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FiveGoodMen

(20,018 posts) Thu Mar 20, 2014, 08:11 PM Mar 2014

Toyota admits it

http://www.startribune.com/business/250954621.html

An awful lot of folks cast aspersions on those of us who thought they were wrong.

Well...

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Toyota admits it (Original Post) FiveGoodMen Mar 2014 OP

I do not expect a mea culpa nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #1

I hope you are not surprised nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #2

Not only that.. sendero Mar 2014 #3

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)

1. I do not expect a mea culpa

Reply to FiveGoodMen (Original post)

Thu Mar 20, 2014, 08:12 PM

Mar 2014

sadly.

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)

2. I hope you are not surprised

Reply to FiveGoodMen (Original post)

Thu Mar 20, 2014, 08:42 PM

Mar 2014

I know the family of the CHP officer will get some money. I am sure they'd rather have their family members.

sendero

(28,552 posts)

3. Not only that..

Reply to FiveGoodMen (Original post)

Thu Mar 20, 2014, 08:53 PM

Mar 2014

... but the ridiculous "floor mats" excuse has been debunked. They finally lost a trial in which their electronic controls were the culprit which I have believed since the trooper's family was killed, it was insulting to think a damn floor mat was the issue in that accident.

I believe they figured out what was really wrong a while back and quietly changed the software. Since day one, their only concern has been keeping this all quiet.

$1.2 billion, plus the hundreds of lawsuits they have to deal with, I guess that is as good a corporate punishment gets.

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