March 11, 2010
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Getting A Little Paranoid …
I guessing Toyota can’t buy a break right now with the two recent stories about Prius that have uncontrollably accelerated. First you’ve got the guy who’s going 90+ mph in California then the women who slams into a wall trying to pull out of her driveway in New York. After reading more of the story is just sounds like both were user errors. When the guy talked to 9-1-1 they asked if he put the car in neutral to slow the car. He didn’t. Didn’t even try for like 30 miles or something like that. The odd thing was that he took his car to the dealer for a recall fix but his particular model isn’t one of the ones on the list. To me it sounds like he was trying to force his hand in getting a free “fix” by getting national attention. As for the lady her situation just doesn’t sound like any of the other instances. Thankfully, everyone is OK but things just don’t sound right. And for those curious, someone did a test on how to slow a Prius down.
Granted, yesterday we noticed the Maintenance Required light flash on our Prius. So now I’m like all paranoid about it. For normal people the amount of paranoia is probably a 2 maybe a 3 on a scale to 10. For me it’s more like a 5 or a 6. Took the car to the dealer today to have it checked out. In before 7am and out around 11am. The dealer was SLAMMED with people. The normally friendly staff I could tell looked tired and seemed a tad disgruntled. Apparently, all the car needed was an oil change.
Stupid auto reminder lights.
- I wonder if we can get our church to start doing this …
- What scares you more? No Social Security when you retire or another $10 Trillion to our National Debt?
- A really good article about Kevin Johnson, Mayor of Sacramento and fiancee to Michelle Rhee
- I think some people believe I’m against social programs. That’s not the case. I’m all for them. I’m only against them when they’re made to allow a person to abuse the system and get a free ride. I understand there are people who need them but there are also a ton of people who skirt the rules and instead of using the program as help during lean or trying times become dependent and righteous about it being owed to them. Therefore, should unemployment benefits continue to be extended? Hey the man’s gotta pay his cable and phone bill. They are “essential”
- Is it me or does no one care about Chile or Turkey? Chile got hit by a worse earthquake than Haiti and yet there’s hardly any news coverage about it or even about the status in Turkey. Though with all that’s happen, the science of everything is pretty cool even if we have a slightly shorter day now.
- Sucks to be Colorado. I’m sure all those politicians were salivating over the possible amount of tax revenue they were gonna get when they changed the law. Now I wonder how many Colorado based companies are gonna fold due to loss of sales from being cut off from Amazon. Virginia you’re next.
- Every so often I’ll watch Top Chef and this particular contestant showed a moral high ground that’s worth noting. His food seemed to be more homey but technically well executed. So I’m glad his restaurant is doing well now. It made me think about how the recent runner up has a restaurant in Fredrick, MD. hmmm let me see if there are any open reservations since I know Chewy would be interested in trying this place out (as I would be). Y_e_a_h … no open reservation spots for the NEXT EIGHT WEEKS! Guess he’s doing well too and we won’t be trying out his restaurant.
