I want to go on record as being the one who said, from the very first post, that Toyota should come clean, apologize, fix the problem, and move on. But they didn’t, and this is the result.
I feel pretty certain that the Gov’t will conclude that the pedal wasn’t the main problem, software was.
This is as obvious as a government-led hit job can be. How could it possibly be more clear?
1) Government/UAW-owned car manufacturers are in the red, and it's not getting any better.
2) Toyota is the #1 selling, non-union manufacturer.
3) Obama and his team are a group of Marxist Chicago thugs.
4) Every car manufacturer has defects and recalls. ALL OF THEM.
5) Toyota was chosen, out of all others, to be put under the harsh spotlight of government and media attention, to be the recipient of the fear, blame and scorn of the nation.
Given those facts, is it REALLY too difficult to deduce what's going on here? Given that Obama has closed nearly every Chevrolet or Chrysler dealership in the country that was not a Democrat supporter, do you REALLY think he wouldn't go after non-union manufacturers?
It will not matter WHAT Toyota does. They have been targeted for extermination. Expect the remaining non-union manufacturers to each have their turn in front of the firing squad.
Obama: Union, by any means necessary.
What are you guys smoking?!?! Listen I’m as anti-democratic policy y as most. In fact I’m pro-Jesus Christ, little government, stay out of my business Mr. Middle America. All the same I’m in the auto industry and Toyota has gotten a free pass for years. Some of this conspiracy crap may even hold water and you know what I have to say about that …………….good they had it coming. You can’t suppress and destroy evidence. You can’t falsify quality ranking and thumb your nose at the American public and get a pass forever. Some of us have been hearing this stuff fro a couple years now. We knew and were waiting for it to come. The people that were duped is the American consumer who danced around thinking they some how had a superior “American” car. It has never been American and never will be.
Chad
Software may be the problem, along with user ignorance of how to handle the keyless ignition system. However, I had actually read (before the Toyota thing started) that manufacturers in general had glitches with their software, or problems that were thought to be software related, which had resulted in accidents. It was considered to be a growing problem and difficult to solve or identify, and this included American companies as well.
This latest raid, however, isn’t related to that but is supposedly part of an anti-trust action. The only thing I think we can all bet on is that, under any name, it’s really an attack on one of the main competitors of Government Motors.