguer
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Where have you been Danny boy!?
There were talks right here about consiparacy theories that Obama was behind the whole Toyota recall deal, cause he owns GM and Chrysler ...
There were talks right here about consiparacy theories that Obama was behind the whole Toyota recall deal, cause he owns GM and Chrysler ...
Re: Toyota witch hunt continues...
Behshad wrote:Where have you been Danny boy!?
There were talks right here about consiparacy theories that Obama was behind the whole Toyota recall deal, cause he owns GM and Chrysler ...
I remember them, but I don't really buy into it as anything more than having a rogue white house putting a lot of pressure on people. Or it could simply be Obama-types over at Consumer Reports either deliberately or subconsciously trying to "deep six" foreign auto makers. And this might shock you ... but I'm ok with it. Revenge for Pearl Harbor, motherfuckers. Nagasaki and Hiroshima was just evening the score. Now we take the lead.
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