Did Toyota Prius Driver Fake Unintended Acceleration?

[advocate]

It would cost more for Totoya to sue the man than the man has to be taken in the first place. It says he's broke as shit already.

Justice will be served.

[Hershey]

what p*isses me off is these type of people are hurting our trade in values or the selling price .

[SailDesign]

Originally Posted by Hershey

what p*isses me off is these type of people are hurting our trade in values or the selling price .

I couldn't care less about the $$ - what pisses me off is that people now look at the Yaris and say "That's the cheapest car built by the company that builds unsafe cars - are you SURE it's a good idea to drive it?" instead "Hey, Cool! A Yaris!"

[MadMax]

Maybe we need to instigate a class action lawsuit against the idiot...

Cheers! M2

[eTiMaGo]

Originally Posted by SailDesign

I couldn't care less about the $$ - what pisses me off is that people now look at the Yaris and say "That's the cheapest car built by the company that builds unsafe cars - are you SURE it's a good idea to drive it?" instead "Hey, Cool! A Yaris!"

just tell them "I wish it had intended acceleration :( "

[sqcomp]

I couldn't care less what other people say about my Yaris. I know that it is still made better than the American dogpile that they drive. Besides, I'm not selling mine. I like it too much.

[eTiMaGo]

Originally Posted by sqcomp

I couldn't care less what other people say about my Yaris. I know that it is still made better than the American dogpile that they drive. Besides, I'm not selling mine. I like it too much.

well said, sir :)

[sbergman27]

just tell them "I wish it had intended acceleration :( "

I've seen a few pot shots aimed at the Yaris' engine power and performance. Even the mpgomatic.com guy did it in his "50 mpg in a Yaris?" video. But my 1.5L sedan with automatic maintains 75 mph on a 4% - 6% uphill grade just fine when traversing mountain passes in Colorado. The cruise control does periodically go W.O.T. during the ascent. But it doesn't have to hold it there, by any means. The car has way more acceleration for getting *on* a 75 MPH Interstate than I would ever need. So... what more could anyone want? A larger engine would result in significantly higher pumping losses under normal conditions and we wouldn't be getting the impressive fuel economy that we do. Be careful what you wish for.

-Steve

[127.0.0.1]

Originally Posted by sbergman27

I've seen a few pot shots aimed at the Yaris' engine power and performance. Even the mpgomatic.com guy did it in his "50 mpg in a Yaris?" video. But my 1.5L sedan with automatic maintains 75 mph on a 4% - 6% uphill grade just fine when traversing mountain passes in Colorado. The cruise control does periodically go W.O.T. during the ascent. But it doesn't have to hold it there, by any means. The car has way more acceleration for getting *on* a 75 MPH Interstate than I would ever need. So... what more could anyone want? A larger engine would result in significantly higher pumping losses under normal conditions and we wouldn't be getting the impressive fuel economy that we do. Be careful what you wish for.

-Steve

agreed. this 1.5 thing has enough grunt to merge from I95s to 128ss any time of the week and thread in-between 5 lanes of idiots at any speed seen at the interchange or ramps and not impede other drivers... , also the same for i95-128/i93 interchange. no problem.

in Mass. get on it and merge or go home. Yaris has no problem.

[yarswiss]

This man has been fully proven a hoax now. Here's the official documents: http://jalopnik.com/5493011/this-mem...ius-was-a-hoax

Beware all claims that the cars are "dangerous". More often then not it is driver error. In this case, it's just an outright lie.

[why?]

we need public executions for this stuff. It would solve so many problems.

[upgradedyaris]

The guy is a disgrace to men.

Duane

[TRDMarty]

Polygraph test on live TV
He's full of

[eht13]

Originally Posted by yarswiss

This man has been fully proven a hoax now. Here's the official documents: http://jalopnik.com/5493011/this-mem...ius-was-a-hoax

Beware all claims that the cars are "dangerous". More often then not it is driver error. In this case, it's just an outright lie.

And reported on CNN now too: http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/03/14/cal...ex.html?hpt=C1

[eht13]

Originally Posted by 127.0.0.1

agreed. this 1.5 thing has enough grunt to merge from I95s to 128ss any time of the week and thread in-between 5 lanes of idiots at any speed seen at the interchange or ramps and not impede other drivers... , also the same for i95-128/i93 interchange. no problem.

in Mass. get on it and merge or go home. Yaris has no problem.

Agreed here too.

[eTiMaGo]

Originally Posted by sbergman27

I've seen a few pot shots aimed at the Yaris' engine power and performance. Even the mpgomatic.com guy did it in his "50 mpg in a Yaris?" video. But my 1.5L sedan with automatic maintains 75 mph on a 4% - 6% uphill grade just fine when traversing mountain passes in Colorado. The cruise control does periodically go W.O.T. during the ascent. But it doesn't have to hold it there, by any means. The car has way more acceleration for getting *on* a 75 MPH Interstate than I would ever need. So... what more could anyone want? A larger engine would result in significantly higher pumping losses under normal conditions and we wouldn't be getting the impressive fuel economy that we do. Be careful what you wish for.

-Steve

:D I meant this in jest, playing to non-owners' expectations of the car ;)