Tundra engine recall - interesting news

Upon the expiration of my 30 day ban from Tundras.com I would like to take this opportunity to apologize directly to the workers at Toyota Motor Manufacturing of Alabama. My questioning of their intelligence was completely out of line and completely uncalled for. Mistakes can and do happen in every industry and the V-35A was no different. This mistake has proven to be minor issue affecting very few vehicles and is well on its way to being completely resolved. Upon further research I would like to retract my prior statements and now state definitively that the workers at TMMAL have been doing an excellent job producing the finest half ton pickup motor ever made. In that vein, it is probably time for this thread to be locked and deleted as there is little more to discuss on this topic.

I also now understand that by insulting a person or persons from a particular geographic area, their friends and family of that area may also be offended. I can assure you all my intent was not to besmirch an entire state, but I now understand, by making a negative reference about people in a geographic area , I was actually making a negative reference about the a geographic area.

Further I would like to state to the moderators that I realize that the term "mouth breather" has a pejorative connotation. I mistakenly understood it as slang for a "stupid person" per the dictionary definition. However, I now understand that some believe it has other connotations beyond what Webster's dictionary defines. Clearly a number of members of the forum feel the same and subscribe to additional connotations beyond the dictionary definition. I would like to apologize directly to those members whos' definition of that term indicates that I acted with extreme animus far beyond questioning ones' intelligence. I can assure you that was never my intent, but as I learned recently DEI training course my intent is completely irrelevant. The only relevance is how the comment is received and how it makes the recipient feel about themselves. Therefore one must be extremely sensitive in choosing terms that can be assured not to cause offense regardless if offense was not intended.

I fully understand that the use of use of pejorative language to describe anyone, especially Toyota employees is a policy violation of the forum rules, hence my ban form this forum which I fully deserved.

I would also like to to apologize to the moderators. I fully appreciate how my use of the term "mouth breather" could be taken as extremely offensive, and I promise going forward I will watch my words carefully to make sure it won’t happen again. I hold your role as moderators in high regard and value the role you play in preventing people from being harmed by offensive comments on this forum.

Lastly I would encourage my fellow forum participants to cease any further pejorative comments of any kind about any persons on this forum or beyond it, most especially employees of Toyota North America or any of its subsidiaries.

One more time. I would like to apologize for any hurt feelings. Not only do words have the power to cause hurt and pain, but sometimes they inflict far more damage than a stick or a stone, and the scars may last far longer. I am so sorry.

 

here we go again

 

Oh shit, like a bad rash that just won't go away, he's back.

Pejorative could be a new drinking game?

 

If I were the mods, I know what I would do here. LOL.

 

Written by AI? As someone who uses it daily in my role at work it sure reads like it!

 

I have a friend who writes just like this. It's fantastic to read his emails and texts, he's been doing it LONG before AI was a thing lol

 

You should read it, because it is fantastic. I’m bookmarking it as a template to use on other unrelated forums.

 

Well spoken. I read every word. It's a fantastic story; rich and compelling.

What I did not see is a direct apology to me. It seems you apologized to everyone but me. For that, I take offense.

 

Thread lock

 

I take offense to italicizing "but" as I feel you should've chosen a combination of bold face and underlining for emphasis.

 

I just want current recall info from this thread.
No one cares for apologies.

 

Was that for real?

 

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This

 

I would like to also apologize for use of the term “Kamala” in a negative connotation. I was not aware of this being a violation as there are hundreds of uses of the term “Trump” Both positive and negative on this forum. However, going forward, I will be sure not to mention politicians of any kind. I understand how discussion of politicians and proposed regulations can needlessly distract from discussion of far more gravity and relevance on this forum. Policy violation noted and will not happen again.

Just in case, I would like to additionally apologize for negative comments concerning the California air resources board, EPA corporate average fuel economy requirements, and Greta Thunberg.

While these are people extremely important to the future of the country, their proposed regulatory conventions will have little if any bearing whatsoever on the future of the light duty truck industry in America. I seriously doubt any of them influenced Toyota’s decision to move away from the V8 And towards a twin turbo V6. Therefore it was mistake to mention them in any way Going forward, I would encourage others not to make mention of them.

Please accept my apologies.

 

Sarcasm.

 

Can we get an F in the chat for our fallen/banned comrade...

https://www.tundras.com/threads/banned-bst-memorial-thread.33358/page-18#post-3769939

 

Normally I'm not one to kick a man when he's down, or in this case perma-banned, but I will miss that condescending twat not one whit. He added nothing but drama.

 

Is he permanently banned now?!?!

 

Looks that way. Check the link in the post above mine.

 

ya, not going to miss that guy either, didnt add a damn thing here.

 

Good riddance. Hope mods on the LC forum ban him too.

 

And nothing of value was lost.

 

The ban note by @Azblue might be one of the best ever. Definitely not AI generated. Made me laugh.

 

The Banned Memorial Thread is an entertaining read. The Mod's posts are a must read - tough love and don't let the door hit you in the ass on your way out.

 

I never knew it existed and it's absolutely fantastic! "diving headfirst into the deep end of a pool without checking to see if there is water". Some absolute gems in there.

 

I am not proud to admit that I am on those pages but I learned quickly. Just like my drivers licence, it's not a right but a privilege.