On Sun, 24 Dec 2006 01:28:19 -0500, GatorMan wrote:
:>I didn't think I would have to deal with an idiot right off the bat. :>You have wonderful hindsight Brent, and it is just that, HIND-SIGHT. :>All this occured in a matter of two minutes.
You spent two minutes bouncing around because you couldn't think to turn the key off, but Brent is the idiot?
I was busy just trying to :>avoid things, you idiot.
Was common sense one of them? Haven't you ever considered what you'd do in different driving situations?
You must be a riot driving on snow.
As for the brakes, I got a test for you Brent. :>Put your vehicle in drive, rev it up to 5000 rpm's and then put on your :>brakes. Continue to keep your foot on the gas pedal. Let me know if it :>stops. Don't do this on any crowded streets. And don't stand in front of :>the car........ :>Ron
Heh, don't try and drag everyone else down to your level of stupidity.....
Sell the car and get ourself a Vespa.
:>Brent P wrote: :>> In article , GatorMan wrote: :>
:>> :>>>We went to visit a friend this evening to check out the Christmas :>>>Lights. Upon leaving to come home around 6:30 the Mustang took off all :>>>by itself. I backed out of his driveway and as soon as I put the car in :>>>drive the engine revved up all by itself. I put not one but both feet on :>>>the brakes and could not stop it. :>> :>> :>> Not possible. No stock street vehicle has enough power to overcome it's :>> braking system. Personally I had _ONE_ rear drum brake stick on a '75 :>> maverick and it could barely move. (oddly enough I had the throttle :>> stick one day when starting it up, I just turned it off and freed the :>> linkage, lubed it and went on with my day) In rec.autos.tech there is :>> thread on a vehicle that has a braking problem where the brakes, all :>> four are dragging and his car can't move under it's own power until the :>> brakes release. No, there is no way that you can be on the brakes and :>> the car get away from you if the brakes are in good servicable condition. :>> :>> :>>>The engine would not slow down or go :>>>back to idle. All I could do was steer and try to avoid hitting things. :>> :>> :>> Never thought of turning the key off? :>> :>> :>>>Well I missed the first house in my path, but went up on the lawn of the :>>>second home and hit a Cadillac in the driveway. I careened of the Caddy :>>>and made a 90 degree turn going across the street into a driveway :>>>hitting the garage and finally coming to a stop. :>> :>> :>> Sounding more like a troll. :>> :>> :>>>When I get the car back from the body shop, I am thinking it needs a :>>>dead-man switch installed. The least I can do for my family's safety. :>> :>> :>> Or you could just turn the key off. (of course maybe just not confuse :>> the pedals in the future) :>> :>> :>>>Drive careful, with those Mustangs (with the drive by wire systems). :>> :>> :>> Throttle by wire or throttle cable sticking, same difference, turn off :>> the key. :>> :>>