lassy our resident drug master. BTW for those of you who have toyota's, there was another mention on something F'd up on them. Go get your vehicles looked at before you get hurt. Or just stop supporting China and get a Ford or something. =p
lassy our resident drug master. BTW for those of you who have toyota's, there was another mention on something F'd up on them. Go get your vehicles looked at before you get hurt. Or just stop supporting China and get a Ford or something. =p
lol. Most Ford/Big 3 parts are made in China. If they weren't - we couldn't afford to buy US-made cars.
But really - squirrel is right - get those toyotas checked out. Simple fix for a potentially fatal flaw.
lassy our resident drug master. BTW for those of you who have toyota's, there was another mention on something F'd up on them. Go get your vehicles looked at before you get hurt. Or just stop supporting China and get a Ford or something. =p
lol. Most Ford/Big 3 parts are made in China. If they weren't - we couldn't afford to buy US-made cars.
But really - squirrel is right - get those toyotas checked out. Simple fix for a potentially fatal flaw.
. Or just stop supporting China and get a Ford or something. =p
Heh, my father's 2006 Honda Odyssey was made in Tennessee. My 2000 Ford F150 was made in Mexico. ^_^
Not that there is anything wrong with Fords. My Ford F150 has 215,000 miles on it and its still going strong. When I bought it last year, I needed to replace 1 spring and both rear axles, but that was because of the previous owner's misuse.
lassy our resident drug master. BTW for those of you who have toyota's, there was another mention on something F'd up on them. Go get your vehicles looked at before you get hurt. Or just stop supporting China and get a Ford or something. =p
lol. Most Ford/Big 3 parts are made in China. If they weren't - we couldn't afford to buy US-made cars.
But really - squirrel is right - get those toyotas checked out. Simple fix for a potentially fatal flaw.
Actually, most of Ford and GM's parts are made in Mexico. I'm looking at a parts box for my Expedition right now. When NAFTA came around in the 90's the big 3 took advantage of that.
lassy our resident drug master. BTW for those of you who have toyota's, there was another mention on something F'd up on them. Go get your vehicles looked at before you get hurt. Or just stop supporting China and get a Ford or something. =p
lol. Most Ford/Big 3 parts are made in China. If they weren't - we couldn't afford to buy US-made cars.
But really - squirrel is right - get those toyotas checked out. Simple fix for a potentially fatal flaw.
probably.
The only reason Toyota is getting hammered in the press is because its their FIRST official recall. Unlike GM, ford , dodge and everyone else who has small and large recalls every year ! And by the way these so called faulty gas pedal mechanisms ...the company that Toyota bought them from only sold Toyota 3 % of them ( no they were not made by Toyota)...where do you think the other 97 % will turn up ...I'll give you a real strong hint where some are right now, look for coming GM recall but also notice how the govt. will downplay it because its govt owned . 19 ALLEDGED deaths in over 20 million units sold , so your chances are a little less than 1 in a million of getting an affected auto. As far as random events occuring to you , you have a better chance of dieing in a earthquake , a plane crash or being struck and killed by lightning. Toyota employs over 10,000 US workers ...which they could easily move back to their side of the Pacific and find much cheaper labor.
I,m not saying don't have your car inspected when you get your recall notice everyone should do that. But I'm a little sick of the hysterical media and negative press when ALL other mfgs have had boo coo's of recalls and the reason its not big news is they are just so damn sorry its expected. Ford had more deaths over firestone tires but look how quick that died down and before anyone says it , it was not Firestones fault , those tires were requested by and built to Ford's requested specifications which was later proven as true in court !
I've rarely been much of a car person, I made an exception when I lived in Germany and got a 2006 BMW M3. In a moment of supreme stupidity I got it up to 250 k's (over 150 mph) on a particularly straight stretch of the A5 autobahn. The car felt like I was only going 50. I sold it when I moved, top speed on this whole island is 60mph. So now I just have an 09 Ford Grocery Getter.
I drive an 01 Chevy Blazer 2 door. Has 115,000 miles on it, but the engine only has about 3,000 or 4,000. lol Once we pay off the wife's Equinox I'm going to trade my Blazer for either an RT Charger, Dodge Nitro, or a Chevy Colorado 4dr. My commute back and forth to work is only 7 miles each now so I don't put many miles on my car. My wife's is the family vehicle.
MMMMM last week I drove a 80k lbs 104 foot platform aerial .......... not a bad ride for a 1,000,000.00 price tag. God I love my job.
OH and my personal ride is 08 dodge ....... yup its got a hemi.
My daily driver is a 2005 F350 superduty diesel and on the weekends i drag race a mustang best pass ever 10.18@130. the mods list on the racecar would take awhile ha ha.
2008 Mitsubishi Lancer GTS. I want to do some work to it, but I havn't had the time. All I've done is a head light upgrade and blacked out the window tint.
The "to do" list is: AEM Cold air intake Injen cat-back exhaust Road Race Engineering Headers Greddy lowering springs Have one of my windows re-tintedNew taillights Maybe some trim pieces as well.
1977 Datsun 280Z. It's far from stock with a Jim Cook racing wide body kit, turbo, ect. Long overdue for some major work though...
I work for a Nissan store, hate Nissan products for the most part, but this car is interesting to me and I like them when they are heavily modded, post pics dammit
I've got a 4wd '04 F-150 heritage edition with a couple inches of lift and some big mud tires. I built a custom rack over the top for my kayak, and I have a built in toolbox. She's not the biggest ride, sure as hell not the prettiest, but she'll come through just about any mud hole u can point her towards.
1977 Datsun 280Z. It's far from stock with a Jim Cook racing wide body kit, turbo, ect. Long overdue for some major work though...
I work for a Nissan store, hate Nissan products for the most part, but this car is interesting to me and I like them when they are heavily modded, post pics dammit
Lets see if this works... I was gonna paint it flat black right after I got it, but I quickly found out that the chicks dig it, so I'm not in such a hurry :^)
Me too, I've also got an 83 4x4 PU that I need to put a head gasket in so I can spend some time working on the Z instead of driving it daily. Some day I'd like to get a 510 wagon too, they're cool :^)
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But really - squirrel is right - get those toyotas checked out. Simple fix for a potentially fatal flaw.
Heh, my father's 2006 Honda Odyssey was made in Tennessee. My 2000 Ford F150 was made in Mexico. ^_^
Not that there is anything wrong with Fords. My Ford F150 has 215,000 miles on it and its still going strong. When I bought it last year, I needed to replace 1 spring and both rear axles, but that was because of the previous owner's misuse.
The only reason Toyota is getting hammered in the press is because its their FIRST official recall. Unlike GM, ford , dodge and everyone else who has small and large recalls every year ! And by the way these so called faulty gas pedal mechanisms ...the company that Toyota bought them from only sold Toyota 3 % of them ( no they were not made by Toyota)...where do you think the other 97 % will turn up ...I'll give you a real strong hint where some are right now, look for coming GM recall but also notice how the govt. will downplay it because its govt owned . 19 ALLEDGED deaths in over 20 million units sold , so your chances are a little less than 1 in a million of getting an affected auto. As far as random events occuring to you , you have a better chance of dieing in a earthquake , a plane crash or being struck and killed by lightning. Toyota employs over 10,000 US workers ...which they could easily move back to their side of the Pacific and find much cheaper labor.
I,m not saying don't have your car inspected when you get your recall notice everyone should do that. But I'm a little sick of the hysterical media and negative press when ALL other mfgs have had boo coo's of recalls and the reason its not big news is they are just so damn sorry its expected. Ford had more deaths over firestone tires but look how quick that died down and before anyone says it , it was not Firestones fault , those tires were requested by and built to Ford's requested specifications which was later proven as true in court !
The "to do" list is:
AEM Cold air intake
Injen cat-back exhaust
Road Race Engineering Headers
Greddy lowering springs
Have one of my windows re-tintedNew taillights
Maybe some trim pieces as well.
I was gonna paint it flat black right after I got it, but I quickly found out that the chicks dig it, so I'm not in such a hurry :^)