Unintended Acceleration from Dateline recently

["superba" <superba@pacbell.net>]

Hi all,

Couldn't resist throwing in my 2 pence.  I was a victim of the Audi
accusations in the 80's;  whatever value my 5KT had dropped like a rock.
But that didn't bother me, for I didn't feel the need to dispose of it.
What irked me was reading an article in a magazine, maybe Fortune, Forbes,
Barron's, or ??, that pointed out that the NHTSA had piles of files on
unintended acceleration claims, on _ALL_ makes of vehicles.  Most were of
the "I meant to push the brake, and..." variety.

However, what really burned me was that Audi  (1) had created a climate
where they became a singular lightning rod, and (2) as pointed out, they
handled the attack ineptly by inviting them and then caving when they came.

The result of the class action lawsuit was a joke.  I got several letters,
and apparently the most important one contained nothing, zilch, literally.
There was the offer to get a discount on a new car, but it was of no
interest to me, for I felt I could get a better deal simply through
negotiation.

To see another car maker being torched is no surprise.

Cheers!

Jim Jordan