Wild ride at 90 mph+
#21
Glad you are O.K. Dave! I heard a story on the radio last week about a young man who was in a newer car that did the same thing and he tried shutting off the engine, changing gears, putting on the parking brake and none of it would work they said that it is due to all the computers either working or not working together and apparently it has happened a few other times with new cars. Luckily for this young man the police came along and pulled in front of him and had him hit the rear of the cruiser and they slowed him down that way. Sounds like an episode of the old tv show CHIPS.
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Joey, if my memory is right (not always good these days) you spent time playing boy racer on a race track. The way a person handles a situation depends to a large extent on muscle memory. It's reacting correctly without thinking about it. If you have to think about it (ie. correcting a slide) it's often too late. When something totally unplanned for and never thought about before happens such as happened to me I find you're it's so simple explanation is not as matter of fact as you make it sound. And that's why I wanted to share it.
I too recall the Audi in the pool stories.
I too recall the Audi in the pool stories.
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#23
Whenever I hear of the stories where people drive several miles at ridiculous speeds with the car "out of control" , I just think it must be crazy. Like it could never happen to me - just slam the car into neutral and shut of the engine. But then I think of people my son with zero mechanical knowledge or street smarts, and I think yeah maybe it could happen to some people lol. But what a wild scene that would be. Back in the Toyota and Audi unintended acceleration days the cars weren't that smart, they still had conventional ignitions and trannies, so it all sounded baffling to me.
so we have an idea of what to do. A lot of people aren’t and also a lot of people can’t drive for s#*t on a good day lol! I can always tell when I get in a vehicle with someone driving when they are not the best driver just by the way they handle the controls.
#24
It’s because we are ‘car people’
so we have an idea of what to do. A lot of people aren’t and also a lot of people can’t drive for s#*t on a good day lol! I can always tell when I get in a vehicle with someone driving when they are not the best driver just by the way they handle the controls.
so we have an idea of what to do. A lot of people aren’t and also a lot of people can’t drive for s#*t on a good day lol! I can always tell when I get in a vehicle with someone driving when they are not the best driver just by the way they handle the controls.
#25
Joey, if my memory is right (not always good these days) you spent time playing boy racer on a race track. The way a person handles a situation depends to a large extent on muscle memory. It's reacting correctly without thinking about it. If you have to think about it (ie. correcting a slide) it's often too late. When something totally unplanned for and never thought about before happens such as happened to me I find you're it's so simple explanation is not as matter of fact as you make it sound. And that's why I wanted to share it.
I too recall the Audi in the pool stories.
I too recall the Audi in the pool stories.
You seemed to handle the situation pretty good Dave, I wasn't referring to you in my reply, but more the people who make the news and report driving many miles at WOT, and requiring other vehicles to slow them down.
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