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patentcad 02-23-10 10:22 PM


Originally Posted by kimconyc (Post 10443505)
Is that the Matrix?

The Vibe.


And they're both on the Corolla platform.

fauxto nick 02-23-10 10:51 PM

Wait what the **** I leave BF for like 3 months and Pcad gets a Scott?! What happened to the Cervelo?

cia dog 02-23-10 10:55 PM


Originally Posted by patentcad (Post 10443549)
And they're both on the Corolla platform.

My daughter loves her Corolla, sticky throttle and all...of course she hasn't had that problem.

LesterOfPuppets 02-23-10 10:57 PM

I've loved all my Corollas, but they were all 86-92 models. Two were called Corollas, one was called a Chevy Nova and one was called a Geo Prizm.

I frequently consider picking up a Vibe.

rollin 02-23-10 11:34 PM


Originally Posted by kimconyc (Post 10443505)
Is that the Matrix?

Thanks kimco, Snapple on the monitor

patentcad 02-24-10 04:55 AM

About 6" of snow last night. Schools are closed. Again.

Urthwhyte 02-24-10 05:12 AM

Only 65 posts to go

patentcad 02-24-10 05:20 AM


Originally Posted by Urthwhyte (Post 10444158)
Only 65 posts to go

9,065 to 10,000.








Get to work.

coasting 02-24-10 05:24 AM

you're an idiot

coasting 02-24-10 05:25 AM

what are you?

patentcad 02-24-10 05:25 AM


Originally Posted by cia dog (Post 10443653)
My daughter loves her Corolla, sticky throttle and all...of course she hasn't had that problem.

And here is why I won't buy a Toyota or Lexus until they figure this out. Because there is NO FRIGGIN CHANCE that this issue is not related to the electronic throttle given the way some of these cars have behaved. I believe Toyota when they say they can't replicate or find the problem. But cars do simply not accelerate to 100+ mph with the transmission in reverse, the emergency brake engaged and the brakes fully deployed, in a surging and erratic manner, without a stuck fly by wire throttle. In several cases this behavior has also been accompanied by the cruise control light coming on ALL BY ITSELF.

Toyota better figure this out in the next 30-60 days or it will devastate them. Hell, I was all set to buy a Prius. Not now.

coasting 02-24-10 05:25 AM

you're in good company here.

patentcad 02-24-10 05:26 AM


Originally Posted by coasting (Post 10444168)
you're an idiot

I am in the right place.

coasting 02-24-10 05:27 AM

why ar cars being computerised. one day these machines will take over the world and we will be living underground

rollin 02-24-10 05:50 AM


Originally Posted by patentcad (Post 10444170)
And here is why I won't buy a Toyota or Lexus until they figure this out. Because there is NO FRIGGIN CHANCE that this issue is not related to the electronic throttle given the way some of these cars have behaved. I believe Toyota when they say they can't replicate or find the problem. But cars do simply not accelerate to 100+ mph with the transmission in reverse, the emergency brake engaged and the brakes fully deployed, in a surging and erratic manner, without a stuck fly by wire throttle. In several cases this behavior has also been accompanied by the cruise control light coming on ALL BY ITSELF.

Toyota better figure this out in the next 30-60 days or it will devastate them. Hell, I was all set to buy a Prius. Not now.

That's why I'm not buying Di2

"So I was riding my bike up a 15% gradient and the Di2 shifted itself into the big ring, the garmin started flashing and the powertap went into reverse and I got dropped."

Not me, f the machines, I can get dropped without any help.

cia dog 02-24-10 06:20 AM


Originally Posted by coasting (Post 10444178)
why ar cars being computerised. one day these machines will take over the world and we will be living underground

You watch to many Terminator movies. But having computers take over may be good thing because the all the human beings in the world are not capable of paying off Americas debt approaching 60 trillion! maybe the computers can? Did you all know that the entire worlds GNP is 30 trillion, and we owe 60 trillion...how does that work out for America in the end? or is it our end? I have seen America's future and it's Greece.

coasting 02-24-10 06:22 AM

america is not greece

i challenge anyone to argue with that!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...uniforms_1.jpg

rangerdavid 02-24-10 06:28 AM


Originally Posted by patentcad (Post 10444170)
And here is why I won't buy a Toyota or Lexus until they figure this out. Because there is NO FRIGGIN CHANCE that this issue is not related to the electronic throttle given the way some of these cars have behaved. I believe Toyota when they say they can't replicate or find the problem. But cars do simply not accelerate to 100+ mph with the transmission in reverse, the emergency brake engaged and the brakes fully deployed, in a surging and erratic manner, without a stuck fly by wire throttle. In several cases this behavior has also been accompanied by the cruise control light coming on ALL BY ITSELF.

Toyota better figure this out in the next 30-60 days or it will devastate them. Hell, I was all set to buy a Prius. Not now.

no problems at all with my Prius. had it for over 3 years. Now I get pissed if I get a tank under 50 mpg. the "fix" for the minor brake issue on the 2010 is a 6 minute software upgrade. No acceleration issue with the Prius. check out priuschat.com if you have any questions, or PM me and I'll help if I can.

rangerdavid 02-24-10 06:29 AM


Originally Posted by coasting (Post 10444168)
you're an idiot


you have an amazing command of the obvious.




just sayin...........................

mzeffex 02-24-10 06:31 AM


Originally Posted by rollin (Post 10444203)
"So I was riding my bike up a 15% gradient and the Di2 shifted itself into the big ring, the garmin started flashing and the powertap went into reverse and I got dropped."

:lol: sig

patentcad 02-24-10 06:36 AM


Originally Posted by rangerdavid (Post 10444260)
no problems at all with my Prius. had it for over 3 years. Now I get pissed if I get a tank under 50 mpg. the "fix" for the minor brake issue on the 2010 is a 6 minute software upgrade. No acceleration issue with the Prius. check out priuschat.com if you have any questions, or PM me and I'll help if I can.

99.9% of Toyota/Lexus owners haven't had a problem.

And then there are the ones that are friggin DEAD.

Let's hope they figure this out, this could have happened to any major car manufacturer. It was precisely the fear of such incidents that kept fly by wire throttles out of cars until very recently. Toyota is going to install emergency brake over ride systems in most of its models for 2011, but finding the problem and eliminating it would be much better.

rollin 02-24-10 06:51 AM


Originally Posted by mzeffex (Post 10444268)
:lol: sig

http://poietes.files.wordpress.com/2...car-speech.jpg

;)

Kai Winters 02-24-10 07:42 AM

I had a '79 Corolla. Paid $150.00 for it. It had duct tape for the driver's side floor...before I added the wall to wall duct tape I could watch the road for a great "floor's eye view". It also consumed 4 bottles of "stop leak" to seal the head gasket and stop it spewing white smoke as I drove.
Drove it for a year before I put a sign on it "free" and some kid drove it away...

Today I wouldn't touch a Toyota...

patentcad 02-24-10 07:51 AM

MTB with knobbies today, (5) 8-10 minute LT intervals (170 HR) in the slush/feezing drizzle.

Man that ride is going to SUCK.

Look boys, we're friggin buried already here, and there's another 1-2' of snow coming. This 6" that fell last night was like cement, I spent 20 minutes getting Mrs. Pcad out of the driveway this AM. That snow fell on top of the 8-12" left over from previous storms. By the time this is over we'll have 2-3' of snow in the yard. It's piling up. It's apocalyptic.

But rideable.

AngryScientist 02-24-10 08:14 AM


Originally Posted by patentcad (Post 10444442)
MTB with knobbies today, (5) 8-10 minute LT intervals (170 HR) in the slush/feezing drizzle.

Man that ride is going to SUCK.

Look boys, we're friggin buried already here, and there's another 1-2' of snow coming. This 6" that fell last night was like cement, I spent 20 minutes getting Mrs. Pcad out of the driveway this AM. That snow fell on top of the 8-12" left over from previous storms. By the time this is over we'll have 2-3' of snow in the yard. It's piling up. It's apocalyptic.

But rideable.

so when is that c'ops coming??


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