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YARP (Yet Another Prius Recall)
Scott en Aztlán wrote: > This time it's an engine part. > > Sucks to be a Prius owner - first you paid too much, and now your car > is in the shop all the time. > -- > What the heck, I'll play too. > - Dave Japanese quality...bwahahahaha...TOYOTA stands for "throw out your old trash again." Notice that even the Japanese beer-cans-on-wheels have not improved efficiency in 30 years just like the American-made monsters? They were getting 50 mpg in the 1970s. |
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YARP (Yet Another Prius Recall)
"morticide" > wrote in message ups.com... Scott en Aztlán wrote: > This time it's an engine part. > > Sucks to be a Prius owner - first you paid too much, and now your car > is in the shop all the time. > -- > What the heck, I'll play too. > - Dave Japanese quality...bwahahahaha...TOYOTA stands for "throw out your old trash again." Notice that even the Japanese beer-cans-on-wheels have not improved efficiency in 30 years just like the American-made monsters? They were getting 50 mpg in the 1970s. ==== Toyota and other Japanese brands are reasons American cars have gotten a lot better. |
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YARP (Yet Another Prius Recall)
"morticide" > wrote in
ups.com: > > Scott en Aztlán wrote: >> This time it's an engine part. >> >> Sucks to be a Prius owner - first you paid too much, and now your car >> is in the shop all the time. >> -- >> What the heck, I'll play too. >> - Dave > > Japanese quality...bwahahahaha...TOYOTA stands for "throw out your old > trash again." > > Notice that even the Japanese beer-cans-on-wheels have not improved > efficiency in 30 years just like the American-made monsters? They were > getting 50 mpg in the 1970s. > > They -were- flimsy "beer cans" back then,now they are bigger,heavier,better quality and more luxurious,with more standard equipment. So,just keeping the same MPG is an accomplishment. Although it used to be that the Japanese autos were "beta-tested" or wrung out in Japan before being sold in the US,so there would not be quality issues. -- Jim Yanik jyanik at kua.net |
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