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Both you and Mr. Shiftright make excellent points. In your example, one has to wonder how the criteria for component replacement came to be determined. Was it by simple engineering, or that... along with accounting profits/losses added into the equation? My guess is "option B". And, car manufacturers do this all the time... Weighing the cost of lawsuits .vs. recall costs. The Ford Pinto debacle is a great example of that practice, with the known danger of exploding gas tanks. Once again, this debate seems all to similar to the one going on with the vaccination/autism debate. Those wanting so badly to have an answer swallow "crap" espoused by the infamous "Dr. Wakefield", and even after being roundly discredited, still ask "Why doesn't everyone see what this man is seeing?" Why? Because it isn't there to be seen. Its a mirage. In his case, a "rigged" mirage. Some would rather believe a Playboy centerfold and her claims rather than the established medical researchers. And, I see that elsewhere. Our country seems to be moving in a direction of mistrust of those in the educated fields of research. Politicians like to call them "intellectuals", as if that is some sort of insult. At the end of the day, however, the numbers tell the story. If electronic UA were anywhere as huge as some posters here wish to believe it is, the numbers of incidents would be vastly larger, and they wouldn't have declined much after the pedal-redesign recall. Millions of ECM's weren't re-flashed nor replaced. So.... what happened? Where are the numbers of UA? I agree with Mr-Shiftright. Something may indeed break on a car. That's nothing new, and there are dozens of "critical" items besides ECM's on a car (tie rod end, steering gear, etc).... some will break. Sometimes a driver can recover.... sometimes its impossible. These issues cross product brand lines and can occur in any car. Houdini, I think, pegged it when he commented that some folks simply can't bring themselves to say "I was mistaken".

Liberty Mazda, Wakefield, MA 2010 Mazda3 s Sport 5 door Sunroof pkg Tech pkg 36 month, 10k/year $1500 down $339/month Not happy with how the negotiations turned out, but had other circumstances against me How bad a deal was this on a scale of 1-10?

I just had my 30,000 mile check up at Wakefield Subaru in Massachusetts. Before the check up I was getting between 275 to 300 miles to my full tank. Now I get only 128 miles to the tank. Would anyone have any idea what the technicians would have done to my car?

I bet you refinished it in a light color - everyone seems to do that, thinking it is Heywood Wakefield furniture or something. Back when you had the car, it was just an old beater - and in that condition it would be the same today. I don't hold it against you ;)

Why do you think I know anything specifically about Mullaly at Boeing? What do you think about the Red Sox making Varitek an offer, considering he can't catch Wakefield's knuckler? :)