Sikes getting death threats

I'm sorry, I won't do it anymore.

 

I knew this guy was a joke..It will be fun to see CNN,CNBC, and all the others run with it!!

 

OK, I can not tell a lie, My Prius did it!

 

I think it might have been his own Prius .

 

Maybe Toyota USA wanting their seven month of back lease payments due on his Prius.

Or probably all the people he owes money to that just found out about the bankruptcy.

 

He certainly has no lack of creditors, past and present who have recently been reminded what a scumbag this loser is any of them could be ebhind it, I say good for them!

 

Unintentional death threats, that's my defense, I was afraid to stop writing them for fear I would flip over.

(It saddens me that he has dragged others down to his level)

 

Certainly uncalled for, even if he's a schmuck.

 

found this link, but it's not what you are looking for...

at the end of the article is a video, Fox News tried several different ways to stop a prius with the accelerator fully depresed, all of them worked...

FOX: Is Sikes A Balloon Boy? | The Truth About Cars

and here is a very recent post from Reuters as well

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62D1IU20100314

and more on this "winner"

http://www.hybridcars.com/safety/why-james-sikes-hybrid-hero-27496.html

 

Here is more news:
Congressional memo: Gov't, Toyota tests on runaway Prius fail to replicate San Diego incident | StarTribune.com

 

If this turns out to be a hoax, I hope he burns. Send a message.

 

While it's entirely possible that some misanthrope would write a death threat to this guy and his wife I question that it really happened in the way it is being described.

An example, a while back one Washington Post writer was doing a :live chat" online. Part of the discussion was how this writer had ripped some bloggers for pointing out factual errors in one report. The writer claimed that wasn't all, that he had received "death threats" as well from these uncivilized. While there is no shortage of uncivilized bloggers when the matter was looked into more deeply what in fact the writer had received was a lot of pretty standard hate mail (arguably, he deserved it) and one in particular that said (paraphrased here) "I hope your death is as unpleasant as you've helped to make the lives of those affected by your story." Not quite a "death threat" but the writer felt compelled to toss in a little melodrama to make his perceived persecution seem more real.

And make no mistake, for whatever reason Sikes did this, he has harmed a lot of people, his wife's disingenuous protestations about "savings lives" aside. He's helped harm every person in this country who own a Toyota by adding to the irresponsible piling on we've seen.

I'm not, in any way, arguing he deserves to be further mistreated. I do think it's incredibly weak that California law enforcement seems to show no interest in investigating this and possibly charging him with a crime if one has been committed. If he did fake this incident, then there are several that come to mind which he should be charged with.

As for ruining his life, I think Sikes and his wife did a fine job of that long before any of this happened. That he may faked this incident is just further evidence of his bad judgment.

 

Old Italian Proverb - Never stand in the way of your enemy while he is trying to defeat himself.

Keith

 

So, the poor little Siko is getting some of his own medicine. I wonder how many millions his little scam cost Toyota.

 

This is pretty funny actually.

 

If Sikes is getting death threats it must be from the mob. The mob wants its $700,000 back.

 

But will you do it any less?

Did she provide any documentation of the "death threats"? Letters, e-mails, answering machine recordings are pretty easy to share. If not, her story is just as credible as his.

If "The Mob" was behind it, we'd find him in the famous mock Toyota ad "At least he drives a Prius."