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From: Tom W. Butts on 30 Jan 2010 18:32 On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:58:58 -0500, =?iso-2022-jp?q?Hachiroku_=1B$B%O%A%m%=2F=1B=28B?= <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote: > >Gee...I have to go to Vermont next week. When I get pulled over at 90 in >my Scion, can I tell the cop it was my "sticking accelerator"? > > A Scion can do 90?
From: Tom W. Butts on 30 Jan 2010 18:42 On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:14:23 -0600, Steve <no(a)spam.thanks> wrote: > >Combine that with having to hold down the "start" button for 4 >seconds to actually shut down the engine when the vehicle is in gear, >and you have the current messy situation. What genius came up with that idea? Someone tell me what was wrong with the old-fashioned kind of ignition. Oh yeah, "moving forward". Technology for technology's sake. BAH! Can't even blame Toyota (specifically) for this, all automakers are doing this.
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 30 Jan 2010 15:53 On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:32:06 +0000, Tom W. Butts wrote: > On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:58:58 -0500, > =?iso-2022-jp?q?Hachiroku_=1B$B%O%A%m%=2F=1B=28B?= <Trueno(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"? >> >> >> > > A Scion can do 90? 120 so far. Had plenty more to go. I'm not as fearless as I was 24 years ago when I had my Corolla GTS up to 130.
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 30 Jan 2010 15:54 On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:42:12 +0000, Tom W. Butts wrote: > >>Combine that with having to hold down the "start" button for 4 seconds to >>actually shut down the engine when the vehicle is in gear, and you have >>the current messy situation. > > What genius came up with that idea? Microsoft...
From: Mike Hunter on 30 Jan 2010 22:43
Sure, down a mountain. Jay Leno said the CHIP clocked a Prius doing 48 MPH, when the throttle stuck "Tom W. Butts" <corn(a)cob.com> wrote in message news:4b64c162.34763687(a)news.eternal-september.org... > On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:58:58 -0500, > =?iso-2022-jp?q?Hachiroku_=1B$B%O%A%m%=2F=1B=28B?= <Trueno(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"? >> >> > > > A Scion can do 90? > > > > > |