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    Image of Ford Tempo Fanatic Ford Tempo Fanatic
    07:07 PM

    In reply to REPORT: Lexus Floor Mat Almost Caused Fiery Death Before Causing Fiery Death
    This disaster really hasn't had nearly enough mainstream media attention. This might actually remind people Toyota is just as bad as any other automaker when it comes to pinching pennies.
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    Image of fuchikoma fuchikoma
    07:02 PM

    In reply to REPORT: Lexus Floor Mat Almost Caused Fiery Death Before Causing Fiery Death
    What's more, for all the press this is getting, no one remembers that they did this recall several years ago for a few models of Lexus - for floor mats causing the accelerator to stick. ...but I'm not going to dig up the article every time. It did happen years before the crash that set this off, and the problem still wasn't fixed.
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    Image of logruszed logruszed
    06:21 PM

    In reply to REPORT: Lexus Floor Mat Almost Caused Fiery Death Before Causing Fiery Death
    Some lawyer just got to use a fancy pen to write some more zeroes to a paper being drafted.
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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    05:34 PM

    In reply to REPORT: Lexus Floor Mat Almost Caused Fiery Death Before Causing Fiery Death
    "You need to tell somebody."

    "Yeah, sure thing, man."

    /forgetsaboutitlikeeverydoes
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    Image of LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard
    05:15 PM

    In reply to REPORT: Lexus Floor Mat Almost Caused Fiery Death Before Causing Fiery Death
    This is like spotting an iceberg whilst on a cruise ship and telling a stowaway rat "You need to tell somebody".

    If it did tell somebody higher up it'll cop a boot in return or someone will say "look a talking rat" and then they sink.

    It's a cynical outlook but I'm afraid lots of large companies would rather stick their fingers in their ears and yell la la la al at the top of their lungs and hope the problem will go away.
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    Image of Ash78, cube farmer Ash78, cube farmer
    04:46 PM

    In reply to REPORT: Lexus Floor Mat Almost Caused Fiery Death Before Causing Fiery Death
    a company already on the hook

    Unlike the floormats! Amiright, folks? Zing!
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    Image of GreenN_Gold GreenN_Gold
    04:56 PM

    @Ash78, cube farmer: The only thing about a Camry that is off the hook is the floormat.

    (No heckling. Two drink minimum. Tip your waitress.)
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    Image of HoonThatFerrari HoonThatFerrari
    11/24/09

    In reply to Lexus LFA, Lease Or Buy: The Full Story
    You know, the engineers have stressed how musical their new engine sounds, and I think they're right...
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    Image of LuciferV8 LuciferV8
    11/24/09

    In reply to 2010 Lexus GX460: The Lexus of 4Runners
    The styling is a little better now.
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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    11/23/09

    In reply to 2010 Lexus GX460: The Lexus of 4Runners
    Ssangyong has really turned it around. Well done.
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    Image of jark jark
    11/23/09

    In reply to 2010 Lexus GX460: The Lexus of 4Runners
    At first I thought I'd rather just have the 4Runner than the Lexus. But then I thought I'd rather have a Pathfinder than a 4Runner. But then I like the Xterra better than the Pathfinder. But isn't the Xterra a Japanese Wrangler wannabe? Conclusion: just get a Wrangler.
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    Maymar promoted this comment jark was starred jark was unstarred
    Image of Maymar Maymar
    11/23/09

    @jark: Sure, Wranglers are good, and I want one myself. But really, you'll look like a broheim, and you don't want people asking you when you last saw Dave Matthews. So you should get a Land Rover Series II.
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    Image of theeastbaykid theeastbaykid
    11/23/09

    @Maymar: Kudos for use of "broheim." And I'll take a CJ or FJ, thanks.
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    11/23/09

    In reply to 2010 Lexus GX460: The Lexus of 4Runners
    If Lexus updates the GX and nobody cares, does there exist a comparable analogy to finish this zen koan?
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    Image of Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp
    11/23/09

    @pauljones: Bravo, sir.
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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    11/23/09

    @pauljones: I'd still go with the original:

    "Does it make a noise?"

    Inasmuch as 'making a noise' is traditional marketing speak for getting noticed in the marketplace.

    Well done Paul. COTD?
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    Image of VeeArrrSix VeeArrrSix
    11/23/09

    In reply to 2010 Lexus GX460: The Lexus of 4Runners

    Why don't we get the 70 Series Cruiser like the Aussies? They are bulletproof, priced right, and crawl like mountain goats with climbing shoes on. Sure it looks like a mid 90's Mitsi Montero... but who cares! It has a snorkel!
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    11/23/09

    @VeeArrrSix: Flat glass + snorkel = win
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    Image of ProstWest ProstWest
    11/23/09

    In reply to Lexus LFA, Lease Or Buy: The Full Story
    3750 bills might better be accomodated in the more capacious whale-penis leather Seaman's Duffel.
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    Image of bmoreDLJ bmoreDLJ
    11/23/09

    In reply to Lexus LFA, Lease Or Buy: The Full Story
    I dare an owner to stick a big decal on the hood of an Italian chef kissing his pinched fingers, because in white this thing is starting to remind me of an ultra-futuristic pizza box.

    Maybe I need lunch.
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    Image of thancr thancr
    11/23/09

    In reply to 2010 Lexus GX460: The Lexus of 4Runners
    Isn't the GX really based on the Landcruiser Prado that we don't get here?
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    bmoreDLJ promoted this comment thancr was starred thancr was unstarred
    Image of bmoreDLJ bmoreDLJ
    11/23/09

    @thancr: Yes, but so is the current 4Runner.
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    Image of thancr thancr
    11/23/09

    @bmoreDLJ: Figured. The Lexus does look almost the same as the Prado, especially the upscale Prados. Not a lot of styling similarities with the 4Runner.
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