2010 Will Certainly Be The Recall Year of the Rich & Famous Too!

I'm convinced the media is stroking the egos of the working middle class? Why? Because the media has reported, blogged and done everything possible to exploit the fact that expensive cars, not just say Toyotas, get recalled too.

Case-in-point- the Ferrari Italia- which has developed a cache of being the Ferrari that likes to melt heat shields.... But just now, Bentley Motor Cars is recalling several hundred cars (under 1,000) because... The lauded "Winged-B" hood (or bonnet if you insist) ornament does not retract good enough in the event of an accident.

Now, this is not a big deal at all, its probably just a spring-load issue- but I certainly wouldn't want to be a pedestrian when the stainless-steel ornament comes at me... Oh no... But come to think of it- if you get hit by a Bentley- don't you think the least of your worries is the hood ornament?

Think about it for a second... if you must. It doesn't take a physics or an actuary accounting degree to realize the trouble you're in if this hood emblem is going to risk serious injury to a person.

Maybe they just don't want to be sued?

But anyway- as a Car Guy Who Gets It- I can attest- expensive cars get recalled all-the-time; they get recalled a lot- but now the cache of a recall is not exclusive to lesser cars alone, no... The recall is for the well-to-do... Too.

My Apologies... Really... But It's Summertime...

Sorry for being so mute this last week or so... It's just that- well, there's really nothing too monumental worth noting lately... Nothing professionally, nothing personally, and nothing car-wise- as professional and or personal as that may be. It's the tail-end of Summer.

With cars, the summer is always a bit slow. Hell- even the best Autoblog (one of the larger, more popular auto-related blogs out there...) can muster lately is a bit on Mike Tyson's Bentley Continental Coupe- I mean really, who cares???

I did, however, find it ironic that not a day after GM had announced its profitability last week, they too initiated a some 250,000 unit product recall- something to do with the seat belts in some SUVs/Crossovers...

But after the myriad of recalls from Toyota- well, everything else is just a small recall. But 2010 has proved-to-be the recall year to remember.

Anyway, I'm anxiously awaiting the 2011s to be coming out- many of which that are out- are just warmed-over versions of the 2010s.

Eh, summers suck... Markets are slow, people are on vacation- both literally and mentally. And if the best you can must is a bit on Mike Tyson's Bentley Continental Coupe, well... Bloggers like me just won't even bother to bend your ear on it...

Because if you remember- Mike Tyson's been known to bite ears.