tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post612220308261904501..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: It's Time to Get an "Obama Discount" On a Slightly Used ToyotaRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-21731403338307186532010-03-11T03:37:04.361-05:002010-03-11T03:37:04.361-05:00This is all about pay backs and pushing.
Right now...This is all about pay backs and pushing.<br />Right now Japan is trying to push the US Marine base out of Okinawa and the US is using this newly found leverage the same way that Japan had done to the US during the mad cow days.<br />Japan was dumping steel, the US blocked them, US got mad cow from Canada and then Japan dropped beef from their market.<br />The both opened the doors again quite Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-70327922105243486612010-03-07T13:58:03.548-05:002010-03-07T13:58:03.548-05:00I live in the city where that cop died from that a...I live in the city where that cop died from that alleged pedal problem.<br /><br />Let me assure you, if he hadn't been a cop, none of this would be going on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-10787340729586112092010-03-07T01:15:29.619-05:002010-03-07T01:15:29.619-05:00The hubbub surrounding the Toyota "recall&quo...The hubbub surrounding the Toyota "recall" is about, and only about foreign policy and political campaign chests.<br /><br />Toyota is a non-union shop. Union leadership sat on the boards of all US automakers as they declined into a dinosaur graveyard of planned obsolescence and gasoline addiction. Union leadership sat next to other care nothing and know nothings in US auto boards. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-45678260088010929462010-03-06T19:18:27.174-05:002010-03-06T19:18:27.174-05:00I had a 2007 Camry V-6 SE that would accelerate on...I had a 2007 Camry V-6 SE that would accelerate on its own: sitting at idle, it would suddenly rev and lurch forward. Luckily I have a quick brake foot. Was told by service person that it was a minor design thing that would work itself out as it broke in. Knew that was bogus, traded it. It was electronic, not mechanical. <br /><br />Big mess to fix.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-68016344630837595252010-03-06T18:51:25.763-05:002010-03-06T18:51:25.763-05:00The Toyotas, are "Drive by Wire" cars a...The Toyotas, are "Drive by Wire" cars and trucks. Accelerator, brakes and steering plus other non-safety or control related items are controlled by the master computer. There is no mechanical linkage. <br /><br />This technology was developed by Airbus Industrie and Boeing along with other software and hardware companies to control aircraft.<br /><br />These computers are not Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com