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mr._floppy
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Runaway throttle sticking BMW !
« on: Mar 11th, 2006, 11:59pm » |
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Could this incident in the news yesterday be the result of a malfunctioning cruise control ?
The Daily Mail reports that the driver couldn't force the car out of gear because it was an automatic ... ?
..... or even turning the engine off in case the steering lock came on. I realise it must be a very frightening situation but he had half an hour to work out some strategy to stop the thing and given that popping it into neutral at 100mph is going to do a lorra gearbox damage it's a safer bet than hitting something very hard at 100mph.
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scorpio_man
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Re: Runaway throttle sticking BMW !
« Reply #1 on: Mar 12th, 2006, 9:44am » |
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hi there
these are the people who you don't want to meet on the road. 
simple solution. press the brake. what car do you know that car stop itself? select neutral, then turn engine off by ONE turn of the key. this leave the accessory circuit on and the steering lock won't come on.
1/2 hour to think of this and could work it out. 
ban them for life and give the rest of us a chance!! 
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Geoff_W
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Re: Runaway throttle sticking BMW !
« Reply #2 on: Mar 12th, 2006, 1:36pm » |
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If it was a throttle jam I suspect that it would redline if you dropped it into neutral but blowing the engine would be better than what happened to him, upside down on a roundabout.
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jyrxx
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Re: Runaway throttle sticking BMW !
« Reply #3 on: Mar 14th, 2006, 9:08am » |
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on Mar 12th, 2006, 9:44am, scorpio_man wrote:hi there
these are the people who you don't want to meet on the road.
simple solution. press the brake. what car do you know that car stop itself? select neutral, then turn engine off by ONE turn of the key. this leave the accessory circuit on and the steering lock won't come on.
1/2 hour to think of this and could work it out. @
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Errrrr... Pontiac Firebird 5.7l engine and stock brakes. Now that was a scary feeling in city traffic.
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Paulus
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Re: Runaway throttle sticking BMW !
« Reply #4 on: Apr 12th, 2006, 1:53pm » |
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I think that he is a typical BMW drive....a few shilling short of a pound.
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Baw_Flinger
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Re: Runaway throttle sticking BMW !
« Reply #5 on: Apr 12th, 2006, 2:24pm » |
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on Mar 14th, 2006, 9:08am, jyrxx wrote:
Errrrr... Pontiac Firebird 5.7l engine and stock brakes. Now that was a scary feeling in city traffic.
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My mate had a 1982 8.2l, I know where you are coming from on that one Still, it had grab bars forthe passenger so everything was OK 
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