Yeah, that was the best I could do. Anyway, on the Toyota front, here's a fun one:

Even if one believes all the hype, the reaction so far has been a giant overreaction.  Fifty-odd deaths over 10 years and millions of Toyotas is a drop in the bucket compared to the general risk of being on the road at all.

It’s entirely possible that more people will be killed driving to the dealer for the recall than lives will be saved from going through the safety theater demanded by the Department of Transportation.

Read more at the Washington Examiner:http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columns/OpEd-Contributor/I-am-not-afraid-of-my-Toyota-Prius-87361597.html#ixzz0hvM9whwN

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A couple of  moderate points.

First, if your gas pedal is stuck, you don't hit the brakes. Brakes are stronger, but your gas tank is longer - period. If in the unlikely event that your car gets stuck in [over]drive, you throw it in neutral, pull over to the side of the road, and that's that. If your engine blows - even rarer - it blows. Think about it for one moment - you have an engine meant to last 150,000 miles and brakes meant to last less - which is going to win?

I repeat: do not hit your brakes. 

Don't do it - not now, not ever. 

Second, this will not happen to you. Not now, not ever. 

Third - if this does happen to you when it should not happen, think Neutral. 

Fourth - don't hit your brakes.

Is my point clear?

Don't be a dumbass, I think that's the moral of this story. Once you put you car in neutral, all is good. Your car will decelerate, your brakes will live, you pull over to the side of the road. Hit the hazard lights, listen to the gruel that is your engine running at 6000 rpms, but life will go on. 

If you choose to hit your brakes, to really lay on them, I will tell you this - they'll wear out long before your engine, and at the end of the day, you'll be on the hook for new brakes.