As if on cue, this past month most of the major auto companies have been recalling their vehicles. Schwarzenegger approves.
Let's start with the basics. Toyota. We all know that Toyota recalled most of their vehicles because of faulty break pads and a sticky accelerator. This month at a European car show Toyota officially apologized to the European consumers for their faulty products. Out of the nearly 8.5 million cars recalled, 2 million were sold in Europe. Ms. Andrea Formica, Vice president of Toyota Europe says, "All the vehicles currently being produced meet the highest safety and quality standards." I mean I really hope so. I just want to point out that this was "being done" before and during the recall so this statement is nothing more than vague crap. I mean even the fixed cars are still broken according to some Americans. In the embedded article, Stewart Stogel, a free lance journalist tells us how his Camry accelerated and the breaks did not engage immediately, resulting in Stewart to almost hit a wall. Ok, fine, everyone makes mistakes even if its with peoples lives on a large scale. How bad can it be?
Oh great, Nissan recalls 539,864 cars to fix a break pedal problem. Apparently Nissan sold faulty models and parts to the US. From the embedded article, "Fred Standish, a spokesman for the company’s U.S. unit in Franklin, Tennessee, said there have been no accidents or injuries related to the flaws and that U.S. regulators “didn’t pressure or push the company” to recall the vehicles." http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-03-02/nissan-to-recall-539-864-vehicles-to-fix-brake-pedals-gauges.html>
So this is an "us and them" type of deal huh? The Japanese are selling us bad stuff are they? At least we have good old American cars that can be relied on. I mean really whats left to screw up... tires? Steering? Flip a coin. Heads is tires, tails is steering.
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