Deadly floor mats?! - Page 3

Tmall · 09-17-2009, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by goof2

What kind of car is it, BMW?

No, a Pontiac G6. It has electric power steering however..

Particle Man · 09-17-2009, 10:49 PM

something's fishy...

I learned to drive on a car that was notorious for the carbs freezing in the winter... several times the sucker froze open and I shoved it in neutral and shut the thing off (flooded the piss out of the thing too).

At the time, it was in the DMV manual what to do if the accelerator got stuck.

Gas Man · 09-18-2009, 12:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Trip

A 50 second call plus the time it takes to make the call and get an answer and you still can't figure out that all you had to do was brake and kill the engine. My first thought would be to reach for the keys...

No fuckin shit.

Turn the freakin car off. If you can figure out to call 911 but can't do this... you deserve to die. We need to bleach out some of the population!

RACER X · 09-18-2009, 10:24 AM

weird thing is, dude was a CHP........you'd think he'd be used to quick decisions......

Kaneman · 09-18-2009, 10:28 AM

I'm tellin you, there's no way he didn't do this on purpose.

karl_1052 · 01-07-2010, 02:17 PM

http://www.caranddriver.com/features...tion-tech_dept

Looks like the car will stop with the throttel pinned.

goof2 · 01-07-2010, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by karl_1052

http://www.caranddriver.com/features...tion-tech_dept

Looks like the car will stop with the throttel pinned.

No real surprise. It also comes as no real surprise that Toyota still has to spend up to a quarter of a billion dollars to repair its image in the court of public opinion.

Particle Man · 01-07-2010, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by goof2

No real surprise. It also comes as no real surprise that Toyota still has to spend up to a quarter of a billion dollars to repair its image in the court of public opinion.

Yep, just like the Firestone/Explorer thing and rollover "Accidents"

goof2 · 01-07-2010, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Particle Man

Yep, just like the Firestone/Explorer thing and rollover "Accidents"

About the only good thing is we haven't seen another occurrence like Dateline NBC in the early 90s with GM trucks.

Smittie61984 · 01-10-2010, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by goof2

About the only good thing is we haven't seen another occurrence like Dateline NBC in the early 90s with GM trucks.

Hahaha. I remember reading about that a while back. Didn't they purposely put some kind of accelerant to make the tanks explode?

That Lexus probably had 4wheel disc brakes that could stop a nuclear powered freight train. Major fail on their part.

09-17-2009, 10:49 PM	#2
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09-18-2009, 10:24 AM	#4
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09-18-2009, 10:28 AM	#5
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01-07-2010, 02:17 PM	#6
karl_1052 sergeant hatred Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Ottawa Moto: The bus Posts: 2,723	http://www.caranddriver.com/features...tion-tech_dept Looks like the car will stop with the throttel pinned. __________________ My wife was afraid of the dark...then she saw me naked and now she's afraid of the light.