On Thu, 4 Feb 2010 23:43:49 -0800 (PST), Too_Many_Tools
wrote:


It is now reported that Ford has the same problems.

Every manufacturer has always had the same "problem". There will
always be defects, and some of them will get blown out of proportion
by people who should have learned from the Audi fiasco. You in
particular should know better. I bet you didn't enjoy the phony
narrative about the GOP being tough on national security, and neither
did you think much of the people who fell for it. So why fall into the
same trap with this new one? Here's a simple fact: a lot of lives and
money could be saved if people would take minimal responsibility for
learning more about a lot of things, including how better to operate a
motor vehicle. Compared to that, all the machinations that will come
of the latest fear mongering will save next to nothing. For example,
imagine if the *billions* that are about to go down the drain mostly
to counter negative publicity, was spent instead on say, improving the
traction of galoshes. :-)

Wayne