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Old 08-15-2007, 05:27 PM   #1
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problems with toyota prius?!?

say it ain't so, joe!

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news0...eleration.html
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Old 08-15-2007, 05:29 PM   #2
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the computers are taking over!!!
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Old 08-15-2007, 05:42 PM   #3
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I guess its a good thing that those pos cars have no power. Imagine if it had some back bone and took of on someone. lol
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Old 08-15-2007, 05:44 PM   #4
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the war between man and machine has begun

my saturn did that the other day, i had it on cruise and i tapped the accel button to pass a car...and it kept accelerating like i was holding the button, downshifted and everything
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Old 08-15-2007, 05:51 PM   #5
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well Matt, saturns are finely tuned athletic machine.............you gotta watch out. get a neon
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Old 08-15-2007, 05:55 PM   #6
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neons dont have mad tyte flip up headlights
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Old 08-15-2007, 09:01 PM   #7
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neons dont have mad tyte flip up headlights
Exactly..... the neon is built for extreme aerodynamics which allows it to go faster than the speed of light!!!!!
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Old 08-15-2007, 09:18 PM   #8
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Exactly..... the neon is built for extreme aerodynamics which allows it to go faster than the speed of light!!!!!
that's why i don't see them anymore! i knew there was a reason. they're going too fast for the naked eye...
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Old 08-15-2007, 10:22 PM   #9
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“Twice, on July 29, 2007, our 2006 Toyota Prius took off like a rocket in circumstances just like Herbert's wild ride in Michigan last October,” Irwin in Studio City, California writes.
ok i dont know about a "rocket"
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Old 08-15-2007, 10:24 PM   #10
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ok i dont know about a "rocket"
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Old 08-15-2007, 10:26 PM   #11
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nope... not even that.
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it might just me, but i laughed when they mentioned "prius" and "uncontrollable acceleration" in the same sentence i was lauging pretty hard.
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Did you know that last year Toyota recalled more vehicles than they produced? Or that the Tundra leads the pickup market in recalls?
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Old 08-16-2007, 10:56 AM   #14
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Shouldn't that be, "say it ain't so TOEjoe?"
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Old 08-16-2007, 06:59 PM   #15
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that's why i don't see them anymore! i knew there was a reason. they're going too fast for the naked eye...
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Old 08-17-2007, 05:09 PM   #16
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it might just me, but i laughed when they mentioned "prius" and "uncontrollable acceleration" in the same sentence i was lauging pretty hard.
I am thinking it wasn't uncontrallable as in tough for a person to handle, rather there was no way to control it, like the accellerator or brakes not working. Kinda like "The goggles, they do nothing!"
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