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11/18/09
This may be the one and only thing Dodge can shove into Toyota's face and actually have ground to stand on.
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Reinforced roof? Who wouldn't want that? Ever seen the stats for head injuries in US car rollovers before this became an issue? They collapsed like collapsed like a cheap lawnchair. It was shocking.
And of course there are many car makers out there who are getting "satisfactory" or even "unsatisfactory" ratings because they are not making changes. IIHS is not the law. But if a car has hidden defects that might kill me, yeah, I'd at least like to have that information. And the other side of the "lowered medical costs" is a) you being alive and not dead and b) lower insurance rates if you're in a safer model.
Still seems to be tons of free choice there to me, for both buyers and makers.
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#tips
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11/18/09
Volvo says, put up or shut up. From a 1971 ad. The Headline was "Are you in the market for a hardtop?"
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Heart clicky for you.
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11/18/09
If I recall, the Euro car makers were laughing at US roof strength a couple of decades ago.
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I'll take 2 ,fast and light. cars are already safe enough, thanks.
11/18/09
IIHS PR person: "What? It was inspected to be completely road-spec when their cars got to the facility!"
Toyota PR person: "Dude, that's not fair. Ford weren't using road-legal tires!"
IIHS PR person: "What did I just say? Again, they were pretty thoroughly inspected upon arrival, and what does it matter anyways?"
Toyota PR person: "Dude, that's not fair. Honda weren't using road-legal tires!"
IIHS PR person: "Again, not true, and rather poi...
Toyota PR person: "Dude, that's not fair. Kia weren't using road-legal tires!"
IIHS PR person: "I think you should just bring your cars to the test on whatever tires and see if there's any diffe..."
Toyota PR person: "Dude, that's not fair. Porsche said the same things and I don't get a break?"
IIHS PR person: "Oh f**k this..."
11/18/09
He was complaining that the student has been compeltely brainwashed by his homeland. They've taught him that Americans are academically inferior. The student, at the beginning of the school year, signed up for Advanced Calculus, instead of the math class two levels down, where he should have been. His reasoning was that if the "stupid" American kids could understand it, he would be able to excel at it.
When the first exam was given, he flunked it. He couldn't pass the second exam, either. In fact, he couldn't pass any of them, so they transferred him to the class two levels down, where he should have been originally.
The student blames the Calculus teacher for his failure.
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Here's your trophy for participating in Jalopnik.
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11/18/09
Toyota: Pwnd
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11/18/09
The guy in the Sebring will be okay.
Wah, wah, wah. Invited to play, but unable to compete, Toyota declares the game is...what, exactly? Rigged? A stack of other carmakers scored highly. Too hard? A stack of other carmakers scored highly. Irrelevant? Those other carmakers aren't bitching.
The Toyota I drive was built by a Toyota that had one goal: win the world by building good, competent vehicles. These new Toyotas are probably significantly better in most ways but this one: I don't like the company anymore. It whinges and whines like a congressman at pay raise time.
11/18/09
Oh, the humanity.
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