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Old 03-09-2010, 10:38 PM   #20 (permalink)
gone-ot
...beats walking...
 
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...SHORT-cuts have LONG-ramifications:

* Toyota is learning it now with their accelerator pedals and regenerative braking.
* GM is about to learning it with their electric-motor steering.
* Ford had their Pinto and police-cruiser gas tanks--but I doubt they "learned"(*)
* Chrysler has their .....[ fill-in the blank ]......


(*) apparently their lawyers' advice is simply: (a) don't get caught; (b) if you do, deny, deny, deny; then (c) settle out-of-court for pennies-on-the-dollar.
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