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Old 03-16-2010, 08:02 PM   #462
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Originally Posted by Tsar View Post
Indeed, it will be awhile. Can you refresh me on an Audi thing. Wasn't it largely a user error, and just like in this case there was some manufactured evidence, this time it was on 60 minutes though. Or am I mistaken them with someone else?
Matters not. In the end it was determined to be user error. In fact I just learned that case changed pedal placement design across the industry, and why many cars have a brake pedal higher than the gas pedal (my #1 driving peeve of my Olds).

But Audi got dragged in the mud for years. Truth is not truth, perception is truth. Fact is Audi's sales got hurt and it took years to rebound. And what we are watching here is probably 10x worse because 1) Toyota admits there are issues and 2) a lot more people are impacted just based on sales/# of owners. However they have more goodwill in the bank than Audi did to offset that some. If this were Kia you'd say bye bye Kia.
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