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steven johnson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 11:11 AM Original message |
Toyota accelerator stuck? Push on the keyless ignition button for three seconds, get into neutral |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
1. But with the engine off, you lose your power steering |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 11:19 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. not the end of the world.. |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 11:21 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Could be if you are driving on a mountain road |
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Tsar_Bomba (194 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 12:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. I had a timing belt break on the turnpike |
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gristy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 11:19 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. life is full of tradeoffs |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 11:22 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. If you put the car in Neutral then stop |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 11:34 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. The engine won't even blow up. |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 11:21 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. But not with the Prius, which uses an electronic drive system. I checked. |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 11:24 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. LOL |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 11:44 AM Response to Reply #1 |
13. There was a time when cars/trucks did not have power steering, and |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 12:18 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. No offense, but this is a ridiculous statement. Those cars' steering didn't drop out at 80 mph... |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 01:05 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. No offense taken. It is a fact that we didn't always have power |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 01:08 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. One of the first cars I test drove as a 16 yo was a Ford Escort "pony" |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 01:58 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. My car as a high school senior in 1959 - 60 was a 1949 Pontiac |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 02:13 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. The steering geometry on the Pontiac was designed for no power assist... |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 12:22 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. A car without power steering steers easier than... |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 01:12 PM Response to Reply #13 |
27. There was a time when cars didn't need batteries, but remove one from a modern car and you're fucked |
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Craftsman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
2. And in about 2 second of that you slam into the back of the guy in front of you. |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
9. PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL FIRST. Then when it has slowed down enough, turn off the engine /nt |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
10. In those three seconds you go the length of a football field. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 11:35 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Just shift into neutral and leave the engine to do whatever it does. (NT) |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 12:02 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. The point is by the time you do that, you may have already hit something |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 01:02 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. "Sudden Acceleration" isn't magic and your brakes *WILL* be fully effective for at least a few... |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 07:15 PM Response to Reply #14 |
40. A reaction time of 0.05 sec.? |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 05:13 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Oops you're right. 0 POINT 5 too late to edit |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 01:12 PM Response to Reply #10 |
26. Try the brakes - they work (unless you kill the ignition). |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 01:52 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Thats what I used to think too. We were both wrong. Look |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 02:01 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Wow - those have to be bad brakes, right? I had no sound when I watched... |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 02:10 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. No, they were good brakes on a brand new car as far as I could tell |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 05:40 PM Response to Reply #31 |
44. Wow! And look at that; the VW has a brake override system |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
15. On my '68 LeMans I'd put the edge of my sole under the accelerator and pull up |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
16. If the solution was so simple, why have so many people died from this? |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 01:05 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Hundreds of thousands of people crash every year even when *NOTHING* is wrong with their cars. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 01:38 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. You're simply blinded by ignorance, Toyota has admitted to serious issues with their cars |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 02:02 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. Listen to me carefully: *I DON'T EXCUSE TOYOTA ONE BIT*. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 02:06 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. (sigh) you can't blame the drivers, it's that simple |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 07:04 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Different situation entirely. A car losing the use of a wheel is quite different... |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 05:15 PM Response to Reply #16 |
42. You mean all five? In two different accidents? |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
17. This is bad advice. Unrec. nt |
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Trailrider1951 (933 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
19. Ok, I just talked to the service manager at Round Rock Toyota |
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mucifer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 07:12 PM Response to Reply #19 |
39. I have a 2007 Prius and I feel it accelerate a bit sometimes when I hit a bumb. |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
29. I think they need an engine eject button... |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 01:50 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. It's more like they have one of thise red self-destruct buttons |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
43. Why not get into neutral before wasting three seconds on a ridiculous ignition button? |
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