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truck of the year?!?
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It's CR. The same whackjobs who wanted to put stickers on bicycle handlebars to warn folks not to ride on them.
Their publications waste trees and their online presence wastes electrons.
That is all.
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Now, excuse me while I go ride my nerf-encrusted 2-wheeler!
Cheers buddy!
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don't get me started about consumer reports..........
consumer reports article........
http://money.cnn.com/2010/01/29/auto...sion/index.htm
wow! consumer reports really provides a valuable service..... they tell you not to buy a certain car after huge recalls and the entire world has heard about the problem (heck... even i can do that). sounds like their service is worth the subscription fee.
cheap toyota parts article.......
http://money.cnn.com/2010/01/28/auto...tune/index.htm
from the above article...........
Last month, for instance, it was reported that Toyota had "requested" its suppliers to help in reducing parts costs over the next three years to compensate for slowing sales. That's a huge number, and a "request" from a big customer like Toyota is more like an order.
Cutting individual part costs can have a telling effect on their quality. Meanwhile, Toyota also moved more parts-buying overseas, away from familiar Japanese suppliers and into unfamiliar foreign ones. That may look good on the books, but it can lead to unreliable sources.
The 2009 RAV4, one of the models under the current recall, on the surface appears to be a better overall value than its predecessor. But take a close look at something like its instrument panel, and you'll see it has been noticeably cheapened by stripping out popular options and using inferior materials. And those are just the parts of the car that are visible to the customer. More cost-cutting may be hidden from view.
To ensure that it doesn't face any more embarrassing recalls, Toyota is going to have to look through all its new models' parts lists for potential problems caused by cost-cutting and find a fix. And it will have to rethink the way it is designing future models to avoid running into the same issue .
toyota busting contractors *****........
http://money.cnn.com/2010/01/28/auto...tune/index.htm
consumer reports article........
http://money.cnn.com/2010/01/29/auto...sion/index.htm
wow! consumer reports really provides a valuable service..... they tell you not to buy a certain car after huge recalls and the entire world has heard about the problem (heck... even i can do that). sounds like their service is worth the subscription fee.
cheap toyota parts article.......
http://money.cnn.com/2010/01/28/auto...tune/index.htm
from the above article...........
Last month, for instance, it was reported that Toyota had "requested" its suppliers to help in reducing parts costs over the next three years to compensate for slowing sales. That's a huge number, and a "request" from a big customer like Toyota is more like an order.
Cutting individual part costs can have a telling effect on their quality. Meanwhile, Toyota also moved more parts-buying overseas, away from familiar Japanese suppliers and into unfamiliar foreign ones. That may look good on the books, but it can lead to unreliable sources.
The 2009 RAV4, one of the models under the current recall, on the surface appears to be a better overall value than its predecessor. But take a close look at something like its instrument panel, and you'll see it has been noticeably cheapened by stripping out popular options and using inferior materials. And those are just the parts of the car that are visible to the customer. More cost-cutting may be hidden from view.
To ensure that it doesn't face any more embarrassing recalls, Toyota is going to have to look through all its new models' parts lists for potential problems caused by cost-cutting and find a fix. And it will have to rethink the way it is designing future models to avoid running into the same issue .
toyota busting contractors *****........
http://money.cnn.com/2010/01/28/auto...tune/index.htm
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