Ping Don Foreman: ICD Alert

On Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:09:16 -0600, the infamous Frnak McKenney scrawled the following:

Without overrevving the engine? What, was the throttle stuck at a scary 05% open? CONgress would call that a runaway condition, I'm sure.

That blows the hell out of the "runaway" concept, doesn't it?

I was stunned one day when I had reached down to feel the floor outlet to see if the heater vent was working in my '90 F-150. I was doing about 30mph after leaving my driveway and as my hand came back up to the steering wheel, it hit the shifter and knocked it into reverse. In about 2 seconds, I sat on the road in complete silence in a non-moving truck. It had actually gone into reverse and stalled the engine, stopping the truck. That blew me away. I had no idea that an auto trans would allow that today, with all the other nanny crap we're "protected" by.

I got really lucky that day and the tranny was still in one piece after my stupid little episode.

I'll have to ask Toyota if that could happen in the Tundra, though I doubt I'll ever accidentally hit the shifter again.

And why don't people run the logic of the situation and remember that the key which starts the engine can also turn it off, IMMEDIATELY? (Prius not included)

I wonder if you could shoot one in a paintball gun? :)

My 2001 Saturn will not go into an opposite gear until it feels like it. Also, in reverse, the engine is governed low. That refusal to change direction sucks if you just spun out on an icy road and need to go the other way to get out of on coming traffic. Sitting there forcing your self to just let it idle for a moment is hard to do.

Wes

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Really?

One would assume that a California Hiway Patrol officer would know how to apply brakes...right?

Whenever a Liberal utters the term "Common Sense approach"....grab your wallet, your ass, and your guns because the sombitch is about to do something damned nasty to all three of them.