On March 4 we posted that it seemed very strange that all you heard about was "bad" Toyota's and nothing positive about "good" Toyotas despite the number of good ones had to vastly outnumber any bad ones. See it here.
Further to the point, some of the stories that drivers of "bad" Toyotas were telling just didn't make engineering sense to us. So, what do we find out today? Read on.
Remember the "balloon boy" hoax? Well now it appears we have a Toyota Prius hoax. After the dramatic 911 calls and video footage of a Prius out of control, we learn here that Toyota technicians and the NHTSA have not been able to duplicate the "terrifying" experience of James Sikes, the California owner.
In particular, "During two hours of test drives of Sikes' car Thursday, technicians failed to duplicate the same experience that Sikes described, according to the memo prepared for the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform."
"Every time the technician placed the gas pedal to the floor and the brake pedal to the floor the engine shut off and the car immediately started to slow down," the memo said.
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