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saras

(6,670 posts)
1. Fuck their documents. Physical tests by an independent outside lab. Failure is failure.
Thu Mar 1, 2012, 09:35 PM
Mar 2012

And it's not fucking Microsoft Windows. We really do have the ability to make this sort of thing simply work.

"The cruise control activates by itself at full throttle when the accelerator pedal position sensor is abnormal," states the document, written in Japanese, translated into English.

That's a simple test that would take less than ten minutes. And it's the only test that matters - what do the REAL CARS do?

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Fuck their documents. Physical tests by an independent outside lab. Failure is failure. saras Mar 2012 #1
Well my REAL car accelerated all by itself ! Auntie Bush Mar 2012 #2
Lots did. That's why I think simple tests of the CARS would show the problem right away. saras Mar 2012 #4
That is the exact scenario DU's so-called "auto experts" were saying COULDN'T POSSIBLY be the case Occulus Mar 2012 #3
You would be speaking of the "Toyota Trolls" Mopar151 Mar 2012 #5
Who makes the electronic processors and where? Nambe Mar 2012 #6
It's a software/programming problem, and that is Toyota's responsibility Kolesar Mar 2012 #8
TOYota is a toy not a serious vehicle madokie Mar 2012 #7
Top Gear tried to kill a Toyota pickup once.. Fumesucker Mar 2012 #9
Whats that all about anyway madokie Mar 2012 #10
They left it on the beach and the tide covered it completely.. Fumesucker Mar 2012 #11
What ever madokie Mar 2012 #12
Your friend overloaded his truck parkia00 Mar 2012 #14
It was bought as a truck to be used in a trucks environment madokie Mar 2012 #15
It still does not matter. parkia00 Mar 2012 #16
"What would happen if you overloaded an f250 with loads it wasn't designed to carry?" rickford66 Mar 2012 #18
No A Toyota will not match that... parkia00 Mar 2012 #19
No I was refering to the quote in my title rickford66 Mar 2012 #20
I had a similar problem rickford66 Mar 2012 #13
This message was self-deleted by its author Tesha Mar 2012 #17
One picture says it all. No generalization. Kurmudgeon Mar 2012 #21
This message was self-deleted by its author Tesha Mar 2012 #22
I think he is saying one. Difficult to tell. uppityperson Mar 2012 #23
That's a 2009 Lexus ES 350. boppers Mar 2012 #24
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