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Detroit, 8:21 PM
Tue Dec 1
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01/08/09
...As an added bonus to Lexus drivers, Zagat's best-in-breed restaurant content will also be available via Destination Assist.
Oh, I guess not. So Toyota drivers will have to search endlessly for healthy food, while Lexus drivers get to have advise as to where to eat provided for them.
I tell you what Jalopnik. I would be more than happy to test this system out and see what type of support they can provide. Please. I'll go pick up the Lexus, test drive it, abuse the in car services, and write woefully about how the in car assistant couldn't guide me to the nearest massage parlor or gentlemens club that has particularly homely women with loose morals, many of whom would be impressed by a man with a car that talks.
Plus for those of you whom know what it is I do for a living, I'm sure I can void the warranty by attaching a variety of Thermofrazzes to it.
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Yep, every night when the moon is full, looking at the glory to be had on a bright Thermofrazzed night.
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Yes. Be afraid. Fear will set you free.
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Yet another money maker for the general that will fizzle.
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wait... POLAR?
Be that you?
12/23/08
Wantanabe's handle is POWЯAЯ!
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In case you had any questions.
Y'know, didn't Toyota really start to head downhill around 2001? Killing the Celica and MR2, bloating and uglifying the Corolla and Camry, launching giant SUVs while lambasting Detroit for doing the same... Just thinking aloud here.
12/23/08
Most of what I saw between the two was fairly even handed and at times even complimentary. At a corporate level at least. I'm certain there was some sniping but it didn't look that overt from a casual observation.
The fact is that profit margin is hard to ignore. Wouldn't be a corporate mindset to not take advantage of those sales. I really don't blame any of them. For that part of it anyway.
I haven't had a Toyota yet that I gave a damn about though. I've been fond of some weird beater crap but the three or four that have passed by me have just been non-engaging at any level. That's why I had to decorate the Geo.
12/23/08
And, as you said, I have to give them credit for supporting Detroit - but then, it wouldn't have been in their best interest not to, as they're a car & truck company, too.
On the other hand, Toyota doesn't have a single product right now that I'd consider "attractive". There's a couple "meh, okay" Lexi, but anything with a Toyota badge these days is nearly guaranteed to be downright fugly.
(That goes for the second-generation Scions, too. Oh, man.)
blogenfreude, that's true - but at least the Armada has the stolen-from-Rambler dropped rear roofline, while the Sequoia makes do with oddly-shaped windows and Durango-style thick-as-shit pillars.
12/23/08
If nothing else, it makes it a lot easier for the rest of the employees to accept the layoffs, cuts, and the lack of hand dryers in the bathrooms. Having a Toyoda take the helm will also insulate upper management a bit, if the next year or two is rocky.
12/23/08
"Oh no! It's K-k-k-ken c-coming to c-c-c-can me!"
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