[s-cars] Broken Plastic yields red line auto

[Robert Myers]

And lose steering?  No thank you.  Stop the car with massive braking 
and THEN turn the key off.

At 10:41 PM 1/8/2007, djdawson2 at aol.com wrote:
>Yep... seen it on a number of Audis, and it can be dangerous.  Food 
>for thought... turn the key off.
>
>Dave
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: calvinyoung at cox.net
>To: s-car-list at audifans.com
>Sent: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 7:43 PM
>Subject: [s-cars] Broken Plastic yields red line auto
>
>
>Guess what guys, a small plastic piece that connects the end of the
>accelerator cable to the throttle body breaks and the engine immediately
>goes to 7000 rpm.  Keep the car out of gear and the engine blows.  Keep the
>car in gear and it goes for the top speed.  Put a foot on the brake to slow
>down the car and the brakes begin to burn up.


Bob
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