Unintended acceleration

[Bill Rowe]

well, i really didn't offer any ideas, just my personal exp.  not sure i'd
want to reproduce it again.  could get in a lot of trouble if it happens in
traffic.  go easy young fella!

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Donohue [mailto:donohue at netconnx.net]
Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2000 5:30 PM
To: Bill Rowe
Cc: quattro at audifans.com; 200q20v Mailing List
Subject: Re: Unintended acceleration


Thanks to Bob, Al, Chris, Carter and Bill for the ideas.  BTW, did a 50 mile
round trip today and could not reproduce the problem.  Will check the
several
ideas set out and will let you all know what I found.  Thanks again.  Tom

Bill Rowe wrote:

> wow!  did that require a change of undies when you got home?  had a
similar
> situation on my '72 suzuki gt750 a few yrs ago when one of the carb slides
> stuck wide open.  scared the s**t out of me.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: quattro-admin at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com]On
> Behalf Of Tom Donohue
> Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2000 10:53 AM
> To: quattro at audifans.com
> Cc: 200q20v Mailing List
> Subject: Unintended acceleration
>
> Hi all...had an unusual occurrance last night on my way home from
Christmas
> dinner.  Just reached the bypass where I was able to pass some slower
> traffic, floored the 200q20v and the throttle stuck wide open.  The pedal
> was
> not stuck...put my foot under it thinking this would help...and it didn't.
> I
> tried braking, hoping that it would help...and it didn't.  Finally
> disengaged
> the clutch, steered to the right, planning to shut it down.  The engine
> revved to 7k+, then returned to idle as if nothing ever happened, and
> continued operating normally for the last 15 miles or so to home.  I
haven't
> seen any similar pattern before, nor have I heard of same.   Anyone have
any
> similar experiences or ideas?  Regards, Tom Donohue
>
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