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I think there's something to this... Toyota should investigate! | 15 | 35.71% | |
No way! This is just another lame attempt to discredit Toyota. | 27 | 64.29% | |
Voters: 42. You may not vote on this poll |
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11-10-2009, 08:13 PM | #37 | |
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AT drivers aren't used to doing anything with the shift lever, while the vehicle is cruising, so I can see how the average one wouldn't have a clue as to what to do to quickly separate the engine from the drive train. |
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11-10-2009, 11:41 PM | #38 |
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lol, shift the thing into reverse. On almost all modern auto trannied cars this will shut the thing down so fast you won't know what happened. I did it once on a car I owned and I thought I killed it.
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11-11-2009, 11:25 AM | #39 |
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I'm of the opinion that there are plenty of dumb people in the world and mother nature has to find new and interesting ways of weeding them out of existence. I mean maybe I'm just being selfish but Interstate 55 here in St. Louis gets pretty crowded and it could stand a couple hundred more deaths by floor mat. Especially considering the fact that these are probably the same idiots that cut you off, tailgate or merge without signaling.
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11-11-2009, 01:23 PM | #40 |
Very easy trick if something like this ever happens.
Put the tranny in N.. Then turn the ignition to off, then back to on, and turn the car back on if you want. But atleast use the e-brake to stop or slow down! Yes you are right, people just dont think quick enough or are too dumb to think at all but to wait for the inevitable(in their mind) |
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11-11-2009, 02:41 PM | #41 |
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What does everyone keeps recommending turning the ignition off?? You lose power steering and power brakes... Your car can redline for 10 seconds, its not gonna explode...
Again - neutral, brakes, stop, engine off. |
11-11-2009, 05:18 PM | #42 |
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Woah! This is SCARY! Not good for Toyota
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11-11-2009, 05:26 PM | #43 |
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Be skeptical of this story and others like it.
At the risk of sounding like a conspiracy theorist, Toyota is not going to get unbiased coverage from the likes of ABC. I didn't watch the story, but I assume it mentions the Darwin Award winners out in California a while back. Toyota has been the subject of these kinds of attacks in the past, such as when the gen II Prius came out. Media outlets claimed that the Prius suffered unintended acceleration; that hatchet-job died from lack of evidence also.
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11-11-2009, 05:34 PM | #44 |
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it will be interesting to see how this plays out. it would also be interesting to see what the real data is in comparison to all other manufacturers.
in the meantime, be ready to do what it appears many of these people didnt think to do...brake hard and shift into neutral. |
11-11-2009, 06:25 PM | #45 |
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lol, 911 dispatcher said you don't have the ability to turn it off or anything? Oh She tried to put it in neutral... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dg8QC...layer_embedded Last edited by slothman86; 11-11-2009 at 06:49 PM. |
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11-11-2009, 06:56 PM | #46 |
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Even at the dealership I work at every person says it's just stupidity. Yes the floor mats do get caught and you literally have to have the pedal to the floor to cause it, as my manager found out. I'm assuming most of these people were doing 80mph+ and then the car dropped gear and of course it would go faster instantly but people think there is just 1 gear in automatics for some reason. Also I think you have to be pretty retarded to get a mat stuck on top of a gas pedal and not be able to just pull it off.
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12-04-2009, 03:19 AM | #47 |
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DBW blamed for unintended acceleration inToyotas
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12-04-2009, 07:17 AM | #48 | |
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