Re: unintended flames

[STEADIRIC@aol.com]

> The vast majority of the un-intended accel claims that were made 
>     against audi in the mid eighties were made by people who got in their 
>     car and it "drove itself into the garage wall or another car or some 
>     other object"
>     There is no way that ANY audi can overcome it's brakes from a dead 
>     stop. And realistically, if the person is just starting out, the car 
>     is at a dead stop.

Todd I agree with you Whole heartedly!

Many of you folks know how I relax.  I race in IMSA (Camel lights are 
fun!) And I can stop those cars with my foot flat on the gas.... Just 
like my Q. I also instruct for the likes of Skip Barber and others (I 
teach the instructors to teach also....) And in the time that I have been 
racing and teaching I have yet to see a car drive it's self into a wall 
or another car.  These cars are not Christine.  They are blunt 
instruments that ONLY do what you ask them to.  These people that ran 
into there garages for the most part were "Conquest" owners meaning that 
used to own for the most part GM products, and the STOOD on the gas when 
they thought they were on the brakes.  Even with the NHTSA tried to rig a 
tranny by applying over 500psi to one of the control valves in the 
slushbox the car could still be stopped with the brakes.  If you want to 
find out for yourself go find a nice STRAIGHT road that's pretty long and 
empty. Accelerate to 60mph and stop the car as fast as you can and 
measure the distance.  Do this again but this time when your on the 
brakes stand on the gas.... The diference will be about ONE car 
length......

Later!


Eric Fletcher
'87 5KCSTQIA2RSR2B

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