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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (552133)	2/25/2010 6:14:17 PM
From: Jim McMannis	2 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574628

"Frankly, I think TM is being hung out to dry ... " Sure they are. They are being grilled by congressmen that take money from the UAW and trial lawyers. You figure out who and why that is. Shouldn't be too hard. Let's see if you can connect the dots.

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (552133)	2/25/2010 7:11:57 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574628

34 deaths over about 7-8 years for all their cars doesn't seem out of line. Should that be the only criteria? From what I am reading, there have been thousands of complaints filed over the accelerator malfunction. I can't prove there is some sort of conspiracy, but things look funny. Pulling TM back down to the rest of the industry can only help Detroit.... I want to get the detailed story of that woman whose Lexus raced up to 100 mph which she couldn't stop.....I've heard no mention of her just turning the key off. I might agree if Europe hadn't been on their case for a year before American regulators finally picked up the slack. Something is not adding up right.....the fact they're 'buying off' regulators doesn't sound like a car company that doesn't have anything to hide.

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (552133)	2/25/2010 7:24:32 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574628

"I've heard no mention of her just turning the key off." That is part of the problem. Don't know about this particular case, but there were others where turning the key off didn't help. What Toyota is experiencing has less to do with the problem, but how they have handled it. That is the source of their nightmare. in many ways, it is similar to what happened to Ford with the Pinto. In both cases, they knew there was a problem, but didn't think it was urgent enough to address. In fact, they determined it would be too expensive to address and better just to pretend it wasn't happening.