This Prius incident makes me kinda nervous.

This is true but we don't 100% know what has happened here. Its gonna take a while for the B.S. on both sides to subside. But I have a hard time believing that a company feels it can profit from not fixing a well publicized problem.

Also the bed Toyota had made up until now has been a very nice one. This is a question to any of you guys who have been a leader. Have you ever had a subordinate who was squared away, always did the right thing and was reliable. However after years of top notch service he fucked up. Maybe he got a DUI, maybe he fucked up his finances, was late to work. Do you hit him with the book, or do you take his service into account when deciding the punishment. What we have here is a lot of people who for years have been hateful and jealous of this achiever who want to make an example, so they can hope to advance in his place.

This is not an American vs Japanese, Enthusiast vs mobile appliance argument. This is about finding the truth, then decide what to do to prevent it from happening again. You don't discuss punishment before judgement, that is truly the American way. Innocent before proven guilty.

 

Just finished reading the 911 call transcript regarding the runaway Prius. The gentleman was told several times to place the vehicle into neutral and seemed to ignore the operator. He also was told to shut the vehicle off but was afraid "of losing power steering" :bs:. An anonymous leak says preliminary black box data say both the brake and the gas was pressed at the same time and the throttle and the brakes did not remain at 100% the whole time. This means the throttle was functioning, and the guy was riding the brakes and the throttle to make it look like he was out of control. Stay tuned this could be funny. (Also look at what he has on his jacket...guess he likes Corvettes):bigwink:


I smell balloon boy.
http://jalopnik.com/5491101/did-ban...fake-unintended-acceleration?skyline=true&s=i

Also keep in mind there has been no complaints regarding runaway acceleration in the Prius in any other country. We get the same imported model as the rest of the world with little change. If this is true and the guy is faking it, it could hurt those who might actually have a problem.

Like I said this is runaway Audi Part II

 

Why don't you just read the reports. The guy is a fraud, it is obvious. The E-brakes on those things are mechanical, he didn't even try them. Also the Prius has 90hp, the brakes will easily override the throttle. I'm sorry but some of these accusations are getting pathetic. If there is a real problem I want it fixed, but average americans see these problems as a way to make a quick buck or get out of a loan. You are not paranoid if the problems are real.

 

Jalopnik has been on an anti-Toyota rampage for months now. So when they even feel suspicious, you might want to take notice. I'm not even defending Toyota or discrediting other issues, I'm just saying this guy is no different from the balloon hoaxer, he has a lot to gain from a lawsuit. No one outside the U.S. has complained about unintened accleration from the Prius, it has a totally different computer setup and pedal system than any other Toyota. It can be easily stopped by its brakes even at full throttle, this has been tested several times this week. Put bias aside, what this guy experienced was either complete stupidity on his part or he is a liar. I choose the latter, because he is a shitty actor.

A service manager is not an engineer, I used to be a service tech too (aka parts changer).

Well technically I still am, except I work on 20 Million dollar Aircraft instead of cars.

 

Nuff said..we can't build any of our own shit anymore, we are always sticking our hands in someone else's pockets.