Toyota stop sale - Page 4

SamIam · 02-03-2010, 10:15 AM

Oh, the entire board is populated by extremist left wing pinkos and UG is the sole voice of reason and sanity.

Pie · 02-03-2010, 10:28 AM

UG? Who's he?

SamIam · 02-03-2010, 01:19 PM

Urbane Guerilla - you know - the voice of reason.

Urbane Guerrilla · 02-03-2010, 05:18 PM

Not the entire board, Sam... I am not the stupid fellow your stereotyped thinking requires, but something altogether more challenging to your regrettable prejudices, which are likely to come out in any philosophical wrangle. The short way to say it is that I can't be as stupid as you need me to be -- you'll have to settle instead for something real and thoughtful. Admittedly, I'm unlikely to always be considerate; it's a flaw.

Nor am I to cast myself as the sole voice of reason and sanity. However, being possessed of both faculties -- perhaps to your disappointment, perhaps not -- I do voice them. "Come, my songs, let us speak of perfection -- We shall get ourselves rather disliked."

classicman · 02-03-2010, 06:36 PM

Are people still drivin these things?

lumberjim · 02-03-2010, 07:58 PM

this is why i stay out of the politics forum. the sexual tension between UG and tw is freaking me out.

Urbane Guerrilla · 02-04-2010, 02:14 AM

Come over here, Jim, and let me put my finger in your ear.

DanaC · 02-04-2010, 07:50 AM

Urbane, has anything you've said here got anything whatsoever to do with the situation under discussion? Or is it just a random attack on your arch enemy for the appalling crime of not spelliing something correctly? Maybe even an excuse to engage in a little more self-mythologising?

I was finding this thread surprisingly interesting. I don't normally find anything about cars interesting.

classicman · 02-04-2010, 08:02 AM

This morning I heard that Toyota apparently knew about the braking issue with the Prius, fixed the problem for the newer cars, but never told anyone about the issues on those cars already sold - nice, real nice.

glatt · 02-04-2010, 08:20 AM

I think this goes on with all car companies, but now that the spotlight is on Toyota, they will be getting hammered for a while until the media's attention shifts elsewhere. We're going to be seeing more similar stories about Toyota for a while.

Pete Zicato · 02-04-2010, 09:12 AM

Already happening, Glatt. There was a report on NPR earlier in the week that they are now looking into a number of reports of problems with brakes.

SamIam · 02-04-2010, 09:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla

It was Obama's and the Deomcrat's fault.

lumberjim · 02-04-2010, 09:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla

Come over here, Jim, and let me put my finger in your ear.

that's not my ear!!

xoxoxoBruce · 02-04-2010, 10:44 AM

On a lighter note... VW says they won't be running any sales to take advantage of Toyota's problems, and the companies that are running promotions, are predatory.

glatt · 02-04-2010, 10:45 AM

VW, huh? Let's turn the spotlight on THEM now.

02-03-2010, 10:28 AM	#47
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	UG? Who's he? __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

02-03-2010, 05:18 PM	#49
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Not the entire board, Sam... I am not the stupid fellow your stereotyped thinking requires, but something altogether more challenging to your regrettable prejudices, which are likely to come out in any philosophical wrangle. The short way to say it is that I can't be as stupid as you need me to be -- you'll have to settle instead for something real and thoughtful. Admittedly, I'm unlikely to always be considerate; it's a flaw. Nor am I to cast myself as the sole voice of reason and sanity. However, being possessed of both faculties -- perhaps to your disappointment, perhaps not -- I do voice them. "Come, my songs, let us speak of perfection -- We shall get ourselves rather disliked." __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

02-03-2010, 06:36 PM	#50
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Are people still drivin these things? __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

02-03-2010, 07:58 PM	#51
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	this is why i stay out of the politics forum. the sexual tension between UG and tw is freaking me out. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

02-04-2010, 02:14 AM	#52
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Come over here, Jim, and let me put my finger in your ear. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

02-03-2010, 10:15 AM	#46
SamIam Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Not here Posts: 2,655	Oh, the entire board is populated by extremist left wing pinkos and UG is the sole voice of reason and sanity.

02-03-2010, 01:19 PM	#48
SamIam Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Not here Posts: 2,655	Urbane Guerilla - you know - the voice of reason.

02-04-2010, 08:02 AM	#54
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	This morning I heard that Toyota apparently knew about the braking issue with the Prius, fixed the problem for the newer cars, but never told anyone about the issues on those cars already sold - nice, real nice. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

02-04-2010, 08:20 AM	#55
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I think this goes on with all car companies, but now that the spotlight is on Toyota, they will be getting hammered for a while until the media's attention shifts elsewhere. We're going to be seeing more similar stories about Toyota for a while.

02-04-2010, 09:12 AM	#56
Pete Zicato Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 2,916	Already happening, Glatt. There was a report on NPR earlier in the week that they are now looking into a number of reports of problems with brakes. __________________ Talk nerdy to me.

02-04-2010, 10:44 AM	#59
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	On a lighter note... VW says they won't be running any sales to take advantage of Toyota's problems, and the companies that are running promotions, are predatory. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-04-2010, 10:45 AM	#60
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	VW, huh? Let's turn the spotlight on THEM now.

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