Comments on: Another Possible Reason for Toyota’s Problems – The Rest of Us http://www.2-speed.com/2010/05/another-possible-reason-for-toyotas-problems-the-rest-of-us/ Entrepreneurial Leadership and Management . . . and Other Stuff Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:29:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Used Audi A3 http://www.2-speed.com/2010/05/another-possible-reason-for-toyotas-problems-the-rest-of-us/#comment-103937 Used Audi A3 Sun, 18 Jul 2010 02:10:18 +0000 http://www.2-speed.com/2010/05/another-possible-reason-for-toyotas-problems-the-rest-of-us/#comment-103937 I have never known that to be the case. I guess I don't pay enough attention. I have never known that to be the case. I guess I don't pay enough attention.

]]> By: Will http://www.2-speed.com/2010/05/another-possible-reason-for-toyotas-problems-the-rest-of-us/#comment-103733 Will Sat, 08 May 2010 02:50:10 +0000 http://www.2-speed.com/2010/05/another-possible-reason-for-toyotas-problems-the-rest-of-us/#comment-103733 As I drove by a really cool tricked out STI today, I was thinking about the<br>whole hybrid thing. Ya know, we'll all be driving hybrids in the next 10<br>years. Not for the reasons people do today, but the seamless integration of<br>electric motors, batteries and petrol-propelled vehicles will turn out to be<br>a really good combination to eek out performance with great fuel economy.<br><br>The only downside is that we're going to have to figure out another way to<br>compartmentalize bad drivers :-) As I drove by a really cool tricked out STI today, I was thinking about the
whole hybrid thing. Ya know, we'll all be driving hybrids in the next 10
years. Not for the reasons people do today, but the seamless integration of
electric motors, batteries and petrol-propelled vehicles will turn out to be
a really good combination to eek out performance with great fuel economy.

The only downside is that we're going to have to figure out another way to
compartmentalize bad drivers :-)

]]> By: DaveJ http://www.2-speed.com/2010/05/another-possible-reason-for-toyotas-problems-the-rest-of-us/#comment-103732 DaveJ Fri, 07 May 2010 18:09:37 +0000 http://www.2-speed.com/2010/05/another-possible-reason-for-toyotas-problems-the-rest-of-us/#comment-103732 Q: Why shouldn't Subaru produce a hybrid?<br>A: Because it's *bad*. Q: Why shouldn't Subaru produce a hybrid?
A: Because it's *bad*.

]]> By: Will http://www.2-speed.com/2010/05/another-possible-reason-for-toyotas-problems-the-rest-of-us/#comment-103731 Will Fri, 07 May 2010 02:11:13 +0000 http://www.2-speed.com/2010/05/another-possible-reason-for-toyotas-problems-the-rest-of-us/#comment-103731 "And I understand why they're in the left lane: fewer distractions from these important matters to which they are attending."<br><br>LOL!<br><br>It's a good thing that Subaru doesn't have a hybrid. It would be driving equivalent of crossing the streams. “And I understand why they're in the left lane: fewer distractions from these important matters to which they are attending.”

LOL!

It's a good thing that Subaru doesn't have a hybrid. It would be driving equivalent of crossing the streams.

]]> By: DaveJ http://www.2-speed.com/2010/05/another-possible-reason-for-toyotas-problems-the-rest-of-us/#comment-103730 DaveJ Thu, 06 May 2010 18:40:01 +0000 http://www.2-speed.com/2010/05/another-possible-reason-for-toyotas-problems-the-rest-of-us/#comment-103730 In Boulder, at least, the Prius drivers are just former Subaru drivers, so it's the same people. But I would make an important distinction with Subaru drivers. They're not nervous drivers - they're very relaxed. So relaxed, that they're not completely aware that they're driving. They're daydreaming about their commitment to the environment, or talking on the phone to their hypnotherapist, or brushing their dog in the copilot seat. And I understand why they're in the left lane: fewer distractions from these important matters to which they are attending. In Boulder, at least, the Prius drivers are just former Subaru drivers, so it's the same people. But I would make an important distinction with Subaru drivers. They're not nervous drivers – they're very relaxed. So relaxed, that they're not completely aware that they're driving. They're daydreaming about their commitment to the environment, or talking on the phone to their hypnotherapist, or brushing their dog in the copilot seat. And I understand why they're in the left lane: fewer distractions from these important matters to which they are attending.

]]> By: Ben Greene http://www.2-speed.com/2010/05/another-possible-reason-for-toyotas-problems-the-rest-of-us/#comment-103727 Ben Greene Tue, 04 May 2010 21:05:53 +0000 http://www.2-speed.com/2010/05/another-possible-reason-for-toyotas-problems-the-rest-of-us/#comment-103727 There needs to be a VW follow-up to this. Something along the lines of "don't be surprised if there's a class-action lawsuit against Volkswagen for causing irritable bowel syndrome." There needs to be a VW follow-up to this. Something along the lines of “don't be surprised if there's a class-action lawsuit against Volkswagen for causing irritable bowel syndrome.”

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