The new "Unintended Acceleration"....?

[tom winter]

> Dan DiBiase wrote:
>> While certainly sorry to hear about this gentleman's accident, I wonder if
> any 5000 owners can comment on the likelihoood of this happening or what
> might have caused it....?
>> 
>> http://www.smdailyjournal.org/article.cfm?issue=09-20-04&storyID=34969
> 
And Kent added:

>While I don't want to add fuel to the fire, so to speak,
> I scorched the foam in my '94 100 S Avant because
> the plastic terminal cover had fallen off the battery,
> causing the metal seat frame to short the battery.
> --
> Kent McLean
> '94 100 S Avant
> '89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy"
> 
Gnarly! I think I better take a look at putting some plastic in my '87 5ktqa
and '89 100cs. Maybe make a customized plastic shield and mount it to the
bottom of the seat in addition to the plastic on the battery terminal?
Still, if things start to go up in smoke, I would hope that I'd have enough
wits about me to get out of the car, and fast!

Tom