Posted by Hachiroku on February 24, 2010, 2:20 am
On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:44:00 -0500, JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
>>A woman testified before Congress that when her Toyota began accelerating
>> uncontrollably she "put the car in neutral and it had no effect, I stepped
>> on the brakes and it had no effect, I applied the emergency brake and it
>> had no effect, I even tried to put the car into reverse and I couldn't."
>>
>> Huh? Putting the car in neutral had no effect? Someone provide with with a
>> clue on this one.
>>
>> BTW< the car was a Lexus.
>
>
> She forgot to mention that she was going down a steep 2 mile hill at the
> time, and drafting an 18 wheeler.
I missed the drafting part...
Posted by FatterDumber& Happier Moe on February 23, 2010, 11:16 pm
Hachiroku wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:44:00 -0500, JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
>
>>> A woman testified before Congress that when her Toyota began accelerating
>>> uncontrollably she "put the car in neutral and it had no effect, I stepped
>>> on the brakes and it had no effect, I applied the emergency brake and it
>>> had no effect, I even tried to put the car into reverse and I couldn't."
>>>
>>> Huh? Putting the car in neutral had no effect? Someone provide with with a
>>> clue on this one.
>>>
>>> BTW< the car was a Lexus.
>>
>> She forgot to mention that she was going down a steep 2 mile hill at the
>> time, and drafting an 18 wheeler.
>
>
> I missed the drafting part...
>
>
Here's the steep hill,
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=TM&t=5d&l=on&z=m&q=l&c=
Posted by Mark on February 23, 2010, 10:08 pm
She's looking for the easy payoff... gotta feel sorry for those ES350
drivers.
> A woman testified before Congress that when her Toyota began accelerating
> uncontrollably she "put the car in neutral and it had no effect, I stepped
> on the brakes and it had no effect, I applied the emergency brake and it
> had no effect, I even tried to put the car into reverse and I couldn't."
> Huh? Putting the car in neutral had no effect? Someone provide with with a
> clue on this one.
> BTW< the car was a Lexus.
Posted by Corona on February 23, 2010, 11:11 pm
Toyota recommends shifting into neutral when the throttle goes
to WOT by itself. The unloaded overspeeding engine will likely
destroy itself in an instant and seize. Then the power assist to
steering and brakes will fail and the car will crash anyway. If
by some miracle it doesn't, will Toyota replace the now ruined
engine free of charge and with a smile on their faces OR blame
the blown engine on driver abuse and tell the owner to eat shit
and die?
Posted by Clive on February 24, 2010, 5:15 pm
>Toyota recommends shifting into neutral when the throttle goes
>to WOT by itself. The unloaded overspeeding engine will likely
>destroy itself in an instant and seize. Then the power assist to
>steering and brakes will fail and the car will crash anyway. If
>by some miracle it doesn't, will Toyota replace the now ruined
>engine free of charge and with a smile on their faces OR blame
>the blown engine on driver abuse and tell the owner to eat shit
>and die?
Personally, I've not had any vehicle that was fuel injected (Petrol or
Diesel) that wasn't governed, and they all have flatlined at or just
below the red line by either the governor restricting the fuel per
injection or by off-loading cylinders (misfiring) in the last 30+ years.
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Clive
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>> uncontrollably she "put the car in neutral and it had no effect, I stepped
>> on the brakes and it had no effect, I applied the emergency brake and it
>> had no effect, I even tried to put the car into reverse and I couldn't."
>>
>> Huh? Putting the car in neutral had no effect? Someone provide with with a
>> clue on this one.
>>
>> BTW< the car was a Lexus.
>
>
> She forgot to mention that she was going down a steep 2 mile hill at the
> time, and drafting an 18 wheeler.