When Firestone/Bridgestone had their problems and Audi, GM, Ford and on and on I always felt that these companies should pay the fines, legal losses and get it fixed. Same goes for Toyota.

The only difference it that it does seem unfair that the gubment and Unions have an interest in seeing this turn into a feeding frenzy at Toyotas expense...that's all I'm saying and have been saying for months now(started a post on this very point a month ago). It's not right...this sounds like something that a gubment in China or Russia would do. Uh lets see we will own a car company and if a competitor stumbles we will cripple them unfairly to increase our sales and help our workers (unions) pay their bills....after all it's our game and it's our ball and we make the rules....should not be this way folks.

Off topic a little but be aware....Gubment Healthcare is the same way. They will provide a service and sit back and wait for a competitor to make a mistake. Once they do all we will hear is how great it would have been to be on their system and they will try and crush the private sector. Don't think so? Hmmmmm step back and look at it and forget this is toyota just use the same model of gubment in private business just put different targets in that the gubment can benefit from if they crush the competition. It scares me and what scares me more is that people don't see this.

I'm not defending Toyota in any way this just stinks of unfair business practices.