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Old Mar 6, 2005 | 08:54 AM
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flipside909: It's more than just upper management politics that have kept them from doing well in that arena. They have spent simply mind boggling $$$$ and have little to show for it.
That maybe true, but can you convince my friends who work at HQ in Torrance that? Highly unlikely.
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Old Mar 6, 2005 | 08:59 AM
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That maybe true, but can you convince my friends who work at HQ in Torrance that? Highly unlikely.
I believe he's talking about the F1 program, which your friends at Torrance probably know less about than we do.
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I believe he's talking about the F1 program, which your friends at Torrance probably know less about than we do.
Actually I'm talking about the mistaken notion that Toyota will succeed in whatever they want. They have found that the desire and the $$$ isn't always all you need.

It is good that your friends in HQ think positively and haven't been "broken" yet. They just need to be realistic and then they have a better chance to succeed.

I'm rooting for them.
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Originally Posted by Mr Johnson
Actually I'm talking about the mistaken notion that Toyota will succeed in whatever they want. They have found that the desire and the $$$ isn't always all you need.

It is good that your friends in HQ think positively and haven't been "broken" yet. They just need to be realistic and then they have a better chance to succeed.

I'm rooting for them.
Bet you it wasn't FERRARI that convinced F-1 to change engine specs to NA V8s (and other changes) to equalize things a bit . ....
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