Next month, the Ministry of Traffic Safety will be dictating that every vehicle be equipped with a "black box" to record your every movement, feed information to the Federal government, and be used against you in court.
Automotive Black Boxes, Minus the Gray Area
OK, just thought of this. If American auto makers export mfg facilities to Mexico and China, India, Honduras, etc.. BUT Toyota, Honda, and Subaru import facilities for manufacturing vehicles and employ American workers which is more American?
It seems as though buying American actually means...
Congratulations to the UAW local 23 for standing together and rejecting an offer that would have kept the Indianapolis metal plant open. Congratulations on the lose of 650 production workers and more than 50 salaried workers jobs. Where was the win in your stance? What did you gain? How does...
GM Draws Washington Scrutiny Over Purchase of Subprime Lender - Bloomberg
Good thing they're getting back into finances instead of focusing on manufacturing automobiles. That worked out sooooooo well the first time... :rolleyes:
Oh go figure, this administration, the one full of socialist idealogs and devoid of anyone with any practical business experience, made rash decisions that cost thousands of people to lose their jobs.
Crash Data Suggest Driver Error in Toyota Accidents - WSJ.com
"The results suggest that some drivers who said their Toyota and Lexus vehicles surged out of control were mistakenly flooring the accelerator when they intended to jam on the brakes."
or maybe some people were dummies and their...
"Everywhere there is a working American there should be a union. We will not go away ever," said George McGregor a UAW Spokesperson.
Nice. There's only 5,000 people working at Toyota here in SW Indiana...
UAW Wants Toyota Workers To Join Union - TriStateHomePage.com
Who knew? They had a development program in the 70's that created super safe cars. And they weren't bad looking, either. I remember the safest car I ever saw was the black Checker that Leonard Woodcock had as his ambassadorial vehicle in China. Weighed as much as any armoured vehicle on the...
Well, here's a WTH point in my day. They took out loans, (financed by stolen money) and then repaid the loans with more TARP loans. Seriously?
via Reason
Read the rest at Reason. See the video and click the links. This is amazing.
MSNBC.com
NASA will help probe Toyota accelerators
National Academy of Sciences also to examine electronic vehicle controls
By KEN THOMAS
Associated Press Writer
The Associated Press
updated 11:28 p.m. ET, Mon., March. 29, 2010
WASHINGTON - NASA and the National Academy of Sciences are...
Forget Toyota. Chrysler's got the most problems.
By Chris Isidore, senior writerMarch 10, 2010: 12:13 PM ET
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The car company that is off to the worst start of 2010 isn't Toyota. It's Chrysler Group.
Industry experts say that even though Chrysler's overall sales...
Apparently a car maker who is not owned by the federal government has the temerity to suggest that cars do not magically rewire themselves.
Considering that this Chicago shakedown is based on magic, there will be heck to pay for Toyota making a statement based on reason and science...
I tried to get this out there in another thread but decided to post my own.
I think it might be time to go back to the basics. If your gas pedal sticks or decides to accelerate on its own you can cut the power! Cut the power to the drive train by putting it in neutral or cut the power to the...
Driver: My Prius took me for a ride
March 8, 2010 11:06 p.m. EST
A Toyota Prius owner said the accelerator on his car become stuck Monday, taking him on a high-speed ride.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
"I pushed the gas pedal ... and it just stuck there," said Jim Sikes
Sikes had to get help...
The Media has joined the Obama Adminstration's Chicago Shakedown of Toyota and is now intentionally misreporting stories about "sudden acceleration".
Story and video here: How ABC News' Brian Ross Staged His Toyota Death Ride - Brian Ross - Gawker
Welcome to the United States of Chicago, INGO.
Finally!
Someone (Popular Mechanics) goes out and does what I have said to do for all this time--video yourself using the brake to stop a "runaway" vehicle.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOMYjiCiTYg
Hmmm, funny how if you press the brake and not the gas the car stops unlike what tearful...
FOXNews.com - Drivers Complain That Toyota's Fixes Didn't Work
AP
- March 03, 2010
Drivers Complain That Toyota's Fixes Didn't Work
The development raises questions about whether Toyota's repairs will bring an end to the cases of wild, uncontrolled acceleration or if there may be electronic...
Edmunds.com has offered anyone, including the UAW or the Chicago Mob at the White House, to demonstrate the nonsense of Sudden Unbelievable Acceleration (SUA). Edmunds "challenges participants to demonstrate in a controlled environment a repeatable factor that will cause an unmodified new...