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Old 09-30-2009, 09:36 AM
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090929/...ota_floor_mats

seems like an easy fix :dunno:
Old 09-30-2009, 09:47 AM
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thought the recall was going to be about the bumpers
Old 09-30-2009, 10:01 AM
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pretty easy fix take out your floor mats. sucks about the dude and his fam who died because of it. the 911 call was pretty freaky!
Old 09-30-2009, 10:02 AM
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there is debate about this "floor mat" problem being some sort of cover up for larger issues
Old 09-30-2009, 10:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Samson
there is debate about this "floor mat" problem being some sort of cover up for larger issues
its not. those are just rumors.

it is exactly wat it is. a stupid (although unfortunately still dangerous unless fixed) flaw.
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Old 09-30-2009, 10:05 AM
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Originally Posted by dj02
pretty easy fix take out your floor mats. sucks about the dude and his fam who died because of it. the 911 call was pretty freaky!
im no expert but i find it hard to believe the floormat caused the gas pedal to become stuck to the point the car was going 120mph and the guy couldnt just pull it back.

im just saying :shrug:
Old 09-30-2009, 10:12 AM
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Darwinism. They taught us in driving school that if the throttle got stuck open, we simply should throw it into neutral or shut the engine off. Ive had cheap floormats do the same thing in traffic and you dont see me looking like meat waffles on the side of the road. h:
Old 09-30-2009, 11:02 AM
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thanks, sent link to my friend who has new camry.
Old 09-30-2009, 11:12 AM
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Originally Posted by whoaitslen2
Darwinism. They taught us in driving school that if the throttle got stuck open, we simply should throw it into neutral or shut the engine off. Ive had cheap floormats do the same thing in traffic and you dont see me looking like meat waffles on the side of the road. h:

How elegantly put Len :chuckles:
Old 09-30-2009, 11:22 AM
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I don't quite understand it either. Have we become that conformist and reliant on others that we don't know how to react under conditions like that?

For fuck's sake, throw the car in N and step on the brakes.

The guy and his family died because he was an idiot.

There, I said it.

That said, RIP.


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