Kamuelaflyer
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You'd think!Strange. Don’t all those Japanese honeymooners on Oahu know where they are?
The email chain was actually stranger than just that too. They went on to say we have different model vehicles than the United States and that USA safety regulations would not apply in Hawaii (the underlying complaint was a safety related item). This was from Toyota USA, based in Plano TEXAS. I responded to their answer somewhat bewildered. I pointed out that Hawaii joining the United States actually predates Toyota's existence and that the NHTSA would disagree with the comments about safety regulations.
They did respond to that finally saying Toyota had sold Hawaii off to a different company before it had become part of the United States and therefore just presumed we have different models. So, I actually wrote back asking if they seriously meant that Toyota granted rights to Hawaii to a third party 40 years before Toyota even existed? And who was This mysterious third party?
I finally did enough research to find out that Toyota USA sold off the Hawaii rights to a Hawaii corporation in 1958, a few months after Toyota USA became a thing and a few months before Hawaii became a state. I contacted that company and they resolved the issue with the recalcitrant dealer. But Toyota USA? Whomever they had in charge of answering email complaints has serious deficiency in corporate history and civics.
Honest to Gooidness, this is all true.
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