Runaway Prius Case A Hoax?
 

SAN DIEGO – Investigators are confronted with a series of nagging questions as they try to unravel the case of a California real estate agent who said his Toyota Prius turned into a runaway death trap after the gas pedal became stuck.

Why didn't the driver simply throw the transmission into neutral as officers urged him to do? Why didn't a safety mechanism activate that was supposed to cut power to the engine in such situations? And could he have made the story up in pursuit of fame and money?

Each question is getting scrutiny from the Internet-consuming public as they question the motives of the driver, a 61-year-old real estate agent named James Sikes. Some skeptics have even invoked the infamous "balloon boy hoax" in expressing doubts about the story.

YouTube - UPDATE: Runaway Prius Case A Hoax?

Psssht, the minute I read it, I knew it was a BS artist with a Balloon Boy complex. Just so happened he did the stunt at the same time the press was meeting with Toyota :shakes head:

thats the problem with most americans they just milk a situation for money

The guy and his wife now say "we never planned to sue or anything" :shakes head: Of course not after you've been outed as a fraud lmao.

There will always be shysters out to make a profit off a situation like Toyota's!

He is 5 months behind in payment and wants Toyota to give him a new car. WTF!!

Say what you want but:

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That's sad as hell.

I called BS to my wife and coworkers as soon as I heard/read about it. What a douche if he is trying to cash in or make the company look bad. Oh, wait. He already IS a douche for driving/owning a Prius.

:rofl2:

Prius = soy bean

Soy bean image by burumun on Photobucket

The guy was knee deep in debt, 6 months behind on payments on his car.

He wanted out of his car loan, simple as that.

This Memo Proves The Runaway Prius Was A Hoax - Toyota Recall - Jalopnik
here is some more info on the matter if anyone is interested. Shame some people have to go this low

I am shocked.

Yeah this was so ridiculous! Its a freakin Prius, press the brakes you moron, there is not enough torque there to keep the car moving. Or how about the E-brake? or nuetral? or turn the engine off? One of these is bound to work if not all. If the guy really feared for his life one of the these would of happened. Why would you just sit there?! Total BS!

:iagree:

"Toyota Prius owner Jim Sikes is in the spotlight after reporting the accelerator pedal of his blue 2008 Toyota Prius got stuck, pushing his car to speeds above 90 miles per hour on Interstate 8 in San Diego County on Monday afternoon."

Priuses can do 90? maybe it wasn't a hoax. maybe this is just a failsafe toyota built into their cars once you are late on too many payments.

I heard he went on a rampage at full throttle for 20 minutes! Police found him 1/4 mile down the road. :tiphat:

car chase in california...whats new?

Don't try to mix issues here, ok! This is about a Hoax. ;)

Bottom line: Toyota sucks,liars.
& People in America love to take advantage of situations like this[...or welfare]. What's new? :D

BEST. VIDEO. EVER.

This guy took the time to make a video of what I've been saying for months.

Will see when the real facts come out, however now you are trying to change your post....:gtfo2: :gtfo2: :gtfo2:

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l2.../troll-web.jpg

toyota is good... did u forget the supra.. or mr2.... or corrolla... or thundra?...

We'll*
:D

It's f$#*@ that someone would make a hoax out of a situation that is real. That guy might have been kidding, but Mark Saylor wasn't.
THAT was my post.

Toyota THE COMPANY :D
I hate the corrolla, but you can't deny that they build great cars. & have amazing reliability.
But the people running that company...
are all going to hell.

haha yea my first car was a corrolla .. i beat the crap outta it... still ran like a slow beast when i sold it for what i bought it for 2 yrs lata

Wow. You got lucky there.
Better then my first car- '03 shi*subishi galant....meh. It could have been worse. :D

well the gas saveing corrolla saved me ..

So you are tring to jack my thread then!!!!! :gtfo2:

Jack? like 'steal'?
...

I'm a woman. I don't do these things..normally. I don't get the 'troll' thing either but I think I made my point.

UPDATE: I just saw on the news this morning that Toyota performed some tests and poked holes at this story. They actually recreated the situation with his Prius and other Prius' at Qualcomm Stadium, and they all stopped when pressing down on the brakes with the pedal to the metal.

There is a ECU system override when you press brake and gas at the same time the car shuts down. I don't understand how his could be the only Prius ever to have this issue. It doesn't make sense.

It definitely smelled like dirty play from the get-go. Now its a matter of proving it...either way I hope he gets what he deserves.

Notwithstanding the question, I'm still wrestling with the fact that there have been other manufacturers that have had similar problems several years back, primarily American ones BTW....and nothing was ever made of the problems...now with the country in an economic crisis there is this media and congressional blitzkrieg that is all over Toyota (and also Honda for something possibly similar) like flies on poop....realy makes me wonder what the possible real impetus behind the media and congressional behavior is....

Well this is thread about the Hoax of that guy, but I wonder the same sometimes.