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[Martin_1962]

Actually, the old 1.9 A6 is growing on me the more I drive it.  Needs chipping though. Fortunately, I think we have a decent map for one of those

Prefer to have A8 3.0 diesel...

See, I'd prefer a Jag XF diesel.

We are all different. It doesn't make my choice better or worse than yours....

Well the market for non OAP and non c0ck is basically 5 series vs XF and I think I would go XF

That sounds like somebody who believes everything God Clarkson says...

In this case I would say he was right, well around here it is, Audis are more popular than they were and total nobs in quite a few proving JC was right.

[Martin_1962]

Well the market for non OAP and non c0ck is basically 5 series vs XF and I think I would go X

 :-?

God Clarkson has moved onto Audis being c0ckish

Incorrectly, I might add...

Very few 5s around here, seems to be mainly VAG products now.

[Ken T]

I just came across this. Toyota are recalling 133,000 odd cars for mods. Does anyone remember the 2,000,000 cars Mercedes recalled because of their Sensotronic brakes

http://www.smartplanet.com/technology/blog/thinking-tech/prius-recall-pales-next-to-faulty-software-in-mercedes-sensotronic-brakes/3003/

As had been said recalls are going on all the time, it just depends how much news is made of it.

Ken

[Nickbat]

Read elsewhere:

I was about to get pulled over on the motorway for speeding by traffic cops today.

Luckily for me. A little old woman came screaming past at about 130 in a Toyota, looking all flustered and nervous.

The police immediately switched on the sirens and went belting off after her.

They must have been thinking the same thing as I was thinking.

Yep, she’s probably f**king nicked it.

 

[Amigo]

This is as boring as Toyotas themselves. The throttles & brakes will unstick & this will soon be forgotten about.
   This is'nt news it's BORING & i'm surprised it was posted here in the first place let alone replied to. I've heard enough on the radio, read enough in the press & seen more than enough on the gogglebox.

  PLEASE not here as well FFS!!!!

[Nickbat]

This is as boring as Toyotas themselves. The throttles & brakes will unstick & this will soon be forgotten about.
   This is'nt news it's BORING & i'm surprised it was posted here in the first place let alone replied to. I've heard enough on the radio, read enough in the press & seen more than enough on the gogglebox.

  PLEASE not here as well FFS!!!!

Oh, pardon me for living, I'm sure.

[Amigo]

This is as boring as Toyotas themselves. The throttles & brakes will unstick & this will soon be forgotten about.
   This is'nt news it's BORING & i'm surprised it was posted here in the first place let alone replied to. I've heard enough on the radio, read enough in the press & seen more than enough on the gogglebox.

  PLEASE not here as well FFS!!!!

Oh, pardon me for living, I'm sure.

Sorry Nick. I usually enjoy your input but this toyota issue is just everywhere you go & now it's here as well. Can't get away from it!!!! Just me venting my spleen as usual, no personal offence intended, Guy.

[Nickbat]

This is as boring as Toyotas themselves. The throttles & brakes will unstick & this will soon be forgotten about.
   This is'nt news it's BORING & i'm surprised it was posted here in the first place let alone replied to. I've heard enough on the radio, read enough in the press & seen more than enough on the gogglebox.

  PLEASE not here as well FFS!!!!

Oh, pardon me for living, I'm sure.

Sorry Nick. I usually enjoy your input but this toyota issue is just everywhere you go & now it's here as well. Can't get away from it!!!! Just me venting my spleen as usual, no personal offence intended, Guy.

OK, Guy. Accepted. 

You'll see, though that I posted this thread - for information only - on Monday, just as the news about the Prius recall was breaking (and there is a member on here that has one). The fact that the media have since done the thing to death isn't my fault.

Mind you, I rarely watch the news and I don't read any newspapers. You are right in noting that the media go on, and on, and on, and on, about a single issue until most of the population has either fallen asleep, or has thrown a brick though the TV! 

[Kevin Wood]

This is as boring as Toyotas themselves. The throttles & brakes will unstick & this will soon be forgotten about.
   This is'nt news it's BORING & i'm surprised it was posted here in the first place let alone replied to. I've heard enough on the radio, read enough in the press & seen more than enough on the gogglebox.

  PLEASE not here as well FFS!!!!

Oh, pardon me for living, I'm sure.

Sorry Nick. I usually enjoy your input but this toyota issue is just everywhere you go & now it's here as well. Can't get away from it!!!! Just me venting my spleen as usual, no personal offence intended, Guy.

Agreed. There must be break all else going on for it to get this much coverage. Either that or the government have paid off the media to generate a smoke screen.

FFS! They found problems and they're fixing them. Non story. Unlike GM or Ford, etc. who would have shredded any documentary evidence, stuck their heads in the sand and let people die until the law suits started getting too expensive.

Kevin

[Nickbat]

This is as boring as Toyotas themselves. The throttles & brakes will unstick & this will soon be forgotten about.
   This is'nt news it's BORING & i'm surprised it was posted here in the first place let alone replied to. I've heard enough on the radio, read enough in the press & seen more than enough on the gogglebox.

  PLEASE not here as well FFS!!!!

Oh, pardon me for living, I'm sure.

Sorry Nick. I usually enjoy your input but this toyota issue is just everywhere you go & now it's here as well. Can't get away from it!!!! Just me venting my spleen as usual, no personal offence intended, Guy.

Agreed. There must be break all else going on for it to get this much coverage. Either that or the government have paid off the media to generate a smoke screen.

FFS! They found problems and they're fixing them. Non story. Unlike GM or Ford, etc. who would have shredded any documentary evidence, stuck their heads in the sand and let people die until the law suits started getting too expensive.

Kevin

Ooooh, you naughty little cynic! 

[Amigo]

This is as boring as Toyotas themselves. The throttles & brakes will unstick & this will soon be forgotten about.
   This is'nt news it's BORING & i'm surprised it was posted here in the first place let alone replied to. I've heard enough on the radio, read enough in the press & seen more than enough on the gogglebox.

  PLEASE not here as well FFS!!!!

Oh, pardon me for living, I'm sure.

Sorry Nick. I usually enjoy your input but this toyota issue is just everywhere you go & now it's here as well. Can't get away from it!!!! Just me venting my spleen as usual, no personal offence intended, Guy.

OK, Guy. Accepted. 

You'll see, though that I posted this thread - for information only - on Monday, just as the news about the Prius recall was breaking (and there is a member on here that has one). The fact that the media have since done the thing to death isn't my fault.

Mind you, I rarely watch the news and I don't read any newspapers. You are right in noting that the media go on, and on, and on, and on, about a single issue until most of the population has either fallen asleep, or has thrown a brick though the TV! 

TV + brick= grumpy old tinker. Take note of todays equasion, we'll be asking questions later.

[Nickbat]

This is as boring as Toyotas themselves. The throttles & brakes will unstick & this will soon be forgotten about.
   This is'nt news it's BORING & i'm surprised it was posted here in the first place let alone replied to. I've heard enough on the radio, read enough in the press & seen more than enough on the gogglebox.

  PLEASE not here as well FFS!!!!

Oh, pardon me for living, I'm sure.

Sorry Nick. I usually enjoy your input but this toyota issue is just everywhere you go & now it's here as well. Can't get away from it!!!! Just me venting my spleen as usual, no personal offence intended, Guy.

OK, Guy. Accepted. 

You'll see, though that I posted this thread - for information only - on Monday, just as the news about the Prius recall was breaking (and there is a member on here that has one). The fact that the media have since done the thing to death isn't my fault.

Mind you, I rarely watch the news and I don't read any newspapers. You are right in noting that the media go on, and on, and on, and on, about a single issue until most of the population has either fallen asleep, or has thrown a brick though the TV! 

TV + brick= grumpy old tinker. Take note of todays equasion, we'll be asking questions later.

[Kevin Wood]

Ooooh, you naughty little cynic! 

it has been said... But are you saying I'm wrong?

Kevin

[hotel21]

Ooooh, you naughty little cynic! 

it has been said... But are you saying I'm wrong?

Kevin

A list of notifiable defects are regularly published and circulated, covering all makes and marques, not just Toyota...

http://www.vosa.gov.uk/vosa/apps/recalls/static/codeofpractice.htm

[albitz]

This story first recieved wall to wall coverage in the U.S. I dont suppose the U.S. media would be trying to frighten the public away from Jap cars and back into the GM/Ford showrooms ?
The latest episode in the story - Honda have recalled thousands of cars due to an airbag fault.