Tag: Toyota
Put it in neutral, stupid
The key to solving these alleged runaway Toyotas with their supposedly stuck accelerator pedals, is to shift the transmission into neutral. Let the engine race, if it will, while the car slows down until you can pull over. Instead, this latest fellow reportedly told the 911 dispatcher he was afraid to do that ’cause the [...]
Posted: March 10th, 2010 under Obamalot, Science/Engineering, Scribbles.
Tags: accelerator pedal, James Sikes, Toyota
Comments: 7
Toyota’s real crime: Being No. 1
And, as far the Dem congress is concerned, it’s that they’re also non-union: “Don’t let Tojo turn you into a unwitting freeway kamikaze for the ‘Divine Emperor’! At the U.S. Department of General Motors, our G-Men are working ’round the clock to stop Jap sneak attacks on America’s publicly owned automotive industrial arsenal. But here [...]
Posted: February 26th, 2010 under Blogosphere, Obamalot, Science/Engineering.
Tags: Car and Driver, Democrat congress, Obama, Obamalot, Toyota, UAW
Comments: 2
Car shopping
The insurance company has retired my old Jeep Cherokee Laredo, after I rearended a Chevy last week climbing winding RR (Ranch Road) 2222 in a blinding rainstorm. The latest storm in our crazy year of rain. I wasn’t hurt, or the people in the Chevy. But the insurors declared the Jeep a total loss, although [...]
Posted: July 22nd, 2007 under Mr. Boy, Rancho Roly Poly.
Tags: Jeep Cherokee Laredo, RR 2222, Toyota
Comments: none







