Re: Another wonderful(not) Audi defect

[Richard Beels <beels@technologist.com>]

Hapened to me on Highway 80 at, oh, about 85 mph when I was cresting a hill
and saw an Ohio Smokey sitting in the median.  I know from personal
experience that the brakes will out-power the accel in a Q.  Unintended
acceleration?  Not!

At 08:51 AM 11/19/1998 ,  Dave Aukerman was inspired to say:
>  Driving down a two lane road yesterday when I noticed the acel. pedal had a
>  fair amount of resistence. i.e. would not go down.  Push a little harder
>  and BOOM, WOT.  Problem was the pedal did not return and meanwhile the car
>  is in 5th(thankfully) and running like a stuck pig.  Turned key off and
>  coasted into someone driveway, pop hood and found that the rod which runs
>  parallel to the accel. cable and opperates the cruise control vaccum had
>  popped out of place and wedged itself between the fuel injection lines. 
>  After removing the rod and tossing it in the car and everything is fine. 
>  Makes me want to grab the rat b*stard that designed this setup and beat the
>  !@#$!%$^$#@%^%&^% out of him.  Considering that 45min later I would have
>  been in rush hour traffic in Indy makes the blood run even hotter.  


Cheers,
	Richard
	88 90Q "Hannu" - K+N, new vac hoses, still 0.0 bar....
	88 Golf GTi - PRO Rally