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From: Sharx35 on 9 Nov 2009 18:03 "Al Falfa" <crop(a)eastforty.fld> wrote in message news:4af876a7$1(a)newsgate.x-privat.org... > > "E. Meyer" <epmeyer50(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > news:C71DA903.1376D%epmeyer50(a)gmail.com... >> Paranoia at the time smeared across all Fords and for a while, all you >> could >> find in the used car lots were used Fords as people dumped them for >> anything >> else. I got a really nice '70 Torino wagon for $150 at the height of the >> craziness. Drove it for 6 months until things settled down & sold it for >> $500. >> > A friend of mine was crushed to death while unloading the trunk of her > Ford when it jumped from park into reverse. Then, of course, there were > the exploding gas tanks on those Chevrolet and GMC pickups. Tort reform. > That's the answer. > > > What kind of idiot would unload the trunk with the engine running and the Parking Brake not engaged?
From: hls on 9 Nov 2009 18:54 "Sharx35" <sharx35(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:md1Km.52154 > > What kind of idiot would unload the trunk with the engine running and the > Parking Brake not engaged? I had the same thoughts, but decided not to post them. People can shortcircuit even a foolproof system
From: Al Falfa on 9 Nov 2009 19:50 "Sharx35" <sharx35(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:md1Km.52154$PH1.8219(a)edtnps82... > > "Al Falfa" <crop(a)eastforty.fld> wrote in message > news:4af876a7$1(a)newsgate.x-privat.org... >> >> "E. Meyer" <epmeyer50(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >> news:C71DA903.1376D%epmeyer50(a)gmail.com... >>> Paranoia at the time smeared across all Fords and for a while, all you >>> could >>> find in the used car lots were used Fords as people dumped them for >>> anything >>> else. I got a really nice '70 Torino wagon for $150 at the height of >>> the >>> craziness. Drove it for 6 months until things settled down & sold it >>> for >>> $500. >>> >> A friend of mine was crushed to death while unloading the trunk of her >> Ford when it jumped from park into reverse. Then, of course, there were >> the exploding gas tanks on those Chevrolet and GMC pickups. Tort reform. >> That's the answer. >> >> >> > > What kind of idiot would unload the trunk with the engine running and the > Parking Brake not engaged? The parking brake was engaged.
From: Sharx35 on 9 Nov 2009 20:21 "Al Falfa" <crop(a)eastforty.fld> wrote in message news:4af8b8ed$1(a)newsgate.x-privat.org... > > "Sharx35" <sharx35(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:md1Km.52154$PH1.8219(a)edtnps82... >> >> "Al Falfa" <crop(a)eastforty.fld> wrote in message >> news:4af876a7$1(a)newsgate.x-privat.org... >>> >>> "E. Meyer" <epmeyer50(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >>> news:C71DA903.1376D%epmeyer50(a)gmail.com... >>>> Paranoia at the time smeared across all Fords and for a while, all you >>>> could >>>> find in the used car lots were used Fords as people dumped them for >>>> anything >>>> else. I got a really nice '70 Torino wagon for $150 at the height of >>>> the >>>> craziness. Drove it for 6 months until things settled down & sold it >>>> for >>>> $500. >>>> >>> A friend of mine was crushed to death while unloading the trunk of her >>> Ford when it jumped from park into reverse. Then, of course, there were >>> the exploding gas tanks on those Chevrolet and GMC pickups. Tort >>> reform. That's the answer. >>> >>> >>> >> >> What kind of idiot would unload the trunk with the engine running and the >> Parking Brake not engaged? > The parking brake was engaged. > Ah, but a FORD parking brake. Fix Or Repair Daily
From: Vic Smith on 9 Nov 2009 20:39
On Mon, 9 Nov 2009 18:50:37 -0600, "Al Falfa" <crop(a)eastforty.fld> wrote: > >"Sharx35" <sharx35(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >news:md1Km.52154$PH1.8219(a)edtnps82... >> >> "Al Falfa" <crop(a)eastforty.fld> wrote in message >> news:4af876a7$1(a)newsgate.x-privat.org... >>> >>> "E. Meyer" <epmeyer50(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >>> news:C71DA903.1376D%epmeyer50(a)gmail.com... >>>> Paranoia at the time smeared across all Fords and for a while, all you >>>> could >>>> find in the used car lots were used Fords as people dumped them for >>>> anything >>>> else. I got a really nice '70 Torino wagon for $150 at the height of >>>> the >>>> craziness. Drove it for 6 months until things settled down & sold it >>>> for >>>> $500. >>>> >>> A friend of mine was crushed to death while unloading the trunk of her >>> Ford when it jumped from park into reverse. Then, of course, there were >>> the exploding gas tanks on those Chevrolet and GMC pickups. Tort reform. >>> That's the answer. >>> >>> >>> >> >> What kind of idiot would unload the trunk with the engine running and the >> Parking Brake not engaged? >The parking brake was engaged. If it was the car wouldn't have moved. But anyway, I never knew a driver that would thing twice about opening the trunk with a car running in park. Anybody who says they've never done it is probably lying. Might be some anal types who use a parking break in flatlands. I never do, and often get in the trunk or check trans fluid level with the engine running and the parking brake not set. Just put it in park. Oh, I'm a real daredevil, ain't I? Evic Ksmith I am. Might be more careful with a strange car, and use the e-brake, but maybe not. Park is park. Fords have had a number of these supposed incidents. There was a supervisor who had his legs broken by a Ford sedan in the steel mills where I worked in 1968. I'm not convinced they weren't "user error." Was it ever proved they could slip from park? Has that ever been determine for ANY car? Most likely the cars were left in gear. Many autos can sit still in gear waiting for a slight engine surge to get them rolling. --Vic |