Suzuki Samurai was Re: [geeks] SPARC proprietary (waaaay off topic)

[Phil Stracchino]

On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 06:31:44AM -0500, James Rice wrote:
> Kind of like CBS did with 
> the Audi unintended acceleration episode of the early 80's.  When the 
> car wouldn't perform on cue, they internaly altered the transmission by 
> removing detent springs from the valve body to make it jump out of park.

I didn't hear about this detail.  Ah, the US news media, the model of
professional integrity ....

"When the facts don't match your preconceptions about the story -- LIE." 


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