[V8] Toyota UA & recall

[Dave Saad]

I got almost a half million hits by googling "lexus unintended  
acceleration"
If you follow a few of these, you quickly find horror stories complete  
with smashed lexi and dead people.
They appear to be real news accounts that go back many years.



On Feb 5, 2010, at 7:15 AM, Kent McLean wrote:

> urq wrote:
>> <http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-toyota-pedal30-2010jan30,0,4401302.story 
>> >
>
> "Sudden-acceleration events in Toyota and Lexus vehicles ..."
>
> In all the scare articles, this is the first one I've seen where
> Lexus is mentioned. So far they've managed to keep their noses clean.
> My guess is that if anyone has to have a bloody nose, then let it be
> Toyota so as to keep the premium brand premium. Appropriate omissions
> would help foster that perception.
>
> -- 
> Kent McLean
> 1990 V8 w/5-speed and other mods
> 1991 200 TQA #3, with mods
> 1999 A4 Avant, V6 Tiptronic
> gone: '91 200 TQA x2, '94 100 S Avant, '89 200 TQ "Bad Puppy"
>
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