Toyota runaway ramp too funny!

[02RangerXLT]

I think there were 50 fatal Explorer roll-overs and the CEO wasn't drug before congress.

Roll overs are operator error (Besides some rare case such as tire blowout on the interstate). Sure, they have a high center of gravity... it wouldn't roll over if you didn't drive it like a f*ckin' Ferrari.

The gas pedal sticking isn't (usually) operator error. Unless you're one of those old folk who you hear about on the news occasionally "mistaking the gas pedal for the brake pedal" and running their Buick through Micky D's.

 

[Jason]

Alright Ladies, I just posted a funny picture

It was funny too. Too bad this site has a core group that have to make everything a fight. Like when I point out a stupid piece of Ford planning and since I own a Tacoma too, they automatically default to bashing me. LOL

I say let them have their fun and make themselves known. That way we know who to ignore.

 

[Jason]

Roll overs are operator error (Besides some rare case such as tire blowout on the interstate). Sure, they have a high center of gravity... it wouldn't roll over if you didn't drive it like a f*ckin' Ferrari.

The gas pedal sticking isn't (usually) operator error. Unless you're one of those old folk who you hear about on the news occasionally "mistaking the gas pedal for the brake pedal" and running their Buick through Micky D's.

True. Why didn't the Isuzu Trooper or Chevy Suburban have rollover issues though? Both have a similar center of gravity. I won't mention the Toyota LandCruiser (higher COG) since that would be viewed the same as pissing on your boots.

 

[Toms01PSD]

since I own a Tacoma too, they automatically default to bashing me. LOL

I wasn't bashing you Jason, just have to give you a hard time about your Taco every once in awhile.

 

[Mr99Ranger]

I wasn't bashing you Jason, just have to give you a hard time about your Taco every once in awhile.

4:09, man you're up early!

 

[Mr99Ranger]

I dragged my sorry ass out of bad at like 7:00. Weekends are for sleeping in, though!

 

[Sevensecondsuv]

True. Why didn't the Isuzu Trooper or Chevy Suburban have rollover issues though? Both have a similar center of gravity. I won't mention the Toyota LandCruiser (higher COG) since that would be viewed the same as pissing on your boots.

I think it was a combination of the high COG and exploding tires. Most people don't know how to handle a sedan when a tires blows out. Put them in a top heavy SUV with tires prone to blowing out and it's a recipe for disaster.

If it was only the TTB explorers that were rolling, I could see how you could make the argument that it was the Ford-exclusive suspension design that was causing the rollovers. But most of the roll-overs were in the 95-01 trucks with the same short-long arm independent suspension design that is featured on the blazers, suburbans, durangos, troopers, 4 runners, land cruisers, and whatever the honda and nissan models were called (can't seem to remember right now...) That's why I think it was really the exploding tires that triggered it. The funny thing was how when Ford canceled all their Firestone contracts, the GM trucks started coming from the factory with firestones on them...

Between the firestone tires, high COG, and exploding cruise control switch, my explorer should have killed me by now. But somehow it hasn't. The insurance company obviously doesn't think there's a very good chance either, based on my dirt cheap insurance rates for it.

 

[Ranger Dave (B25)]

My take on this:

Toyota is being pilloried in the press and by the Obama mis-administration for one reason only:

The US government has huge financial stakes in both GM and Chrysler.

Toyota is serious competition for Govt Motors as to standings for largest automaker in the world. Obama's idiotic C4C scam was a miserable failure for US automakers, foreign cars outselling US models by a wide margin. This is his chance to take the opposition down a notch or two, whether fairly done or not.

Didn't Chrysler have an issue with 'unintended acceleration' on it's Jeep Cherokees in the not-so-distant past - with some injuries and fatalities? Yes, it did. GM has had it's safety issues as well.

Stack up the number of recalls issued on US-made vehicles against those on Japanese-marque vehicles. I'd be willing to bet there's a large disparity, with US models far out in front in sheer numbers of both cars affected, and recalls issued.

 

[r1hatman]

Well ya'll have fun with that...