The car in front is a Toyota....... and it keeps going..

[306maxi]

I have to say that based on my experience with a toyota recall they will move heaven and earth to try and appease the poor owners.

My old truck was subject to a Japan based recall, toyota UK agreed to honour the recall for all surf owners in addition to their obligations to the 4runner owners (this was released in the UK)

All owners reported getting their trucks valeted, some got choccies, wine, or flowers, some got £10 worth of fuel as well - guess who was popular with the valeter for having been offroad just before the recall

The problem I see for Toyota is that their typical customer (an older person) is usually the sort of person who loses trust easily and loses faith in a brand quite quickly. My mother in law likes our 500 but because of the bad reputation they had I suspect would never buy one.

 

[Jai]

The problem I see for Toyota is that their typical customer (an older person) is usually the sort of person who loses trust easily and loses faith in a brand quite quickly. My mother in law likes our 500 but because of the bad reputation they had I suspect would never buy one.

i'm not so sure, this isn't like the days of yore where certain manufacturers stood by and shrugged their shoulders. i've been seeing a lot of interviews from various toyota uk seniors on the news, and it appears HQ is hitting the overtime hard to rectify the issue. i can't see them losing that many sales from it, not to the degree that they would have to pull out of any markets, become a subsidary of another company, and essentially a half forgotten, sub branding exercise in pointlessness......

 

[306maxi]

i'm not so sure, this isn't like the days of yore where certain manufacturers stood by and shrugged their shoulders. i've been seeing a lot of interviews from various toyota uk seniors on the news, and it appears HQ is hitting the overtime hard to rectify the issue. i can't see them losing that many sales from it, not to the degree that they would have to pull out of any markets, become a subsidary of another company, and essentially a half forgotten, sub branding exercise in pointlessness......

Well considering they're pretty much not selling any cars it's going to hurt at least in the short term. Went to a Toyota dealer on Saturday to browse and there was no one there!

 

[Jai]

grandma jones out for a lovely afternoon drive with the ladies of the WI, down to mrs miggins teahouse, approaches roundabout, lifts of throttle, presses brakes...and the car decides:



FWD toyotas....drift build in....

btw: since the 107 and c1 are all on the same as the aygo, are people wetting their pants at the inevitable ticking time bomb on their driveways? are they dumping those in case the price of their house falls, lest it be seen parked out front.......

 

[306maxi]

grandma jones out for a lovely afternoon drive with the ladies of the WI, down to mrs miggins teahouse, approaches roundabout, lifts of throttle, presses brakes...and the car decides:

YouTube- ****box corolla drift

FWD toyotas....drift build in....

btw: since the 107 and c1 are all on the same as the aygo, are people wetting their pants at the inevitable ticking time bomb on their driveways? are they dumping those in case the price of their house falls, lest it be seen parked out front.......

Hilarious

 

[Jai]

and whilst i'm rolling in my schadenfreude:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8497471.stm

smug, yet misguided prius owners........the bane of my life on the road.

 

[306maxi]

and whilst i'm rolling in my schadenfreude:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8497471.stm

smug, yet misguided prius owners........the bane of my life on the road.

When words like "enquiry" start being thrown about you do have to start thinking that this is going to be a big problem....

 

[udtrev]

btw: since the 107 and c1 are all on the same as the aygo, are people wetting their pants at the inevitable ticking time bomb on their driveways? are they dumping those in case the price of their house falls, lest it be seen parked out front.......

Postman Pat is bound to come a calling soon

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8489079.stm

 

[306maxi]

DID PRINCESS DI'S LIMO HAVE TOYOTA ACCELERATOR PEDAL FITTED? EXCLUSIVE NEW EVIDENCE P12 Plus migrant **** take story and house price crash forecast p1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10/11




Toyota Accelerator Pedal Disaster: Are immigrant terrorist extremists to blame?

Yes. (continued next page)

 

[306maxi]

http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/exclusive-ttac-takes-apart-both-toyota-gas-pedals/

 

[dave]

was an old boy on the news yesterday saying how he crashed because of it and he had to then get a lesser car because his model went out of production.

today there a bloke on the news from Toyota saying it hasnt caused no accidents in the uk

 

[jip0]

erm i may be missing something but why cant people just take it out of gear when this happens?

 

[dave]

 

[chr1s]

erm i may be missing something but why cant people just take it out of gear when this happens?

I remember my accelerator sticking open (I think something overheated and stuck in the carburettor, after driving up the M1 to a music festival, with a full car). We arrived at the campsite, with thousands of people milling about, but I was able safely negotiate my way through to where we were camping - much use of the brake and clutch pedals and a rather smelly clutch plate.
The pedestrians probably thought I was a boy-racer trying to show off in his knackered old Mk1 Escort !
It was fine when it had cooled down.

 

[StevenRB45]

was an old boy on the news yesterday saying how he crashed because of it and he had to then get a lesser car because his model went out of production.

today there a bloke on the news from Toyota saying it hasnt caused no accidents in the uk

Well tbf if his driving is anything like the old boys around here he was just glad to have something to blame his incompetance on.
I was waving at an old lady on a quadracycle while changing a tape at which point the car in front stopped and hit it. After I saw it on the news I realised I must have suffered a stuck throttle which caused the accident.
Wonder how many toyota insurance claims will involve the words "the throttle stuck" in the next six months.

 

[Eklipze3k]

was an old boy on the news yesterday saying how he crashed because of it and he had to then get a lesser car because his model went out of production.

today there a bloke on the news from Toyota saying it hasnt caused no accidents in the uk

If he actually said it like that, then that means there have been accidents

 

[Jai]

looks like the blue rinse special is coming in too.....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8507450.stm

 

[custard]

was an old boy on the news yesterday saying how he crashed because of it and he had to then get a lesser car because his model went out of production.

today there a bloke on the news from Toyota saying it hasnt caused no accidents in the uk

no he thinks it caused it
his insurer called it a total loss and the model he had was no longer produced

 

[Hellcat]

2 wipers and a shed load of water in the middle of your screen FTW!

 

[T14086]

just driving my new prius. Chat later,cant stop..............