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(Message started by: mr._floppy on Mar 11^th, 2006, 11:59pm)

Title: Runaway throttle sticking BMW !
Post by mr._floppy on Mar 11^th, 2006, 11:59pm

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.

Title: Re: Runaway throttle sticking BMW !
Post by scorpio_man on Mar 12^th, 2006, 9:44am

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!! ;)

Title: Re: Runaway throttle sticking BMW !
Post by Geoff_W on Mar 12^th, 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.

Title: Re: Runaway throttle sticking BMW !
Post by jyrxx on Mar 14^th, 2006, 9:08am

on 03/12/06 at 09:44:11, 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. @

ban them for life and give the rest of us a chance!! ;)

Errrrr... Pontiac Firebird 5.7l engine and stock brakes. Now that was a scary feeling in city traffic.

Title: Re: Runaway throttle sticking BMW !
Post by Paulus on Apr 12^th, 2006, 1:53pm

I think that he is a typical BMW drive....a few shilling short of a pound.

Title: Re: Runaway throttle sticking BMW !
Post by Baw_Flinger on Apr 12^th, 2006, 2:24pm

on 03/14/06 at 09:08:19, jyrxx wrote:

Errrrr... Pontiac Firebird 5.7l engine and stock brakes. Now that was a scary feeling in city traffic.

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 ::)