[V8] Factory towing package

[NIck Miller]

I think I already mentioned it, but yea, Audi's sales numbers after the 86
"60 Minutes" scandals fell by half, and took a decade to reach the numbers
they were in 87, about the time they started falling.

The thing is, there isn't a big comparison between the two.  The Audi thing
was fabricated, and not a real issue.  This Toyota thing is a really really
big issue.  Toyota designed a vehicle and shipped it from the factory with a
flaw that is really truly killing people.  Though I do believe its because
mostly of incompetent/uneducated drivers, this time it is not wholly their
fault as it was in the Audi case.  So, I think we are going to see a much
bigger backlash with the toyota situation, such as more like 2/3s drop of in
the near future.

On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 9:56 AM, urq <urq at pacbell.net> wrote:

> ... gotta wait for 60 Minutes and Consumer Reports for that to kick in.
> With the investigation now heading to the Prius, I hear the feds are
> getting
> into the act ... too bad that the story has to make big time news before
> they do ...
>
> A little bit amusing I must say as this morning a neighbor gave me a bit of
> a ribbing about the Ford truck that sits with all the Audis in the fleet.
> As he was talking about the Toyota situation he recalled the Audi-UA
> situation.  Clearly this sort of news persists a good long time ...
>
> Steve Buchholz
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> I wonder how long it'll be until we can get screaming deals on Toyotas...
> Not that I'd buy one.
>
> Ed
>
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