[s-cars] S-CAR-List Digest, Vol 77, Issue 7

[Darin Nederhoff]

Yup. Been there done that. I think I posted about it on s-cars.org at
the time as well. Rather exciting ride. ;-)

Darin Nederhoff

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On Mar 12, 2010, at 12:40 PM, calvin young <calvinyoung at cox.net> wrote:

> I had an unintended accel on my S4, but it was due to a small part
> made of
> phenolic plastic.  When it breaks, the engine races to redline.  I
> had a
> dickens of a time with it since I could not turn off the engine or
> get the
> car off four lanes of washington rush hour traffic.  I had to mash the
> brakes and let the car engine race until I got over.  I did not want
> to put
> it in neutral and let the engine explode.  When I did get the car
> stopped,
> the manifolds were cherry red.  I replaced the plastic part with one
> I made
> from a steel bolt.  Audi wanted to sell me a $900 replacement part
> (I forget
> the part name).  You would think when the part broke, the gas would
> have
> been cut off rather than allow the spring to take the accelleration
> to max.
>
> Cal
>
>
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>> Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 09:33:22 -0500
>> From: Mark Turczyn <mkturczyn at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [s-cars] NAC - Another Toyota story
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>> Interesting that the pundits have not dredged up the Audi experience
>> with "unintended acceleration".
>>
>> I think electronics is a good bet in this case- which may make any
>> new fly by wire car vulnerable.
>>
>> I had a recent experience in a 2009 S8 that a friend of mine owns.
>> He let me take it for a spin and we were on a long straight when  it
>> started to accelerate hard without me pushing the pedal.  I stepped
>> on the brake and it hauled it down but as soon as I let off the brake
>> it would accelerate hard again.  I did this cycle three times. Then I
>> downshifted manually and still no change.  I did not what to put it
>> into neutral out of fear that the motor would go to redline so I
>> tried one more downshift before I was going to slow down, pull over,
>> and turn off the motor.
>>
>> The extra downshift did the trick but the experience was pretty
>> crazy.   I put my foot into it again and we went on our way.   At the
>> end of the ride I was more upset with the dumb shallow cup holder
>> then I was about the "unintended acceleration" because my friend put
>> his cup/thermos into the cup holder with the top still cranked open
>> and when I pulled a hard right turn the cup landed in my lap and did
>> the hot coffee in the crotch trick.
>>
>>
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>> Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 11:32:45 -0600
>> From: "Bill Mahoney" <wmahoney at disk.com>
>> Subject: [s-cars]  NAC - Another Toyota story
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>> Drive by wire is sort of a new driving experience.
>>
>> On the neu S6 I thought the lag was some trans. defect. only to
>>
>> learn later that (uhmmm) "S" is for Sport mode (not "Second" gear)
>>
>> D'oh what an idiot!   Again
>>
>> "D" is set to shift into second very quickly, "S" holds first until
>> about
>> 3600rpm IIRC.
>>
>> But
>>
>> It is all still wrong.
>>
>> "S" is actually "Suck down gas mode."
>>
>> I figured out all the paddle shifting foolery and wisely turned it
>> over to
>> it's new owner, my wife.
>>
>> All that said, the wide tired, hard riding, stiff seated, uber
>> electrotonic
>> gadgetized, V10, is INsane.
>>
>> Bill~and that's why I like it~M
>>
>>
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