Oh, hell, global warming will kill me first (ducking).

>If you have ever had the gas pedal stick wide open at 110kph (I have) you would be taking the vehicle in to be fixed immediately.
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>One would think, just turn the ignition off, wrong, it engages the steering lock and you end up running off the road at 130+kph wrestling with steering wheel trying to unlock the steering lock, it gets really ugly really quick.
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>>The Toyota recall for sticky gas pedals has been striking me as fishy for a while. Now Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is recommending that people who own these vehicles not drive them at all until taking them to a Toyota dealership for service.
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>>http://money.cnn.com/2010/02/03/news/companies/dot_toyota_lahood/index.htm?hpt=T1
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>>Is this an unwarranted conspiracy theory on my part? It just seems awfully convenient for the domestic automakers with their business in the toilet and Toyota being the #1 manufacturer. They wouldn't be ginning this story up behind the scenes, would they?