LOL, Talk about a real Scam

[CAP1]

Look at this lawsuit.


WOW!



http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/ford-settles-explorer-lawsuit-owners-get-discount-lawyers-25m/

morethan a scam, it's actually a friggin brilliant marketing strategy. it might not be right, but they're doing what they have to do to keep customers. and make money too. and they're keeping them very very cheaply.

[Masherbrum]

What you see above can only be described by one word, owned.


But it really kind of sucked for these people. Like 250 people were killed and 3,000 were hurt.

Kinda like the Bronco owner that lost control at 85mph and successfully sued Ford?    Also, most rollovers of the Explorers happened at speeds above the M+S rating of the Firestone Wilderness ATX's.   Most don't check their PSI's, but I guess tires should not have to be checked by owner's, let alone going over temperatures that are out of the margin of safety.

Suing them and getting a mere $300-$500 certificate is more or less something of Shannon Faulkner going to the Citadel, to only drop out within the first week.

[ariansworld]

I had a rear tire blow out on my ford focus the other day.  I got lucky that I was in the bank's parking lot when it happened.... But I will say this it does suck when your tire blows out.

[CAP1]

Kinda like the Bronco owner that lost control at 85mph and successfully sued Ford?    Also, most rollovers of the Explorers happened at speeds above the M+S rating of the Firestone Wilderness ATX's.   Most don't check their PSI's, but I guess tires should not have to be checked by owner's, let alone going over temperatures that are out of the margin of safety.

Suing them and getting a mere $300-$500 certificate is more or less something of Shannon Faulkner going to the Citadel, to only drop out within the first week.

that was a bronco? i trhought it was one of those old aerostars? heard they were well over 120mph, on bald tires...one blew out, the car flipped, rolled, etc etc, andc the survivors sued ford and won.

 they were being sooo stupid that to call them stupid would insult stupid people, and they got rich off of their stupidity...and a slick lawyer.....

 i think that was also why ford started governing some of their fleet to 120mph.(although i'm really not sure about that one)

[Papabear]

That sounds like the same settlement that GM gave to the owners of the pickup trucks with the side mounted fuel tanks a few years back. (Remember, the tanks that would leak and catch fire in a side impact?)

I had a 78 Chevy pickup and as my settlement I received a coupon for (I believe) $500 off of a NEW GM product. The value of the coupon also depreciated if I did not use it within a specified time period.

The lawyers were not paid in coupons back then either.

[CAP1]

That sounds like the same settlement that GM gave to the owners of the pickup trucks with the side mounted fuel tanks a few years back. (Remember, the tanks that would leak and catch fire in a side impact?)

I had a 78 Chevy pickup and as my settlement I received a coupon for (I believe) $500 off of a NEW GM product. The value of the coupon also depreciated if I did not use it within a specified time period.

The lawyers were not paid in coupons back then either.

but that's ok because it wasn't ford

[john9001]

 lawyers love class action suits, the plaintiffs get a few bucks and the lawyers get rich.

[Ack-Ack]

Most people don't even know how to check the date stamp on thier tires much less the pressure.  Is this surprising?  No, it gets into their Starbuck's time.

You know what I like about my Jeep?  It came with Goodyear tires that has a little sensor in them that is tied to my car.  Whenever the PSI on any tire goes below 35 PSI a little light on my dash turns on letting me know one of my tires is under inflated.  The only downside is that I have to buy these specific Goodyear tires.


ack-ack

[john9001]

You know what I like about my Jeep?  It came with Goodyear tires that has a little sensor in them that is tied to my car.  Whenever the PSI on any tire goes below 35 PSI a little light on my dash turns on letting me know one of my tires is under inflated.  The only downside is that I have to buy these specific Goodyear tires.


ack-ack

anyone can buy the sensors, the cheap one just go on your tire valve, the more expensive one are installed inside the wheel. They are wireless and you have a meter inside your vehicle. You can also have them on a trailer if you tow. Beats checking tires with a gauge.

[rogwar]

There are law firms that mainly go around looking for class action suits where the people they are representing basically get nothing any the law firm gets like $25 million.

[Ack-Ack]

There are law firms that mainly go around looking for class action suits where the people they are representing basically get nothing any the law firm gets like $25 million.

I see those commercials all the time, think the law firm that does them here in L.A. is called Binder and Binder Law Offices.  Whenever I see that name, for some reason my mind sees it as Bender and Bender Law Offices and of course this is what I picture they look like.




ack-ack

[BBBB]

 I owned an Explorer during that whole Firestone tire deal. My explorer's engine was governed at 110MPH. Don't ask me how I know this..I just do.

[CAP1]

I owned an Explorer during that whole Firestone tire deal. My explorer's engine was governed at 110MPH. Don't ask me how I know this..I just do.

it's in the engine control computer. the computer randomly shuts down different injectors, thus limiting the power output.

[CAP1]

You know what I like about my Jeep?  It came with Goodyear tires that has a little sensor in them that is tied to my car.  Whenever the PSI on any tire goes below 35 PSI a little light on my dash turns on letting me know one of my tires is under inflated.  The only downside is that I have to buy these specific Goodyear tires.


ack-ack

try this.

reset all of your tires to 40psi. then reset the monitoring system. i think it won't go off unless one of them goes low.

i also though that the jeeps used the abs system to determine this, rather than dedicated sensors?