Toyota knew about Lexus problem 2 years ago

[d00df00d]

Originally Posted By: odie
TOYOTA . Oh , what a feeling !!! It's the exact same feeling you get during a prostate exam

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I'm sorry but I have to ask, because although you probably do not believe me, I am genuinely curious: What thought process led to the conclusion that this would be a good thing to post? I don't understand how any of the usual justifications (it would be productive, it's novel, it sounds intelligent, it seems humorous, etc.) would apply, and I can't really think of anything else.

This question applies to anyone else who posts similarly in any thread, really. If any of you all would like to comment, I'm interested to hear from you as well.

This kind of post seems increasingly common so I just want to make sure I understand the motivation behind it.

 

[ekpolk]

Originally Posted By: odie
TOYOTA . Oh , what a feeling !!! It's the exact same feeling you get during a prostate exam

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Originally Posted By: brianl703
I heard they stopped using that slogan because people were associating it with the feeling you get moments before you run to the porcelain throne.


These sorts of comments are actually encouraging to an owner. They remind us that, in truth, there really isn't much of substance that you can say against Toyota (even with their recent stumbles). . . Thanks for the refreshing reminders.

 

[brianl703]

There is plenty of substance one can say against Toyota--as with any large corporation. They are no different, are they?

 

[ekpolk]

Originally Posted By: brianl703
There is plenty of substance one can say against Toyota--as with any large corporation. They are no different, are they?

1) No they aren't really different than other large corps. Please see my earlier post on this.

2) In retrospect, I should have confined my last response, perhaps to the "prostate exam" comment only, not yours, as (though I don't know it myself) that may very well have been one of the reasons for the downfall of the "Oh what a feeling" campaign (EDIT: which I never liked anyway, long before I owned a Toyota).

3) My point, however, is valid. When a poster can think of nothing more pertinent than comparing an ad campaign to a prostate exam, it's pretty obvious then that they really can't come up with anything better. Really, if I compared "Like a Rock" to passing a kidney stone, and tried to sell it as legitimate criticism of Chevrolet/GM, would you take that seriously at all? Would/should anyone? I think not.

 

[Scienceman]

How did this thread go from A problem aabout lexus to a Prostate/kidney stone thread?

 

[ekpolk]

Originally Posted By: Troy_Built
How did this thread go from A problem aabout lexus to a Prostate/kidney stone thread?


A very half-good question. The good half? Questioning the prostate exam reference. That was totally uncalled for, and added zero substance or value to the thread. As for the other half, the kidney stone was my analogy to highlight the absurdity of the prostate exam reference. I could have just quietly moved the prostate reference over to the quarantine, but then the censorship wing of the membership would have been ignited. . .

 

[grampi]

[/quote]rush to market, wear down production costs and hide all your mistakes.[/quote]

Sounds like what the big 3 has been doing for the last 30 years....

 

[brianl703]

Originally Posted By: ekpolk

2) In retrospect, I should have confined my last response, perhaps to the "prostate exam" comment only, not yours, as (though I don't know it myself) that may very well have been one of the reasons for the downfall of the "Oh what a feeling" campaign (EDIT: which I never liked anyway, long before I owned a Toyota).


Well, I did a Google search to try to find the article where I read (several years ago) that was cited as one of the reasons why they discontinued that ad campaign. No luck. Too many results about the recent recalls.

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3) My point, however, is valid. When a poster can think of nothing more pertinent than comparing an ad campaign to a prostate exam, it's pretty obvious then that they really can't come up with anything better. Really, if I compared "Like a Rock" to passing a kidney stone, and tried to sell it as legitimate criticism of Chevrolet/GM, would you take that seriously at all? Would/should anyone? I think not.


Well, they are the ones with the pickup truck named after a natural disaster...

 

[d00df00d]

Wow. Are we seriously discussing this?

 

[brianl703]

Kidney stones? Prostate exams? Indigestion?

 

[Scienceman]

lock?

 

[Scienceman]

Originally Posted By: ekpolk
Originally Posted By: Troy_Built
How did this thread go from A problem aabout lexus to a Prostate/kidney stone thread?


That was totally uncalled for, and added zero substance or value to the thread.


Ekpolk, this thread don't have any value anyway.

 

[ekpolk]

Originally Posted By: d00df00d
Wow. Are we seriously discussing this?


Not anymore -- this one has obviously outlived its usefulness...