[V8] Unintended acceleration

[Seamus O'Carey]

Don't forget that if the UFO's are indeed cooked, I have a complete G60
conversion on my parts car.  A climate control issue probably won't keep the
car from being drivable, but the brakes definitely will.

Either way, keep me posted.

Seamus

On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 10:50 PM, toml99 at todomundo.com <toml99 at todomundo.com
> wrote:

> Well some of you may remember that I'd mentioned that I met an old
> couple(80's?) that had a Indigo Pearl V8(with 250K or so) that they bought
> new, and loved it to death, and the husband(who isn't able to drive anymore)
> figured on spending whatever it took, as it simply to him was the best car
> he's ever owned.  I called their mechanic recently(who's not necessarily a
> German Auto guy), and told him how to blink out the climate control codes,
> and gave him a copy of the manual.  Anyway, got a call tonight from the
> woman, who said the accelerator got stuck while doing 70 on the highway.
>  Luckily nobody got hurt, but before she could get it into neutral, she rode
> the brakes, and now the mechanic is telling them front
> brakes(UFO's)/bearings got cooked, and since it still had a climate control
> issue, he's suggesting it's time to give it up.  She was basically calling
> to ask if I wanted it before they junked it.  I left a message with the
> mechanic, and told him I'll check in with him on Monday.  Either I'm gonna
> help them(with parts) get the beast back on the road which is my 1st
> choice,or end up with a Indigo Pearl(like my 5-speed) parts car.....I'll
> keep you posted....Tom
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