Well, even when it is doing 120, this car is not exactly hard to identify:
Right, I obviously don't speak Legalease as well as you do. I was using the phrase "Corporate Personhood" in reference to the general concept of granting these sorts of liberal rights to corporations which is how the average lay-person will know it. That is not strictly accurate. My bad.
Toyota is not being fined because there was anything wrong with their cars.
Oh Jesus Fucking Christ, how pedantic can you be?
Yes, because corporations now being able to make unlimited lobbying contributions is a great idea.
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"Beijing needs this shit yesterday."
It's hard to fathom the exact savings, but I definitely agree. Cost reductions in this area would be huge. Everything gets cheaper. Both residential and commercial properties.
Gross :(
Michelin's Xi3 dominates the winter tire options from Dunlop. My brother ran Dunlop Winter Sports on his old car and those were damn impressive tires. However, the Xi3s are way better. The tires on his new car are actually a very similar size to the tires on his old car, so it is a fair comparison.
Yea, that is exactly what I meant. The space needed for parking in cities would get massively reduced because the need for parking itself would be massively reduced. A huge boon that is not discussed often enough if you ask me.
"American consumers buy something that is just beyond what they can afford"
+1.
Sorry, I'm not the one here who's life was threatened by a floor-mat.
Everyone with any skin in this game (Toyota, the government, independent safety organizations) has come to the conclusion that only floor-mats and drivers were to blame. Toyota is the one who got shafted here, not consumers. There is zero hard…
No, nobody is going to remember. That cop? Do you know anyone who can actually remember his name? Officer Salyor?
Exactly. Once the Feds have you in their crosshairs it is way, way, way too late. Toyota could have put a stop to this well before the Feds ever got involved, but they chose not to. Now they have to pay good old Uncle Sam his "protection money".
This "appliance thinking" is fine as long as the company in question is prepared for their customers to treat their cars like appliances. Toyota was very much not prepared in this instance and it has cost them dearly.
You've made my argument for me.
"no one pays that kind of salad if they think they can win on the merits."