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Comment on Toyota by Frank Paynter

Frank Paynter — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:31:11 +0000

I have to check back here more frequently. I hate to miss a groaner like that one.

Comment on Toyota by Don Harvey

Don Harvey — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:19:26 +0000

Why not make a strong appeal to the Jewish readership and call it “Voyage of the Bagel?”

Comment on Toyota by Frank Paynter

Frank Paynter — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:00:02 +0000

Don, I can’t believe you went with the Japanese gymnast reference not once but twice! So NOT politically correct.

Still, there may be a Steven King “Christine” thing happening Toyota-wise. Me, I never go anywhere without Cujo in the backseat (except Wednesdays, when I have to vacuum all the dog hair and take my aunt to lunch).

Thinking of writing a monograph on corporate genotypes, sort of a Lamarckian take on genetic drift among compact cars… probably call it “Origin of the Specious.”

Comment on Toyota by Don Harvey

Don Harvey — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:37:36 +0000

To begin with, I’m an excellent driver. I’ve managed to get through my entire adult life without so much as a serious scratch on any of the various cars, foreign and domestic, that I’ve driven over the years. That said, About a year ago I bought my first Toyota, a new greenish Avalon with more buttons and levers than even Steve Jobs could possibly learn to use. It was beautiful. But within a week of purchase I began to notice that the accelerator pedal was exerting a malevolent sucking force on my right shoe. Of course, I understood at the time why the trooper might be skeptical. But twice? $260.
Two weeks later I was backing out of a friend’s driveway late one evening assuring my wife that I was certainly under the legal limit when the car lurched backward into a large dumpster that I swear was not there as recently as a year before. I was informed later that it had been placed in that exact spot by an elderly Japanese neighbor. Coincidence? $2,800.
Within a month, again late one evening, the car mysteriously attracted a large eight point buck in full rut to the right headlight at a time when I was being distracted by a tense disagreement with the navigation lady. The deer was probably uninsured, but I’ll never know because he was running off as I got out of the car. And Frank, here’s the amazing part; As I watched the hind quarters disappear into the woods I distinctly noticed a little nip in the air. Now if that doesn’t make you think of a Japanese gymnast I don’t know what does! Are you beginning to see the pattern? $2600.
Anyway, I managed to get through the next few months without incident until one morning about 3:00am during a torrential downpour I was awakened by a neighbor pounding wildly on my condo door. It seems the lower parking garage had been flooded and my Avalon was submerged to just above the windshield. In all, twenty-five cars were totaled including a Prius and two pristine and perfectly innocent Subarus. The horror, Frank! The horror! Do you get it. Now God is involved and He’s going after the entire species. And don’t be surprised by the usual random collateral damage. Avalon totaled…$43,000. Wife’s car totaled…$20,500. Daughter’s (home from college)….$14,000.
Thankfully, I’ve managed to recover and correctly interpreted this sequence of events as an admonition from the deity to buy a new Infinity M35x which, incidentally, doesn’t have so much as a scratch in its first six months. Meanwhile, we’ve seen Toyotas all over the world turning against their owners in numbers unimaginable only a few short months ago. Steven King foresaw this Frank. He just missed the Nipponese connection. So, for God sake Frank, get those two Toyotas out of your driveway while there’s still time. It’s spring and I definitely feel a little nip in the air. Let me guess…Matrix…$16000. Rav4…$18000.

Comment on L. Ron Jobs and the Millennials by Don Harvey

Don Harvey — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:51:45 +0000

Consider the lamers sitting at home ordering spare PC parts on e-bay. What’s that about? Steve Jobs does understand desire. He knows that half the people in line outside the Apple store are hoping to get laid before they hit the front door. This is why the Mac guy in the adds always looks so much happier.

Comment on Toyota by Frank Paynter

Frank Paynter — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:28:46 +0000

Flooring it in the race for the last parking space in Andronico’s parking lot. The seats are too hard. Still, I like the idea of buying a used Lexus, and if my Toyotas ever wear out and the Maybach is in storage, that might be a good idea.

Comment on L. Ron Jobs and the Millennials by Frank Paynter

Frank Paynter — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:23:47 +0000

Truly Mac laptops are visible everywhere due to the good marketing gimmick of an illuminated and recognizable logo. To suggest that they have a significant share of the desktops outside of educational institutions and marketing/media concerns, well… you’re wrong. They’re not cost effective.

Comment on Toyota by Zo

Zo — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:48:10 +0000

I drove my old Celica 100K, my son drove it another 100K and sold it for $1000. Been driving a ‘92 Lexus SC400 for ten years and the damn thing goes like the same bat out of hell as always, (not that there’s much opportunity for that in the city of Berkeley. Flooring it up Cedar Street?)

Comment on L. Ron Jobs and the Millennials by Zo

Zo — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:43:51 +0000

Frank, I’m saying a well-designed machine that actually does just work is a constant pleasure to use. As is an desktop and file system that employs literal symbols, in which everything is findable and … I could go on. Mac laptops are everywhere in tech, everywhere. Nobody goes back. Things changed, with OS X … and are about to change again.

Comment on L. Ron Jobs and the Millennials by Frank Paynter

Frank Paynter — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:27:44 +0000

Lexus seats are too hard.