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Originally Posted by Vman455
Right, yeah--that was a separate issue. I thought those had all been fixed by now.
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Depends on the motivation of the owner. In my case, I ride motorcycles, so airbag shrapnel from side curtains is weighed against the odds of injury riding a machine with no restraint system. Also, my motorcycle awareness translates to my driving behavior as I look both ways before entering an intersection, regardless of right of way. I'm at a lower risk of using the side airbags than most.
Considering the fuse recall now, I might as well kill two stones with one bird.
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Originally Posted by Vman455
Toyota has the resources to conduct controlled, instrumented testing on a dyno that would put all this speculation to rest, and I expect if this goes to court we may see some results like that.
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The reprogrammed behavior should be easy to measure by the layperson. I'm able to see the power output/input of both MGs and the engine using a cheap ELM237 device and the Torque app.
Observing the changed behavior should allow speculation to be made as to how that would impact fuel economy.
I doubt Toyota would be foolish enough to detrimentally impact MPGs without disclosing it to the public, but then again, dieselgate.