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Works for me. I like it.

They do teach employee empowerment and job enrichment in business school. It seems this theory does not trickle down to the lower ranks of management at Ford. It's a proven fact that employees produce more when supervisors are able to positively reinforce good behavior, and not do anything at all when behavior is undesirable.

I say let them look. It's about time to weed out some idiots anyways. There are a ton of good people out there waiting to take their place. Good bye, good ridance to those idiots. I do not feel sorry for them one bit.

What is your point? Oh boy! They assemble some crap cans over here. Kia still adds up to less than 1% of the automotive related jobs in America! The big three make up 8%. Hell, all of the transplants combined in this country barley make up 2%!

DITTO! Dave Ramsey stresses not to let your house go into defalt. The bank will sell your house for what ever it can get and sue you for the difference owed to them. You end up paying anyways and now you have no credit.

I was told "not at this time" by labor relations.

Even with stability control, the Lexus can be put into an oversteer situation. The problem is suspension tuning related just like evryone has stated. Toyota is once again fixing the problem with a zip tie strap. But what do I know. I've only been racing cars for 20 years. Carry on with your I know it all, Toyota does no wrong, spin doctor bullshit.

Using software and computers to compensate for bad design and even worse drivier skills. Way to go Toyota. Marriage Problems? Buy Your Spouse a Toyota!

Bump steer is related to front end geometry and has no relation to body roll. This is a common problem on lowered cars because the position of the rack and pinion is no longer centered with the spindles. A bump in the road causes the wheel to momentarily "bump" out of alignment.

The weight suddenly transferes to the front wheels causing the rear to loose grip.

You can tighten a vehicle up with stiffer front spring rates and or a stiffer front sway bar.

Oh come on, who doesn't take the family SUV out to the local dirt oval once in a while? :happy feet: JK

I started out using loose and it didn't look right. Thanks

Vehicle design flaw all the way. The SUV was designed with too much front end bite. The rear end slides out indicating the vehicle was designed with too much oversteer. In NASCAR this is known as a loose condition. Loose is fast in a race car. The problem is most automotive consumers (especially anyone stupid enough to buy a Toyota) lack basic driving skills and certainly do not have the ability to truely drive a vehicle. That is why manufacturers are forced to add electronics to said vehicles to help do the driving for you.

You beat me to it. Consumer Reports has given the Lexus GX460 a rare ''Don't Buy'' warning, saying a problem that occurred during routine handling tests could lead the SUV to roll over in real-world driving. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/04/13/business/AP-US-Toyota-Consumer-Reports.html

I agree 100% Should be a points system that determines elegability. My brother was struck by a woman on a hi-lo that was yapping on her cell phone and driving at the same time. My brother was only grazed and the woman never stopped to see if he was alright. She crossed over the yellow line and entered the ped-way.

From what I understand, the racks in question are the type used to ship parts via hi-lo. The woman was pushing/ramming a row of them forwards.

Nick, just think about what car plants are used for in a time of war.

As I understand it, GM won't be going anywhere anytime soon. I probably said to much already. Their is a black Crown Vic sitting at the end of my street now

The government has a good reason for bailing out GM and it has more to do with defense contracts than cars. GM must survive.

The rear line rotted through on my 95 Bronco and it was 7 or 8 years old with about 80K on it. My girlfriend was driving it when the brake light came on. She was able to nurse it home saftely. I pulled it in the garage the next day and swapped the line out from the engine bay to the rear end. It was rusted out and pin holes were forming. I also had a 92 F-250 with 135K on it and never had to touch the brake lines. The funny thing is the F-250 was used for snowplow duties.

Just heard from one of my brothers that works at CAP. He tells me a story of how his co-worker was assigned to do some work in between some stock racks. A woman on a high/low comes along and pushes a row of racks inward trapping my brothers coworkers leg and crushing his ankle and tearing his calf. He falls screaming while the stupid woman on the high/low shows the man little compasion and tells a supervisior the man looked fine and is faking the injury. The supervisior tries to accuse the injured worker of being injured outside of CAP. Mind you the guy had his ankle crushed. WTF! I'll bet the supervisior feels like a pinhead now! Na, probably not. Lets try to be more carefull out there!

I have been following this topic since late in 2006 when reports of unintended acceleration and hesitation were becoming numerous. I seems to me as if the guy who wrote this article used poor word diction. "Toyota knew much earlier about an electronic connection to sudden acceleration problems." This clearly describes the same sudden unintended acceleration problem that is occuring today. I know what surging is. This article is not really talking about surging.