toyota ua [nac]

[hayes myers]

Just to further muddy the waters, the Toyota mindset originated post WWII
thanks to the American government.... too bad American companies waited
until early 90's to BEGIN to adopt the Toyota mindset... you know..the one
that was handily dropped into their laps by the finest manufacturing
theorists of their time. (post war manufacturing in America was pretty much
the peak..and all that info was gifted after the bomb drop.)  American
companies laughed at Lean, JIT etc and provided us with beautiful Caprice
wagons with 130hp V8 engines.  Audi's engineering prowess is certainly
post-war born as well.  North American companies? For some reason the war
effort gains were thrown away.  I'm sure many of us work in environs that
went through 5s / Lean ... using the Toyota model... trying to do it now
while having fallen behind so far... oh well. The Chinese and company have
the manufacturing now (or any that makes any real impact). So its a moot
point.  I'll buy a toyota anyday..now they are cheaper which is cool...and
they will start the days my good ol 200 decides not to.  As for RS6 and
Allroads..i have no idea..maybe they are much more reliable then my
venerable 200... but judging by my 05 A4 ...I'd say probably not up to
Toyota snuff for quality.

Cheers :)
Hayes

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> On Feb 26, 2010, at 2:39 PM, Dave wrote:
>
> toyota have deficient software controls in their cars.  this has been a
> conscious development decision, and is therefore symptomatic of a mindset.
>