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From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 29 Jan 2010 12:27 On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:55:17 -0800, Conscience wrote: > On 2010-01-29 06:25:23 -0800, Hachiroku ハチロク <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> > said: > >> On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:13:32 -0800, Conscience wrote: >> >>> On 2010-01-29 05:58:58 -0800, Hachiroku ハチロク <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> >>> said: >>>> Gee...I have to go to Vermont next week. When I get pulled over at 90 >>>> in my Scion, can I tell the cop it was my "sticking accelerator"? >>> >>> Perfect! >> >> >> Highest I hit so far was 120. How fast do you think a sticking >> accelerator is good for? >> >> Sure glad I don't own a Lexus. When I do runs to find the top speed, I >> like to do it MYSELF!! > > I'd say 130 would be a fair level. "Officer, I panicked. It stuck. > Really!" Had my '85 "Hachiroku" up to 130. Probably had a little more to go, but the front felt like it was lifting so I backed down to 125 and stayed there for a while... Young and invincible then... I bet the Scion could get there easily.
From: ransley on 29 Jan 2010 18:10 On Jan 29, 7:58 am, Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B <Tru...(a)e86.GTS> wrote: > A 68 year old woman ran her car through a brick and steel wall, into a > laundromat, and damaged the wall and 5 or 6 washing machines, you know, > the big industrial ones... > > She was sneaking up on a parking space when all of a sudden the car > accelerated and crashed through the wall and the washing machines. > > She was driving a Camry. The accident has been attributed by the media to > a 'sticking accelerator'. > > Um, how FAST are you driving when pulling into a parking space? Fast > enough to crash through a brick wall? > > If you are, you probably shouldn't be driving. > > I'm willing to bet this is just a good old fashioned case of "Wrong > Pedal", but since it's a Camry it must be the sticking accelerator. > I wonder how many other people have gotten themselves into trouble and > blamed it on a sticking accelerator? > > Gee...I have to go to Vermont next week. When I get pulled over at 90 in > my Scion, can I tell the cop it was my "sticking accelerator"? all toyota acidents are now the cars fault, it keeps you rates lower.
From: fred on 29 Jan 2010 18:52 ransley <Mark_Ransley(a)Yahoo.com> wrote in news:09d776cb-861e-4ba4-b0f8-ad93db0be215(a)f12g2000yqn.googlegroups.com: > On Jan 29, 7:58 am, Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B <Tru...(a)e86.GTS> wrote: >> Gee...I have to go to Vermont next week. When I get pulled over at 90 >> in my Scion, can I tell the cop it was my "sticking accelerator"? > > all toyota acidents are now the cars fault, it keeps you rates lower. > Nonsence. No insurance company is going to be conned that easily. People may *try*, but they won't get anywhere.
From: fred on 29 Jan 2010 18:52 =?iso-2022-jp?q?Hachiroku_=1B$B%O%A%m%=2F=1B=28B?= <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in news:pan.2010.01.29.14.25.22.275681(a)e86.GTS: > On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:13:32 -0800, Conscience wrote: > >> On 2010-01-29 05:58:58 -0800, Hachiroku ハチロク <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> >> said: >>> Gee...I have to go to Vermont next week. When I get pulled over at >>> 90 in my Scion, can I tell the cop it was my "sticking accelerator"? >> >> Perfect! > > > Highest I hit so far was 120. How fast do you think a sticking > accelerator is good for? > > Sure glad I don't own a Lexus. When I do runs to find the top speed, I > like to do it MYSELF!! > The all time best has to be that scene in "The World's Fastest Indian".
From: clare on 29 Jan 2010 20:32
On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:24:25 -0500, Hachiroku ???? <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote: >On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:53:15 -0500, Mike Hunter wrote: > >> >> However in this instance EVEN Toyota is saying they have a problem with >> unintended acceleration, hence the recall and stop sell order. Perhaps >> you think Toyota is mistaken? > >It's not 'unintended acceleration', it's a condition where the throttle >does not return to idle. > >Slight difference. You have to have the car up to speed and then it sticks >there. If she was going fast enough entering a parking space to crash >through a wall, she should have taken the bus in the first place. > > Both Toyota and CTS, the manufacturers of the pedal in question have stated there are a dozen or less reported incidents of the pedal sticking, resulting in ZERO accidents, ZERO injuries, and ZERO deaths, The carpet issue is TOTALLY separate from this issue. |