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		<title>By: mygulf</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-prius-unintended-acceleration-san-diego.html#comment-593429</link>
		<dc:creator>mygulf</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 12:50:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey nice post really very informative.So thanks for posting it.
http://www.mygulfcar.com</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey nice post really very informative.So thanks for posting it.<br />
<a href="http://www.mygulfcar.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.mygulfcar.com</a></p>
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		<title>By: Audi RS5</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-prius-unintended-acceleration-san-diego.html#comment-555727</link>
		<dc:creator>Audi RS5</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 10:03:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Being in Germany, this story never made it over here. What was the final outcome here, was it a bogus incident or was it a true case of UA? I&#039;ll admit I completely forgot about the story and only decided to inquire about it here in order to bump this story to see if we couldn&#039;t add a few more posts for Mark. ;)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Being in Germany, this story never made it over here. What was the final outcome here, was it a bogus incident or was it a true case of UA? I&#8217;ll admit I completely forgot about the story and only decided to inquire about it here in order to bump this story to see if we couldn&#8217;t add a few more posts for Mark. <img src='http://www.leftlanenews.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: reedfast</title>
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		<dc:creator>reedfast</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>you think they&#039;ll believe me if i&#039;m in an s4? Audi did have that mojo going on in the 80&#039;s. What&#039;s 20 years?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>you think they&#8217;ll believe me if i&#8217;m in an s4? Audi did have that mojo going on in the 80&#8242;s. What&#8217;s 20 years?</p>
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		<title>By: Panza</title>
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		<dc:creator>Panza</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:56:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>That&#039;s a good excuse. Next time I get pulled over, I&#039;ll just say my brake pedal was stuck and I couldn&#039;t shift into neutral. This sort of thing belongs in a Stephen King novel.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That&#8217;s a good excuse. Next time I get pulled over, I&#8217;ll just say my brake pedal was stuck and I couldn&#8217;t shift into neutral. This sort of thing belongs in a Stephen King novel.</p>
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		<title>By: wagon</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-prius-unintended-acceleration-san-diego.html#comment-533449</link>
		<dc:creator>wagon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:03:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This man is smart.  This is a good way to see how fast you can drive in a Prius and not go to jail by playing the throttle sticking problem card.  If only he were driving a faster Lexus product to use the throttle excuse for driving so fast.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This man is smart.  This is a good way to see how fast you can drive in a Prius and not go to jail by playing the throttle sticking problem card.  If only he were driving a faster Lexus product to use the throttle excuse for driving so fast.</p>
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		<title>By: plainspoken</title>
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		<dc:creator>plainspoken</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:45:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks I&#039;ll mess with it a little and see if I can get it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks I&#8217;ll mess with it a little and see if I can get it.</p>
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		<title>By: aggie531</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-prius-unintended-acceleration-san-diego.html#comment-532819</link>
		<dc:creator>aggie531</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:41:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>use the chart at the bottom of the page here: http://www.web-source.net/html_codes_chart.htm 

Not all HTML codes work on LLN though</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>use the chart at the bottom of the page here: <a href="http://www.web-source.net/html_codes_chart.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.web-source.net/html_codes_chart.htm</a> </p>
<p>Not all HTML codes work on LLN though</p>
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		<title>By: aggie531</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-prius-unintended-acceleration-san-diego.html#comment-532816</link>
		<dc:creator>aggie531</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:36:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>lol ok. well you use the alligator &gt;&lt; keys to swallow up the HTML code. (only in reverse order like with &lt; and then the other one)

b=bold
i=italics
strike=strike through

Example: (i&#039;m going to use brackets instead so they don&#039;t disappear)

bold:  [b]example[/b]  =  &lt;b&gt;example&lt;/b&gt;

italics: [i]example[/i]  =  &lt;i&gt;example&lt;/i&gt;

Strike-through: [strike]example[/strike] = &lt;strike&gt;example&lt;/strike&gt;

remember to swallow up a / too.

If you still don&#039;t get it, http://www.web-source.net/html_codes_chart.htm use the HTML chart at the bottom, but not all HTML codes work on LLN</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>lol ok. well you use the alligator &gt;&lt; keys to swallow up the HTML code. (only in reverse order like with &lt; and then the other one)</p>
<p>b=bold<br />
i=italics<br />
strike=strike through</p>
<p>Example: (i&#039;m going to use brackets instead so they don&#039;t disappear)</p>
<p>bold:  [b]example[/b]  =  <b>example</b></p>
<p>italics: [i]example[/i]  =  <i>example</i></p>
<p>Strike-through: [strike]example[/strike] = <strike>example</strike></p>
<p>remember to swallow up a / too.</p>
<p>If you still don&#8217;t get it, <a href="http://www.web-source.net/html_codes_chart.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.web-source.net/html_codes_chart.htm</a> use the HTML chart at the bottom, but not all HTML codes work on LLN</p>
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		<title>By: plainspoken</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-prius-unintended-acceleration-san-diego.html#comment-532808</link>
		<dc:creator>plainspoken</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:15:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I don&#039;t even have clue what you are talking about when you describe how to do this stuff. I have trouble pecking out my stuff!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t even have clue what you are talking about when you describe how to do this stuff. I have trouble pecking out my stuff!</p>
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		<title>By: aggie531</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-prius-unintended-acceleration-san-diego.html#comment-532806</link>
		<dc:creator>aggie531</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>plainspoken --

&lt;i&gt;I can&lt;/i&gt; &lt;b&gt;do more&lt;/b&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;if you want&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;strike&gt;me to.&lt;/strike&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>plainspoken &#8211;</p>
<p><i>I can</i> <b>do more</b> <i><b>if you want</b></i> <strike>me to.</strike></p>
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		<title>By: plainspoken</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-prius-unintended-acceleration-san-diego.html#comment-532782</link>
		<dc:creator>plainspoken</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:46:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>http://www.autoobserver.com/2010/02/toyota-leads-in-nhtsa-unintended-acceleration-complaints-edmundscom-analysis-shows.html
Hope it comes out right this time.</description>
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Hope it comes out right this time.</p>
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		<title>By: plainspoken</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-prius-unintended-acceleration-san-diego.html#comment-532779</link>
		<dc:creator>plainspoken</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:36:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Or even scarier they do know what is happening and still think the way they are handling it is the right way!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Or even scarier they do know what is happening and still think the way they are handling it is the right way!!</p>
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		<title>By: plainspoken</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-prius-unintended-acceleration-san-diego.html#comment-532777</link>
		<dc:creator>plainspoken</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:33:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Toyota has had more SUA reports than any other automaker.http://www.autoobserver.com/2010/02/toyota-leads-in-nhtsa-unintended-acceleration-complaints-edmundscom-analysis-shows.html
Happy I&#039;m glad you like your Prius but not everyone is quite as happy.
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/RunawayToyotas/apple-founder-toyota-problem-software/story?id=9728007
They have a problem. They need to find out what causes it. Stop pointing fingers at everyone else Toyota.Stop pointing fingers at people you weren&#039;t in the car with happy, you have no real clue what went on in this man&#039;s mind.53 dead and counting and Toyota does not know what is going on.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Toyota has had more SUA reports than any other automaker.<a href="http://www.autoobserver.com/2010/02/toyota-leads-in-nhtsa-unintended-acceleration-complaints-edmundscom-analysis-shows.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.autoobserver.com/2010/02/toyota-leads-in-nhtsa-unintended-acceleration-complaints-edmundscom-analysis-shows.html</a><br />
Happy I&#8217;m glad you like your Prius but not everyone is quite as happy.<br />
<a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/RunawayToyotas/apple-founder-toyota-problem-software/story?id=9728007" rel="nofollow">http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/RunawayToyotas/apple-founder-toyota-problem-software/story?id=9728007</a><br />
They have a problem. They need to find out what causes it. Stop pointing fingers at everyone else Toyota.Stop pointing fingers at people you weren&#8217;t in the car with happy, you have no real clue what went on in this man&#8217;s mind.53 dead and counting and Toyota does not know what is going on.</p>
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		<title>By: plainspoken</title>
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		<dc:creator>plainspoken</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:45:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And this thread is turning into a gift that keeps giving.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And this thread is turning into a gift that keeps giving.</p>
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		<title>By: plainspoken</title>
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		<dc:creator>plainspoken</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:44:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Oh and aggie&#039;s already showing off with the italics thing. Nice aggie.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh and aggie&#8217;s already showing off with the italics thing. Nice aggie.</p>
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		<title>By: aggie531</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-prius-unintended-acceleration-san-diego.html#comment-532748</link>
		<dc:creator>aggie531</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Happy --

Did you listen to the 911 tapes? The guy sounded terrified. Had he been calm, maybe, just maybe he might be making it up. But even then, the CHP could smell the brakes. Why would he lie?

Listen to this:
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/runaway-toyotas-police-release-911-tape-94-mph/story?id=10057010</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Happy &#8211;</p>
<p>Did you listen to the 911 tapes? The guy sounded terrified. Had he been calm, maybe, just maybe he might be making it up. But even then, the CHP could smell the brakes. Why would he lie?</p>
<p>Listen to this:<br />
<a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/runaway-toyotas-police-release-911-tape-94-mph/story?id=10057010" rel="nofollow">http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/runaway-toyotas-police-release-911-tape-94-mph/story?id=10057010</a></p>
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		<title>By: aggie531</title>
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		<dc:creator>aggie531</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:28:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thats a good idea reedfast. I&#039;ll take out the seat belts.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thats a good idea reedfast. I&#8217;ll take out the seat belts.</p>
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		<title>By: aggie531</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-prius-unintended-acceleration-san-diego.html#comment-532744</link>
		<dc:creator>aggie531</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:25:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;It sounds like these people really aren’t thinking when they claim to have these “accidents”.&lt;/i&gt; -- happypriusowner. 

Of course not. Would you be able to think if your car accelerated out of control to 95-100 MPH? I didn&#039;t think so. Why would some 56 year old lady floor it into some wall and send herself to the hospital just for attention? Come on, there are less idiots than you may think.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>It sounds like these people really aren’t thinking when they claim to have these “accidents”.</i> &#8212; happypriusowner. </p>
<p>Of course not. Would you be able to think if your car accelerated out of control to 95-100 MPH? I didn&#8217;t think so. Why would some 56 year old lady floor it into some wall and send herself to the hospital just for attention? Come on, there are less idiots than you may think.</p>
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		<title>By: plainspoken</title>
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		<dc:creator>plainspoken</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:21:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>happy, Have you read any other info than what you parrot here. Such as former NHTSA employees hired by Toyota to lobby NHTSA to drop investigations. Black boxes that no one but Toyota can get information out of. Changing the information stored in the black box so SUA and brake info is not recorded. Please, these reports go back long before the media picked this up. Toyota had far more cases of SUA than the other auto manufacturers for years.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>happy, Have you read any other info than what you parrot here. Such as former NHTSA employees hired by Toyota to lobby NHTSA to drop investigations. Black boxes that no one but Toyota can get information out of. Changing the information stored in the black box so SUA and brake info is not recorded. Please, these reports go back long before the media picked this up. Toyota had far more cases of SUA than the other auto manufacturers for years.</p>
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		<title>By: happypriusowner</title>
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		<dc:creator>happypriusowner</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:15:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>After reading reports of the Sikes guy in California, it&#039;s obvious that he didn&#039;t do all that he could to stop.  It says he never put the car in neutral (because he was afraid it may flip over).  In the end, it stopped because he did turn the car off.  The article above even says the car never actually touched the patrol car - at least until it had already stopped.

A classic case of operator error.  I&#039;m sure the truth will come out, but I&#039;d bet it was a floor mat problem.  That problem&#039;s been around for years.  My 2001 Ford Winstar used to have the same problem.


http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gc_pIFqke7WxQovY3MnhcyIYiLgwD9ECP5D80

He called 911 and reported that his gas pedal had become stuck, and spoke to dispatchers in two calls that spanned 23 minutes. The 911 dispatcher repeatedly told Sikes to throw the car into neutral and turn off the ignition. Sikes often didn&#039;t respond to her instructions, but he later said he had put down the phone to keep both hands on the wheel.

A California Highway Patrol officer eventually pulled alongside the car and told Sikes over a loudspeaker to push the brake pedal to the floor and apply the emergency brake.

The patrol said the braking coincided with a steep incline on the freeway that helped slow the car to 50 mph — at which point Sikes shut off the engine.

When asked why he didn&#039;t simply put the car in neutral, Sikes responded: &quot;You had to be there. I might go into reverse. I didn&#039;t know if the car would flip. I had no idea how it would react.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After reading reports of the Sikes guy in California, it&#8217;s obvious that he didn&#8217;t do all that he could to stop.  It says he never put the car in neutral (because he was afraid it may flip over).  In the end, it stopped because he did turn the car off.  The article above even says the car never actually touched the patrol car &#8211; at least until it had already stopped.</p>
<p>A classic case of operator error.  I&#8217;m sure the truth will come out, but I&#8217;d bet it was a floor mat problem.  That problem&#8217;s been around for years.  My 2001 Ford Winstar used to have the same problem.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gc_pIFqke7WxQovY3MnhcyIYiLgwD9ECP5D80" rel="nofollow">http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gc_pIFqke7WxQovY3MnhcyIYiLgwD9ECP5D80</a></p>
<p>He called 911 and reported that his gas pedal had become stuck, and spoke to dispatchers in two calls that spanned 23 minutes. The 911 dispatcher repeatedly told Sikes to throw the car into neutral and turn off the ignition. Sikes often didn&#8217;t respond to her instructions, but he later said he had put down the phone to keep both hands on the wheel.</p>
<p>A California Highway Patrol officer eventually pulled alongside the car and told Sikes over a loudspeaker to push the brake pedal to the floor and apply the emergency brake.</p>
<p>The patrol said the braking coincided with a steep incline on the freeway that helped slow the car to 50 mph — at which point Sikes shut off the engine.</p>
<p>When asked why he didn&#8217;t simply put the car in neutral, Sikes responded: &#8220;You had to be there. I might go into reverse. I didn&#8217;t know if the car would flip. I had no idea how it would react.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: plainspoken</title>
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		<dc:creator>plainspoken</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:07:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Or maybe not.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Or maybe not.</p>
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		<title>By: happypriusowner</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-prius-unintended-acceleration-san-diego.html#comment-532731</link>
		<dc:creator>happypriusowner</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I don&#039;t believe half of these stories.  Sounds like people just looking for attention, or too stupid to drive.  

Try shifting into Neutral.  Since the Prius doesn&#039;t have a key or steering wheel lock, how about just pressing the power button and turning the car off.

It sounds like these people really aren&#039;t thinking when they claim to have these &quot;accidents&quot;.

While Toyota may have some quality problems, and maybe somewhere in this news there&#039;s an actual problem, I think many of these claims are just muddying up the water and making it more difficult to figure out what may really be happening.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t believe half of these stories.  Sounds like people just looking for attention, or too stupid to drive.  </p>
<p>Try shifting into Neutral.  Since the Prius doesn&#8217;t have a key or steering wheel lock, how about just pressing the power button and turning the car off.</p>
<p>It sounds like these people really aren&#8217;t thinking when they claim to have these &#8220;accidents&#8221;.</p>
<p>While Toyota may have some quality problems, and maybe somewhere in this news there&#8217;s an actual problem, I think many of these claims are just muddying up the water and making it more difficult to figure out what may really be happening.</p>
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		<title>By: plainspoken</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-prius-unintended-acceleration-san-diego.html#comment-532724</link>
		<dc:creator>plainspoken</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:46:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;ll fix his brakes!!!</description>
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		<title>By: reedfast</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-prius-unintended-acceleration-san-diego.html#comment-532713</link>
		<dc:creator>reedfast</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:36:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>how about we take out the airbags first.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>how about we take out the airbags first.</p>
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		<title>By: aggie531</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-prius-unintended-acceleration-san-diego.html#comment-532686</link>
		<dc:creator>aggie531</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:23:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>reedfast-

What do you say, give him an &#039;upgraded&#039; 2009 Camry with a glitched computer?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>reedfast-</p>
<p>What do you say, give him an &#8216;upgraded&#8217; 2009 Camry with a glitched computer?</p>
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		<title>By: reedfast</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-prius-unintended-acceleration-san-diego.html#comment-532654</link>
		<dc:creator>reedfast</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m pretty sure fill drives a &#039;92 camry le.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m pretty sure fill drives a &#8217;92 camry le.</p>
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		<title>By: 1c3d0g</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-prius-unintended-acceleration-san-diego.html#comment-532644</link>
		<dc:creator>1c3d0g</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:56:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Troll Killer: LMAO...I agree. :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Troll Killer: LMAO&#8230;I agree. <img src='http://www.leftlanenews.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: aggie531</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-prius-unintended-acceleration-san-diego.html#comment-532641</link>
		<dc:creator>aggie531</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:51:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Oh, reedfast, I didn&#039;t even notice that.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh, reedfast, I didn&#8217;t even notice that.</p>
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		<title>By: beatusmongous</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-prius-unintended-acceleration-san-diego.html#comment-532425</link>
		<dc:creator>beatusmongous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:01:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I just had an interesting thought:

What if the guy in this video is none other than Dr. Fill?  That would explain the embarrassment of the whole scenario, and it would also explain why we haven&#039;t heard from him much...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just had an interesting thought:</p>
<p>What if the guy in this video is none other than Dr. Fill?  That would explain the embarrassment of the whole scenario, and it would also explain why we haven&#8217;t heard from him much&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: reedfast</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-prius-unintended-acceleration-san-diego.html#comment-532421</link>
		<dc:creator>reedfast</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:49:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>saabaru- its the hall of f-L-ame, not fame.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>saabaru- its the hall of f-L-ame, not fame.</p>
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		<title>By: saabaru1</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-prius-unintended-acceleration-san-diego.html#comment-532419</link>
		<dc:creator>saabaru1</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:46:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Aww Mark I was just trying to get you into the record books!  I think someone opened a can of worms with the bold and italic formatting though.  

This thread definitely beats the gt500 story, our banter in here is actually just playing instead of actually getting angry about other people&#039;s personal opinions.  Hmm.. I better say something on topic.  10:00 news had a lady reporting &quot;UA&quot; in her driveway... straight into the stone wall.  I&#039;m thinking that one is a hoax.  Oops, there is already a story about it on LLN.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Aww Mark I was just trying to get you into the record books!  I think someone opened a can of worms with the bold and italic formatting though.  </p>
<p>This thread definitely beats the gt500 story, our banter in here is actually just playing instead of actually getting angry about other people&#8217;s personal opinions.  Hmm.. I better say something on topic.  10:00 news had a lady reporting &#8220;UA&#8221; in her driveway&#8230; straight into the stone wall.  I&#8217;m thinking that one is a hoax.  Oops, there is already a story about it on LLN.</p>
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		<title>By: aggie531</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-prius-unintended-acceleration-san-diego.html#comment-532382</link>
		<dc:creator>aggie531</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:21:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>No, scratch that. 1115 should have the Ford camry, and NMOFGM and BK should have the toyotas. Ultimate torture. Muahaha</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No, scratch that. 1115 should have the Ford camry, and NMOFGM and BK should have the toyotas. Ultimate torture. Muahaha</p>
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		<title>By: aggie531</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-prius-unintended-acceleration-san-diego.html#comment-532381</link>
		<dc:creator>aggie531</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:19:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think we should put those trolls in another toyota, but NMOFGM can have a Chevy badged camry instead of Toyota, and BK a Ford badged camry as well.

So.. Hall of Famers--

me 
Beatus
Reedfast
Saabaru
Plainspoken
Troll Killer

Anybody else?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think we should put those trolls in another toyota, but NMOFGM can have a Chevy badged camry instead of Toyota, and BK a Ford badged camry as well.</p>
<p>So.. Hall of Famers&#8211;</p>
<p>me<br />
Beatus<br />
Reedfast<br />
Saabaru<br />
Plainspoken<br />
Troll Killer</p>
<p>Anybody else?</p>
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		<title>By: aggie531</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-prius-unintended-acceleration-san-diego.html#comment-532377</link>
		<dc:creator>aggie531</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:10:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Crap, I wish boss-man here didn&#039;t erase my posts. that took like ten minutes to write Toyotas are killer.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Crap, I wish boss-man here didn&#8217;t erase my posts. that took like ten minutes to write Toyotas are killer.</p>
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		<title>By: beatusmongous</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-prius-unintended-acceleration-san-diego.html#comment-532369</link>
		<dc:creator>beatusmongous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:25:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mine were more than 1 letter, you post Nazis!  But we did beat the GT500 thread, with more entertaining content, I might add.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mine were more than 1 letter, you post Nazis!  But we did beat the GT500 thread, with more entertaining content, I might add.</p>
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		<title>By: reedfast</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-prius-unintended-acceleration-san-diego.html#comment-532365</link>
		<dc:creator>reedfast</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:04:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>one and a half Mark? I think that would be acceptable.
 I still want to know about that prize. Lifetime achievement award? Get to write in larger font than all the others? LLN hall of flame? oh, that last one&#039;s good, maybe you should put the infamous trolls in there. 1115, NMOFGM, Dr fill, BK, HHR, etc...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>one and a half Mark? I think that would be acceptable.<br />
 I still want to know about that prize. Lifetime achievement award? Get to write in larger font than all the others? LLN hall of flame? oh, that last one&#8217;s good, maybe you should put the infamous trolls in there. 1115, NMOFGM, Dr fill, BK, HHR, etc&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: aggie531</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-prius-unintended-acceleration-san-diego.html#comment-532361</link>
		<dc:creator>aggie531</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:51:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Agreed^^. 

MArk--

How about 2-letter posts?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Agreed^^. </p>
<p>MArk&#8211;</p>
<p>How about 2-letter posts?</p>
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		<title>By: plainspoken</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-prius-unintended-acceleration-san-diego.html#comment-532359</link>
		<dc:creator>plainspoken</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:31:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Put the boss man in a Toyota and send him on a road trip. We&#039;ve had enough of him.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Put the boss man in a Toyota and send him on a road trip. We&#8217;ve had enough of him.</p>
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		<title>By: Mark Kleis</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-prius-unintended-acceleration-san-diego.html#comment-532356</link>
		<dc:creator>Mark Kleis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:19:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hate to be a party pooper guys, but the boss man says no more 1-letter posts. Feel free to have DISCUSSION though :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hate to be a party pooper guys, but the boss man says no more 1-letter posts. Feel free to have DISCUSSION though <img src='http://www.leftlanenews.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: aggie531</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-prius-unintended-acceleration-san-diego.html#comment-532353</link>
		<dc:creator>aggie531</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:12:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>300 comments. 529 more</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>300 comments. 529 more</p>
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		<title>By: aggie531</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-prius-unintended-acceleration-san-diego.html#comment-532342</link>
		<dc:creator>aggie531</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:43:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wow that was a pain</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow that was a pain</p>
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		<title>By: aggie531</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-prius-unintended-acceleration-san-diego.html#comment-532293</link>
		<dc:creator>aggie531</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:54:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;.&lt;i&gt; And Americans are idiots by nature, so..&lt;/i&gt;&quot;  -- Matt Curlew

wtf?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;.<i> And Americans are idiots by nature, so..</i>&#8221;  &#8212; Matt Curlew</p>
<p>wtf?</p>
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		<title>By: aggie531</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-prius-unintended-acceleration-san-diego.html#comment-532291</link>
		<dc:creator>aggie531</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:51:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey Mark- What&#039;s going to be our prize if we beat Nick&#039;s V-Dub article?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Mark- What&#8217;s going to be our prize if we beat Nick&#8217;s V-Dub article?</p>
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		<title>By: aggie531</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-prius-unintended-acceleration-san-diego.html#comment-532290</link>
		<dc:creator>aggie531</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:48:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Oh, and by the way, any comments actually about the story have long stopped, in case anyone&#039;s wondering.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh, and by the way, any comments actually about the story have long stopped, in case anyone&#8217;s wondering.</p>
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		<title>By: reedfast</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-prius-unintended-acceleration-san-diego.html#comment-532254</link>
		<dc:creator>reedfast</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:46:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>feel, not fell. My ankle&#039;s not broken - jessica didn&#039;t drop me.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>feel, not fell. My ankle&#8217;s not broken &#8211; jessica didn&#8217;t drop me.</p>
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