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Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est
10/02/09

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I blame the American consumer.

For just about everything. Everyone should be taken out back and shot, right now.
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Maymar
09/30/09

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You know how to stop your Toyota's floor mats from killing you? Don't drive a Toyota.

On that note, I was once driving an older Venture shuttle van that got a bout of the unintended acceleration (because in a Venture, all acceleration is unintentional) from a stuck throttle cable or something. It was actually kind of amusing, in that I idled all the way back to work, at about 40mph.
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HoonThatFerrari
09/30/09

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Funny, I don't see "PRAY!" anywhere near the end of the flowchart.
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IronicalBalls
09/30/09

@HoonThatFerrari:
"Headed to a head on collision" - "Pray" -

"Did praying work?" - "If yes, praise him" "If no keep praying harder" -
"Did praying work?" - "If yes, praise him" "If no keep praying harder" -
"Did praying work?" - "If yes, praise him" "If no keep praying harder" -
"Did praying work?" - "If yes, praise him" "If no keep praying harder" -
"Did praying work?" - "If yes, praise him" "If no keep praying harder" -
"Did praying work?" - "If yes, praise him" "If no keep praying harder" -
"Did praying work?" - "If yes, praise him" "If no keep praying harder" -
"Did praying work?" - "If yes, praise him" "If no keep praying harder" -
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TAInvestor
09/30/09

@IronicalBalls: Maybe you rare praying to the wrong Him. Or perhaps its a Her.
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area_educator
10/01/09

@TAInvestor: Or them? Personally, I don't get down with monotheism or polytheism.

I'm all about fractionaltheism. I believe in about 4/5 of a god. The pronouns are really a pain in the but.

Closer to 87%, actually. e/pi, interestingly.
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Novaload
09/30/09

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7. If you find yourself wearing pants made from old curtains or upholstery material that do not match the strange toe-less and ugly shoes you are wearing, just let the car accelerate into the nearest obstacle and kill yourself now.
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chollo9
10/01/09

@Novaload: Oh, if only . . .
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Novaload
09/30/09

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So, uh, this is like shutting off your computer when Microsoft causes your computer to seize up?
Is there a control/alt/delete option? That would be faster.

Also, shouldn't the toes in #6 be tightly clenched? Otherwise, you're not really trying to stop the car that sincerely.
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Yurikaze
09/30/09

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I wish my AE86 could experience intended acceleration, much less unintended.
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Novaload
09/30/09

@Yurikaze: You are not alone in this wish.
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fuchikoma
10/01/09

@Yurikaze: Get a 4A-GZE? :p I think they're only about $2000 as-is...
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RedwoodFlyer
09/30/09

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This was actually the issue that kicked off a VERY sour Lexus ownership experience after I bought my folks one a few years back:

Brand new car - but the hooks are missing.. you can clearly see where the hooks would go, but they're not there. I informed Charles Barker Lexus that it's a safety issue, blah blah - to no avail.

So.. on a 2 weeks old vehicle that cost a good chunk of money, they had the audacity to make my folks fork over $12 for the damn hooks!

Of course, this is the dealership that used to tack a $15 "service fee" to all warranty work - and they claimed that it was to cover topping off fluids, etc. Wtf is the wiper fluid made out of...unicorn urine?

Needless to say, their next car was a German.
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dragon951
09/30/09

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Are you driving a Toyota? No.

Do nothing. No, I don't want to. Give me something to do!

Is your car a Toyota or Lexus...? I said no! Dammit, there is no choice, I guess I do have Toyota...

This flow chart is only going to lead to the loss of drivers side floor mats in countless other makes.
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kingofthering gets off on witholding.
09/30/09

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Unintended acceleration? Are you sure you this isn't a case of Toyota drivers discovering the accelerator pedal?

I'm going to hell in 5...4...3...2...1...
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HoonThatFerrari
09/30/09

@kingofthering gets off on witholding.:
"Hello, my name is Charon - and yours is...?"
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Chairman Kaga
09/30/09

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Driving my fiancee's Camry yesterday, I flagrantly left the driver's floormat in place. She got so excited she instantly jumped in my lap and did me the rest of the way home.
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skierpage
09/30/09

@Chairman Kaga: The Camry makes an appearance in the next 007 movie.

Carlotta Bush: Mr. Bond, please detach the floormat. James, please slow down. James, oh James, you're scaring me! I'll do ANYTHING if you remove the floormat. Oh, oh oh!
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TAInvestor
09/30/09

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All of a sudden it feels risky to be driving a Toyota. Now all I need is a darker pair of sunglasses, set my seat a flew clicks further back, and I will be a rebel without a cause.
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stuntdriver
09/30/09

@TAInvestor: it will be better if you will be a rebel without a floor mat...
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Joshuman
09/30/09

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That is the most confusing flow chart ever. It is a graphical nightmare that would be impossible to navigate successfully while the floormat is stuck under the pedal.
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KingPsyz here for HappyFunKingPsyz©
09/30/09

@Joshman 130R: everytime I attend toyota training I wince when their graphics department comes into play, this is par for the course.
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area_educator
09/30/09

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On the new car, the floor mats engage little permanently mounted pegs. On the old car, the floor mat goes up _behind_ the accelerator. The worst I've had to deal with there has been when it slipped a little, and the clutch pedal would catch on the edge. It'd still come back up, though.

I'm vaguely dumbfounded by this whole thing.
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Iron-Balls Minardi
09/30/09

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I find this flowchart to be much more useful.
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P161911 probably shoudn't have
09/30/09

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Actually had this happen the other week on my 1988 F-150 with the aftermarket rubber mats. I was going up a hill in 5th and too lazy to shift to 4th , so I just floored it. I got to the top of the hill and it stayed floored. I took the side of my foot and pulled up on the gas pedal. Problem solved. Shuffled the mat around a little with my foot so it wouldn't happen again. With all of 150hp in a 2 ton truck it really wasn't much of an issue.

That wasn't near as annoying as when the starter hangs up and keeps going with the switch off and key out of the ignition.
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Skunky
09/30/09

@P161911 probably shoudn't have: Dude the starter thing happened on my '82 Fairmont all the time. I'd have to quickly pop the hood, jump out and whallop the starter solenoid a few times until it stopped.
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littleYodaPickup
09/30/09

@P161911 probably shouldn't have: Yup. I used to keep carpet remnant in my old C10...what the heck, it was free! That got wedged on many an occasion.

Seriously, where do people learn to drive nowadays that they don't know what to do in a situation like this? Ye gads, in driver's ed we weren't allowed to put the key in the ignition until we learned some basic driving survival skills. It's like modern fairy tales I guess. It's too scary to mention DEATH or DISMEMBERMENT, so they gloss over such things. In this happy-go-lucky world, brakes never fail, stinging insects never fly in open windows, and lugnuts are always secure.

But then again, maybe that was because my high school's drivers ed car was 20 years old and held together with hope and a prayer.
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P161911 probably shoudn't have
09/30/09

@Skunky: I think this one might be a problem in the ignition switch on the column. It has a great anti-theft feature currently. You have to pull on the wheel just right when turning the key to start it.
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HoonThatFerrari
09/30/09

@littleYodaPickup: "Hope & a Prayer... available NOW at your nearest AutoZone & Checker/O'Reilley's Auto Parts stores!"
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