[Vwdiesel] Age, Diesel History, and Bonus TDI Tragedy

[Tad]

I guess if he didn't apply full-brake right away he might have blown his
chance by overheating the brakes.

I wonder if this sort of event won't end up causing push-button start to be
banned.  I think it's an annoying 'feature' in any kind of device(computers
too)... I want an ON-OFF switch, not a
ON-PushAndHoldAndHopeItTurnsOffSomeday button.

On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 8:02 PM, Tony and Lillie <
tonyandlillie1 at earthlink.net> wrote:

> I read somewhere the average car has in excess of 1000hp worth of braking
> capacity. So, unless that's one hell of a souped up
> Prius...............................
>
> Tony
>
> ----- Original Message ----- Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Age, Diesel History,
> and Bonus TDI Tragedy
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>  Hard for me to imagine that the brakes couldn't overcome the engine's
>> acceleration, but I'm not bright enough to do the physics calcs to prove
>> it...
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