So toyota keeps putting out these contrived TV spots, hoping that we will believe that they stopped everything to fix their mistakes… it seemed honest, it seemed to be almost believable, that was until the congressional hearings.
You see, when big things happen they tend to hit the airwaves and internet very quickly. in this case, you have TV spots running that are contradictory to the under oath testimony. you can’t hide from the truth, but do you need draw attention to it with a high frequency tv campaign [good thing no one watches that anymore…]
Toyota president Akio Toyoda admitted greed got in the way and they grew too fast… and safety suffered. ‘sales volume over safety and quality’ [which makes me hate the corporate america that pays my bills a little bit…] that’s wasn’t the biggest shocker of the hearing…
apparently, a few witnesses, under oath have stated that even with the recall it may not be enough. and that’s after the tv spots tell us that ‘toyota engineers have rigorously tested the solutions for the recall’ and the ‘dealers are working to repair up to 50,000 a day with confidence.’ 50,000!? with confidence?!?! 50,000 a day is amazing, but what amazes me more is the with confidence part. meaning, if this is true, either:
- they were lied to and told this will fix it
- a copy writer was told to say something about how hard ‘we’ are working and get it on TV quickly and/or marketing/pr has no idea [or chooses to not want to know] the details that could come out during the hearings.
i wonder how quickly they can pull the TV spots? oh, and fix the shitty electrical work before more people die.
i am just going to stick with my ‘99 neon that runs via hamster- not a lick of electricity in my Putter.
the world according to schmogel. 