Drew Dowdell

Toyota:Moving Forward...whether you want to or not... in 1st, 3rd, 4th, and 5th.... in random directions when the steering wheel falls off.... and shards of glass are raining down on your head while your baby is blown out the window by the airbag.

the cars will... the owners might not...

have sales started to drop? This news is all of a week old.... if it doesn't get much major press coverage, the general public won't even notice. That said, Hyundai and Honda will benefit most on the lower end. GM and BMW most on the high end.

my biggest overall complaint about the Civic is road noise road noise road noise..... having to absolutely flog the engine to get anywhere is annoying too a manual transmission civic is about the only manual I have difficulty with.... I'm always stalling them out because I"m not used to reving to 17 million RPM <yes an exageration> before letting out the clutch.

Toyota:Moving Forward...whether you want to or not... in 1st, 3rd, 4th, and 5th gear.... in random directions when the steering wheel falls off.... and shards of glass are raining down on your head while your baby is blown out the window by the airbag.

There had better decades of rust on the rotors for them to case a shake.

and do what exactly, hit the gas and that engine will rip itself out through the front end of the car taking the 4-speed with it.

I think he mentions it because the size of the glass is similar.

Link - Subscription req. 12 July 2006| Source: just-auto.com editorial team More recall trouble may be brewing for Toyota in the US where the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is eyeing Scion tC sunroofs. The safety agency opened an investigation following nine reports of shattered glass panels – seven involving the retractable glass panel section and two the stationary glass section. Some reports allege that breakage occurred while vehicles were being driven and one complainant reported cuts from the broken glass – all apparently ended up with an interior full of glass fragments. If the investigation turns up a safety-related defect, NHTSA could could order a full recall.

by "all" you mean 1 and 1/2 right? Vue = GMNA Aura = 1/2 GMNA 1/2 Opel Astra = all Opel Outlook = GMNA Sky = GMNA Relay = GMNA

your anti-virus needs to be updated....

If GM is thinking about partnerships, how about a partnership with VW. Take the poor selling Pheaton, re-skin it and rebadge it as a DTS. Have it base around 55k and otherwise keep it the same.

never noticed

ahh, thanks.

That first chinese buick looks like an Epsilon.... is it?

it doesn't have the right kind of grill for current cars. Todays cars have big, bold grills. The days of bottom feeding carp grills are over. everything else seems fine

Me and the Chas

I don't see that as a problem...... that is what happens when you build soulless vehicles Even in the darkest of days, every GM division save perhaps Geo and Saturn had something to that had personality or soul.

68 takes 1st with BOF, RWD, OHV, V8 BV takes 2nd with the Fiero CadillacVac 3rd with his Hearse ties with CaddyCruiser for his B-body collection. Fly takes honourable mention for the Aurora

it's not like Kirk has a lot of time left.....

Toyota officials under investigation for recall negligence The Associated Press is reporting that three Toyota officials are under criminal investigation for allegedly avoiding a recall for eight years, during which time the defective part in question may have caused an accident. The story goes like this. On August 12, 2004, five people were injured in a head-on crash in Japan that was caused when the steering of a 1993 Toyota Hilux Surf failed. Toyota then carried out a small recall in October of 2004 for 330,000 Hilux Surf SUVs built between 1988 and 1996 for a part used in the steering system that could fail. The Hilux Surf that caused the accident was built in 1993. The investigation seems to revolve around the fact that Toyota officials had already accumulated five reports of steering problems way back in 1996, but didn't recall any vehicles because problems were "limited to repeatedly turning the wheel during parking." After the accident and additional problems were reported in 2004, Toyota decided to do a major recall of 1.2 million potentially affected vehicles sold in 180 nations. Only that one accident has ever been attributed to the problematic steering part. The three officials, of which only two are still working for the company, oversaw quality control at Toyota during the period under investigation. The formal charges against these officials were filed today with prosecutors in southern Japan. This type of publicity is the last thing Toyota needs as questions about the company's ability to maintain its impeccable quality standards amidst rapid growth are being asked as the number of recalls it has risen dramatically in recent years.

MLS books are a thing of the past. The MLS databases online let you pick *very* precise search criteria.... down to the specific street if need be.

I see a yellow lancer wagon all the time around here. it's how I keep my weight down....

the concept looks like an anime character