The next installment from my Stolchlickoff Scrapbooks is
‘Albermarle Waitress’
Flat 2C still wore the scars of her tantrums – typewriter-shaped dent in the wall, ink stains on our dirty sheets. You don’t expect violence from such a short girl. She tried to negate the reedy girlishness of her body with the shawl and long skirt of an old woman. CONT’D
Just came across this rather nice Toyota Corona. Liked it quite a lot!
Some numbers:
Model: 1968 Toyota Corona RT43 Deluxe Sedan
Engine: Toyota 3R-C 1896 cc, 4-cylinder Inline OHV.
Driveline: Toyota Original.
Brakes & Suspension: Toyota Original.
Interior: Deluxe Spec Interior
OK, so I got totally excited about this bit of news and needed to share it with y’all. With Toyota taking a major tumble with all their recalls, this has helped the American car makers climb back on top.
Ford announced that they had a 25 percent increase in sales this quarter and GM and Chrysler had jumps of 16 and 14 percent!
Meanwhile, Toyota which had always been touted as a brand of quality took a 16 percent nosedive in sales. And Toyota’s spin doctors have been hard at work trying to revamp the image of the auto giant with warm, fuzzy commercials aimed at improving their beaten down image. But unfortunately today it has been announced that Corolla is also now part of a new recall.
Brands like Chrysler are offering special incentives for those who currently own a Toyota and want to trade it in. Ford and GM are also offering special financing offers also.
It looks like Toyota might have a tough year but for American auto makers, well they might just be sitting pretty.
Toyota’s safety recall, (followed by Honda, then Peugeot Citroen) of an additional 2.3 million cars made me think about the intersection of customer service and financial prudence. Toyota’s repairs to correct a mechanical fault will cost the business hundreds of millions of dollars in lost profits.
Why is Toyota spending this money now when it will obviously damage the business’s bottom line? Read more at the original BNET post to find out.
Tokyo’s fashionistas can’t get enough of the Smorkin’ Labbit.
“Everyone I know is into Smorkin’ Labbit,” said Tomodachi Inai, “but, of course, I don’t have any friends.”
Toyota denied rumors they were recycling stuck accelerator pedals into Smorkin’ Labbits.
“Categorically untrue,” said Toyota spokesperson Perky Oppai, “Toyota provides the software that controls the Smorkin’ Labbit.”
“Silly Smorkin’ Labbits, they should all be shot,” fumed Elmer Fudd in Hollywood, “Smork this!”
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In other news, Yukio “Bird” Hatoyama revealed his mother irons his Doraemon underwear every morning before handing him a big bag of illegal political contributions.
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After seeing these pictures all I want to do is play Gran Turismo circa 1997 and make a Tamiya model. There is no production based championship which is as awesome as the JTCC. Look at the stance!
Viva i 90s.
This is a Wikipedia post outlines the Ford Pinto safety controversy:
The model became a focus of a major scandal when it was alleged that the car’s design allowed its fuel tank to be easily damaged in the event of a rear-end collision which sometimes resulted in deadly fires and explosions. Critics argued that the vehicle’s lack of a true rear bumper as well as any reinforcing structure between the rear panel and the tank meant that in certain collisions, the tank would be thrust forward into the differential, which had a number of protruding bolts that could puncture the tank. This, and the fact that the doors could potentially jam during an accident (due to poor reinforcement) allegedly made the car less safe than its contemporaries.
I guess this 1977 Mother Jones article seemed to have been influential: Pinto Madness.
For seven years the Ford Motor Company sold cars in which it knew hundreds of people would needlessly burn to death.
I’m following the role of Mr. Dimitrios Biller here (so far):
I brought into our family our 4th Civic last month.
