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Be sure to tip your waitress.]]>Feb 21st 2008 5:02PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/nhtsa-probing-windows-on-toyota-matrix-corolla-and-pontiac-vib/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/nhtsa-probing-windows-on-toyota-matrix-corolla-and-pontiac-vib/Feb 21st 2008 5:15PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/nhtsa-probing-windows-on-toyota-matrix-corolla-and-pontiac-vib/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/nhtsa-probing-windows-on-toyota-matrix-corolla-and-pontiac-vib/Feb 21st 2008 5:07PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/nhtsa-probing-windows-on-toyota-matrix-corolla-and-pontiac-vib/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/nhtsa-probing-windows-on-toyota-matrix-corolla-and-pontiac-vib/Feb 21st 2008 5:08PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/nhtsa-probing-windows-on-toyota-matrix-corolla-and-pontiac-vib/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/nhtsa-probing-windows-on-toyota-matrix-corolla-and-pontiac-vib/Feb 21st 2008 5:15PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/nhtsa-probing-windows-on-toyota-matrix-corolla-and-pontiac-vib/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/nhtsa-probing-windows-on-toyota-matrix-corolla-and-pontiac-vib/Feb 21st 2008 5:18PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/nhtsa-probing-windows-on-toyota-matrix-corolla-and-pontiac-vib/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/nhtsa-probing-windows-on-toyota-matrix-corolla-and-pontiac-vib/Feb 21st 2008 5:35PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/nhtsa-probing-windows-on-toyota-matrix-corolla-and-pontiac-vib/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/nhtsa-probing-windows-on-toyota-matrix-corolla-and-pontiac-vib/Feb 21st 2008 5:16PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/nhtsa-probing-windows-on-toyota-matrix-corolla-and-pontiac-vib/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/nhtsa-probing-windows-on-toyota-matrix-corolla-and-pontiac-vib/Perhaps they deferred it to TMCDOE. (toyota motor co. department of excuses.)
And if it landed on their desk they would defer it to TMCDSM. (Toyota department of Smoke and Mirrors.)
Nah. They'll issue a TSB and fix it when doing an oil change and the owner needs never know. (What they don't know, they can't report.)
Then we'll all have to hear from the Toy nuts how Toyoda's are so great they fix themselves. ]]>Feb 21st 2008 5:50PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/nhtsa-probing-windows-on-toyota-matrix-corolla-and-pontiac-vib/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/nhtsa-probing-windows-on-toyota-matrix-corolla-and-pontiac-vib/Feb 22nd 2008 3:04AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/nhtsa-probing-windows-on-toyota-matrix-corolla-and-pontiac-vib/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/nhtsa-probing-windows-on-toyota-matrix-corolla-and-pontiac-vib/Feb 21st 2008 5:19PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/nhtsa-probing-windows-on-toyota-matrix-corolla-and-pontiac-vib/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/nhtsa-probing-windows-on-toyota-matrix-corolla-and-pontiac-vib/Feb 21st 2008 5:22PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/nhtsa-probing-windows-on-toyota-matrix-corolla-and-pontiac-vib/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/nhtsa-probing-windows-on-toyota-matrix-corolla-and-pontiac-vib/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NUMMI

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And "that little factory" is the second-largest Toyota facility in the US, and churns out almost 1100 Corollas/Vibes per day.]]>Feb 21st 2008 6:35PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/nhtsa-probing-windows-on-toyota-matrix-corolla-and-pontiac-vib/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/nhtsa-probing-windows-on-toyota-matrix-corolla-and-pontiac-vib/
You mean to tell me that the Toyota I bought solely on the basis of Toyota's impecable reliability could possibly have a problem? Say it isn't so!

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seriously though...its a machine, a very complicated machine at that, and machines break. deal with it. ]]>Feb 21st 2008 5:37PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/nhtsa-probing-windows-on-toyota-matrix-corolla-and-pontiac-vib/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/nhtsa-probing-windows-on-toyota-matrix-corolla-and-pontiac-vib/Feb 21st 2008 5:52PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/nhtsa-probing-windows-on-toyota-matrix-corolla-and-pontiac-vib/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/nhtsa-probing-windows-on-toyota-matrix-corolla-and-pontiac-vib/
The problem with VW isn't just the recall, it's that VWoA stonewalls warranty claims. Yes, Toyota did something similar with sludging, but warranty performance is still very much a strong point with the Asians (and Ford) and very much a weak point with the Europeans.

Yes, Toyota quality has slipped a bit. No, they're still one of the best. No, VW still righteously sucks by comparison. Good cars, yes, but also cars that I'd lease, not buy.]]>Feb 21st 2008 6:17PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/nhtsa-probing-windows-on-toyota-matrix-corolla-and-pontiac-vib/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/nhtsa-probing-windows-on-toyota-matrix-corolla-and-pontiac-vib/Feb 21st 2008 7:05PM