[Land-speed] [non LSR]Electronics and other stuff like fuel mileage

[Neil Albaugh]

Wes;

I lived in Japan right after the War-- I was an "Army Brat"-- so I am 
familiar with the Japanese culture. They do not like to admit mistakes--  
"lose face"-- so small mistakes go unreported or papered over.

But as the AVG Flying Tigers used to say "Better to lose face than to lose 
ass."

Regards, Neil  Tucson, AZ

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From: "Wester Potter" <wester6935 at comcast.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2010 8:07 PM
To: "Tom Bryant" <saltracer at awwwsome.com>
Cc: <land-speed at autox.team.net>; <BWANA343 at aol.com>
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] [non LSR]Electronics and other stuff like fuel 
mileage

> I had an interesting visit with an old friend who is a GM dealer and has a
> Nissan franchise as well.  He mentioned that the Japanese makers put off
> correcting problems until they blow up to big recalls.  They protect their
> image at all costs until it is  too late to do anything but damage 
> control.
> GM just corrects problems as they arise and there isn't the big press 
> about
> the recalls as a result.  He claims it's very much an approach from 
> different
> cultures.  The extended description of the two approaches made for a
> fascinating evening.  He came out of college as a nuclear chemist and was
> rising through the ranks very rapidly in that field until family matters
> required him to come home and take over the family dealership.  I respect 
> the
> analytical approach he brings to a problem and enjoy hearing his side of 
> the
> story.  What I miss are the shorter discussions about like matters in the 
> past
> that have usually been on a chair lift at Alta.
>
> Wes
>
> On Mar 7, 2010, at 6:07 PM, Tom Bryant wrote:
>
>> Bob & All,
>>
>> Don't be too quick to place the blame on causes in this case. I am always
> am
>> suspicious when congress is enjoying grilling heads of corporations.
> Having
>> investigated a number of stuck throttles, brake failures, lemon cases, 
>> etc.
>> for  attorneys and insurance companies that involving a number of 
>> different
>> manufacturers, I would be reluctant to make decisions on what the causes
> are
>> in this Toyota case since I have not investigated it myself. I do know 
>> that
>> driver error has been a major cause in these kinds of cases. It still
>> puzzles me why anyone should accelerate to a 100 mph plus when the 
>> ignition
>> switch turned off or shifting to neutral is still a choice. I do know 
>> that
>> it takes a couple of seconds to respond to an unexpected situation. I 
>> guess
>> people can just freeze too. I don't have an answer on this one!
>>
>> Tom
>>
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