SCARY THING HAPPENED!!!! Gas Pedal Stuck at 100mph!
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Good point. My WOT tests were in a 175hp Oldsmobile Cutlass V8 (back in the day), my 205HP Opel Calibra (back in the Europe day), and a 150hp Toyota Camry (5-6 years ago), all from parking speeds up to about 30-50mph and slammed on the brakes. The Calibra, @ cruising speed (albeit 120+mph), was only a stuck-open throttle/pedal, not WOT.
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All of that DBW stuff scares the heck out of me...I hate to think that a computer chip is all that stands between me and certain death. Next thing you know, some terrorist group will figure out they can hack into satellite nav systems, access a vehicle's computer, disable the brakes and tell the throttle to go to 11. Chaos. Imagine thousands or hundreds of DBW cars going haywire at the same time.
If they haven't already thought of it, guess they have now, if they are reading this forum.
You're welcome.
If they haven't already thought of it, guess they have now, if they are reading this forum.
You're welcome.
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I've tried the brakes and WOT trick in a few different vehicles and they all stop.
Back in the late 90's I had a '88 Turbobird (slightly modded 250 hp) and the floormat would slip forward every few months (usually on wet roads in 2nd or 3rd). It was always exciting but never more than inconvenient.
I believe the source of the '80s "unintended acceleration" problem Audi suffered turned out to be the pedal height was too similar and people were flooring the gas and thinking they were on the brakes.
Back in the late 90's I had a '88 Turbobird (slightly modded 250 hp) and the floormat would slip forward every few months (usually on wet roads in 2nd or 3rd). It was always exciting but never more than inconvenient.
I believe the source of the '80s "unintended acceleration" problem Audi suffered turned out to be the pedal height was too similar and people were flooring the gas and thinking they were on the brakes.
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Next thing you know, some terrorist group will figure out they can hack into satellite nav systems, access a vehicle's computer, disable the brakes and tell the throttle to go to 11. Chaos. Imagine thousands or hundreds of DBW cars going haywire at the same time.
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Richard Prior did something like that in Superman II, I think, when he hacked a weather satellite to control the weather...
Cuz, you know, that's what weather satellites are used for
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Mighta been a combination of the two, too!
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I've tried the brakes and WOT trick in a few different vehicles and they all stop.
Back in the late 90's I had a '88 Turbobird (slightly modded 250 hp) and the floormat would slip forward every few months (usually on wet roads in 2nd or 3rd). It was always exciting but never more than inconvenient.
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Back in the late 90's I had a '88 Turbobird (slightly modded 250 hp) and the floormat would slip forward every few months (usually on wet roads in 2nd or 3rd). It was always exciting but never more than inconvenient.
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I think we shud submit it to MythBusters, and let them figure it out (make 'em use Acura's tho, no sense wreckin Audi's).