First good advice from Obama Administration retracted
So someone in the Obama Administration finally gave the American people good advice about something and then he backed away from it. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, when asked by the House Appropriation Committee what advice he’d give Americans in regards to the Toyota recall, Fox News records;
“My advice is, if anybody owns one of these vehicles, stop driving it, take it to the Toyota dealer because they believe they have the fix for it,” LaHood said.
Afterwards he told reporters that wasn’t what he meant to say.
“What I said in there was obviously a misstatement,” LaHood said outside of the hearing room. “My advice is if you have one of these vehicles, if you are in doubt, take it to the dealership today.”
DOT spokesman Bill Adams said in an email, “The DOT is advising owners of recalled vehicles to contact their local dealerships to arrange for fixes as soon as possible.”
The Japanese auto maker said Monday it has the fix for the problem and would begin shipping the new parts to auto dealers.
A Toyota representative couldn’t immediately comment on LaHood’s statement.
Instead, they want you to drive around in a potential death trap until it kills you.
Me? I’ve never owned a rice burner, but if Toyota had done that to me, knew about the problem since 1997 without telling anyone, I’d drive it right up my dealer’s ass.
But this is just the latest recall – Toyota’s recalls exceed those of the Big Three American Automakers combined.
Yeah, yeah, I know – your Toyota has 8 billion miles on it and you’ve never put a drop of gas in it. It’s those last three feet that’ll kill you. I was raised by WWII vets and we still don’t trust those sneaky Japs.
Category: Barack Obama/Joe Biden, Economy
BUY A FUCKIN’ CHEVY!
Casey, I know your love of Chevys, but I will never own one. Unfortunately, my wife has a Cobolt with payments still on it. Shit she won’t even let me take off all of the emblems.
What do you drive/own then?
I got an old beat up Ford Ranger. I was actually hoping to get a Saturn when Penske was going to buy them, but that got screwed up.
A ford ranger? I feel for you man, I feel for you. lol
Its a shame toyota’s having this issue. For the longest time they’ve been an affordable car company. Ford, Toyota and Honda were the only real choices after the bailout BS. Looks like its down to Ford and Honda.
And I’m talking about cars for those on a budget, so if you want to throw out bmw, mercedes, audi or infinity…blow it out your arse.
Why settle for a cheap-a$$ Chevy when you can go Professional Grade (inside joke at my last unit). I’ve owned a Toyota (1979 Corona) and a Nissan (1999 Sentra). Both were purchased out of necessity at the time. Ironically enough, I’ve also owned a BMW (’73 3.0) and Mercedes (’89 560 SEC) out of necessity. The price was right when I got them and I had neither the money nor the credit to pick and choose. Honestly, all were great cars (the Germans ones classics), and I wish I still had them.
That said, now that I am a bit more financially sound, I’ll never finance anything besides a GM or Ford unless Dodge comes out with something I like. Notice I said finance, if I can find a ten year old foreign gas sipper for the right price, it would become a beater/daily driver. Right now I own five great American born and bred vehicles. A Mustang, Willys Jeep, F-250, Dakota, and my Sierra. A friend has been after me to trade the Willys for a ’65 Landcruiser. Can’t happen, that recall problem may go back a bit further than Toyota will admit.
LOL at fm2176 don’t think the recall would reach all the way back to a 65!
What I cant fathom if your go pedal sticks, are you seriously so stupid you can put the car in neutral and coast over to the side of the dang road.
My father in law has a 1980something pickup that has 240,000 on the odo… replaced oil, tranny fluid, tires, alternator, battery and thats it. Hard to call that anything but bullet proof.
Anyone that has the problem and dies from it was a Darwin Award winner in the first place. Anyho, that ain’t the point. Toyota lieing about it is what is wrong. They’ve had these ‘issues’ for the last ten years but won’t admit there is anything wrong. I’m willing to bet my entire pension that it is a computer problem and floor mats and accelerator pedal problems were never the concern.
That Toyoda fella in charge just needs to admit that the computer simulation they use to ‘test’ their new cars in a friggin’ joke and kill himself. It’ll make me feel better.
BTW, I’ve only owned American built cars my entire life. I supported my country in uniform and I suppot it out of uniform. Keeping my money Stateside is supporting my country.
I think it’s sad, where there have been some reported issues with the throttle on the Toyota’s, even possibly resulting in Deaths, there were only around 140 complaints from consumers driving this recall of over 2 million vehicles. Rumor is, the White House pressured Toyota in an effort to recover GM’s ever shrinking customer base. I currently own a Nissan that I will be unloading as soon as I can. It’s crap…won’t be buying a Chevy since I’ve already bailed them out and didn’t get a free car, so Ford it is. I’m a Ford fan anyway and have been since youth.