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Hello All, I created a new SVT room in Facebook's new Rooms app. It's a place to post pics of SVT's and ST's. You can get the app at www.rooms.me and can use the attached image to join the room. Chris

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Of course the investigators cannot duplicate what happened. It's something in the electronics that only happens every once in awhile. Also they said that his breaks did not show wear that would be consistent if he was trying to apply full force to the break pedal. Who knows if he was? The car's brakes have all kinds of electronics controlling them too.

I'm talking about this latest development of the sudden acceleration not being caused by a floor mat. I know the California CHP death and the floor mat recall has been covered heavily. This confirmed case of unintended acceleration not being caused by a floor mat is not showing up on any of the big news sites.

This story seems huge and you can only find it on a couple of websites. HAS TOYOTA PAID OFF ALL THE BIG NEWS OUTLETS REGARDING THIS SUDDEN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION ISSUE ALREADY?

Read all the people's commments on this article. It seems like everyone commenting has had a Toyota accelerate on them and it's not due to teh floor mats.

I don't see how they could sue Ford. It looks like the roof held up pretty well for a roll over. If kids feel out, that's because they weren't belted, not because of roof failure.

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From the rear/side view, it looks like they ripped the styling right off of a VW CC.

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From the side it looks like a 4 door Hyundai Tiburon. LOL.

Acura has really been f*cking up lately.

This isn't a new segment for Hyundai. When I was in Korea in 2004 they already had the previous version of these there. I also seen this big car called Enterprise. LOL. It was a Kia. I'm a trekkie, so I took a picture of it.

Is it a cross over or a real SUV like the 1st Sorento?

Just watched the tail end of the XGames rally car racing on TV. It was in Carson, California at Home Depot Center where LA Galaxy plays. Brack won the event in a Ford Fiesta. He beat some other guy in a Subaru.

This weekend I drove from Long Beach, CA to Laughlin, NV. About half way there it was 110°F. As we got closer it was 125°. I set the A/C to 70°F the whole trip. The car was loaded with four people and we did 80mph most of the way. The A/C kept the inside of the car at 70°F, no problem.

On the way it looks, it's the 2nd Kia that I like. I liked the styling of the Sorento when it 1st came out also.

New '99 Mercury Cougar i4 '04 Mazda 3 S (Does this count?) '07 Fusion SEL V6 Used '94 Taurus SHO '99 Contour SE V6

Anyone notice that the support car is an Edge?

Genepax Unveils a Car That Runs on Water and Air

My brother has an 88 Trooper with the 2.6 liter 4 cylinder that finally died at 300k miles. I've tried looking for used ones in good condition but it seems all Trooper owners take theirs offroad and they get all banged up.

Actually the exemption was supposed to encourage Nissan to built their cars with more American content. Here is the summary: SUMMARY: Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) filed a petition requesting exemption from the two-fleet rule for the 2006-2010 model years. The two-fleet rule, which is contained in the corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) statute, requires that a manufacturer divide its passenger automobiles into two fleets, a domestically-manufactured fleet and a non-domestically manufactured fleet, and ensure that each fleet separately meets the CAFE standards for passenger automobiles. Nissan filed the petition because a change under the statute in the treatment of value added to a vehicle in Mexico will cause one of that company's passenger automobiles, which is manufactured in Mexico, to be reclassified from non-domestic to domestic. The loss of these automobiles, which are relatively fuel-efficient, will cause its non-domestic fleet to fail to comply with the CAFE standards for passenger automobiles. The CAFE statute requires the agency to grant such a petition unless it finds that doing so would result in reduced employment in the U.S. related to motor vehicle manufacturing. To determine if such a reduction would result, NHTSA compared vehicle prices and sales under two scenarios: a baseline scenario in which Nissan would not have an exemption and would need either to pay penalties for noncompliance or adopt any one of a number of optional courses of action to achieve compliance; and a scenario in which Nissan would have an exemption and would not bear any of the costs of the baseline scenario. The agency then attempted to estimate the effect of the sales changes on employment for each of the options. The analysis indicated virtually no employment effect for the option most likely (on the basis of cost) to be chosen by Nissan and only slight negative employment effects for the other options. Nissan also pointed out employment effects that are not accounted for in our economic analysis. If we deny the petition, Nissan would likely purchase fewer parts from U.S. suppliers and more parts from foreign suppliers in order to recontent one of its vehicles. The result would be fewer American workers producing components to be used in Nissan cars. We are unable to quantify with precision the number of jobs potentially lost from denying the petition. It is likely, however, that more jobs would be lost if we deny the petition than would be lost if we grant it. In sum, the evidence does not support a finding that granting the petition would reduce motor vehicle manufacturing employment in the U.S. The evidence suggests instead that granting the petition would likely help retain American jobs that might otherwise be sent overseas. Accordingly, the agency will permit Nissan to combine its domestic and non-domestic passenger automobile fleet for model years 2006-2010. Or you can read the whole thing here: http://www.nhtsa.gov/cars/rules/CAFE/Rulem...etition2004.htm

Maybe I biased but I have an 07 Fusion SEL with the silver birch exterior and black leather interior. Everyone that rides in the car likes the interior. Some of my friends that commented that they like the interior, one drives an '04 Accord, another an '07 Charger and the last one an '05 Altima. The interior materials are of good quality and the design is upscale and not overdone.