Comments on: Car travels for 30 minutes with accelerator jammed http://www.leftlanenews.com/car-travels-for-30-minutes-with-accelerator-jammed.html Car news, reviews, and specs for the auto-industry Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:43:39 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: The Drain http://www.leftlanenews.com/car-travels-for-30-minutes-with-accelerator-jammed.html/comment-page-1#comment-6829 The Drain Tue, 14 Mar 2006 05:45:53 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/03/13/car-travels-for-30-minutes-with-accelerator-jammed/#comment-6829 my Firefly did that sometimes...i simply shut it off when it does. what an idiot. in regards to it being fake, i think i saw it posted on teh BBC site...lol. my Firefly did that sometimes…i simply shut it off when it does. what an idiot.

in regards to it being fake, i think i saw it posted on teh BBC site…lol.

]]> By: Olaf Fermum http://www.leftlanenews.com/car-travels-for-30-minutes-with-accelerator-jammed.html/comment-page-1#comment-6817 Olaf Fermum Tue, 14 Mar 2006 04:53:08 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/03/13/car-travels-for-30-minutes-with-accelerator-jammed/#comment-6817 This is a fake. The same story appeared in the US press a couple of months ago - and was revealed as a fraud. This is a fake. The same story appeared in the US press a couple of months ago – and was revealed as a fraud.

]]> By: Chris G http://www.leftlanenews.com/car-travels-for-30-minutes-with-accelerator-jammed.html/comment-page-1#comment-6691 Chris G Mon, 13 Mar 2006 18:55:52 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/03/13/car-travels-for-30-minutes-with-accelerator-jammed/#comment-6691 Has anybody considered: what are the chances of a 318i going 135 mph? Even the E90 318i not available in the US has a Vmax of 130 mph. But that's minor. He could have been going downhill. Also, if there's no traffic around, 70 mph might be slow enough to slowly pull the emergency brake and skid the car to a halt. And I'm with #4. I find it hard to believe that all those systems could go wrong at once. Has anybody considered: what are the chances of a 318i going 135 mph? Even the E90 318i not available in the US has a Vmax of 130 mph. But that’s minor. He could have been going downhill. Also, if there’s no traffic around, 70 mph might be slow enough to slowly pull the emergency brake and skid the car to a halt. And I’m with #4. I find it hard to believe that all those systems could go wrong at once.

]]> By: Tim G http://www.leftlanenews.com/car-travels-for-30-minutes-with-accelerator-jammed.html/comment-page-1#comment-6690 Tim G Mon, 13 Mar 2006 18:50:48 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/03/13/car-travels-for-30-minutes-with-accelerator-jammed/#comment-6690 Maybe he couldn't keep up with the payments and figured BMW would buy it off of him just to shut him up. That's not insurance fraud, is it? Maybe he couldn’t keep up with the payments and figured BMW would buy it off of him just to shut him up. That’s not insurance fraud, is it?

]]> By: Joel A http://www.leftlanenews.com/car-travels-for-30-minutes-with-accelerator-jammed.html/comment-page-1#comment-6685 Joel A Mon, 13 Mar 2006 18:04:50 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/03/13/car-travels-for-30-minutes-with-accelerator-jammed/#comment-6685 WTF? Makes no sense. This some sort of smear campaign against BMW? WTF? Makes no sense. This some sort of smear campaign against BMW?

]]> By: nikivee http://www.leftlanenews.com/car-travels-for-30-minutes-with-accelerator-jammed.html/comment-page-1#comment-6662 nikivee Mon, 13 Mar 2006 16:23:49 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/03/13/car-travels-for-30-minutes-with-accelerator-jammed/#comment-6662 Total BS. I guess he couldn't turn off the ignition? . BS. Total BS. I guess he couldn’t turn off the ignition?
. BS.

]]> By: Monkeybars http://www.leftlanenews.com/car-travels-for-30-minutes-with-accelerator-jammed.html/comment-page-1#comment-6659 Monkeybars Mon, 13 Mar 2006 15:14:43 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/03/13/car-travels-for-30-minutes-with-accelerator-jammed/#comment-6659 Chris, did you read it? Apparently he couldn't shift into neutral. And Jim, the brakes didn't fail, not until he had been on them for 30 minutes. As per turning the car off, well some people are just dumb. Yeah, I'm calling it a fake too. But hey, maybe this will teach more people to drive standard. Chris, did you read it? Apparently he couldn’t shift into neutral. And Jim, the brakes didn’t fail, not until he had been on them for 30 minutes.

As per turning the car off, well some people are just dumb. Yeah, I’m calling it a fake too. But hey, maybe this will teach more people to drive standard.

]]> By: Jim in LA http://www.leftlanenews.com/car-travels-for-30-minutes-with-accelerator-jammed.html/comment-page-1#comment-6658 Jim in LA Mon, 13 Mar 2006 15:11:32 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/03/13/car-travels-for-30-minutes-with-accelerator-jammed/#comment-6658 what are the chances of an accelerator cable failure, complete braking system failure, automatic shifting failure and an ignition failure, all at once? pretty slim. this guy's trying to get his picture into one of those awful british murdoch-owned tabloids. probably worked, too. what are the chances of an accelerator cable failure, complete braking system failure, automatic shifting failure and an ignition failure, all at once?

pretty slim. this guy’s trying to get his picture into one of those awful british murdoch-owned tabloids. probably worked, too.

]]> By: Icheb http://www.leftlanenews.com/car-travels-for-30-minutes-with-accelerator-jammed.html/comment-page-1#comment-6657 Icheb Mon, 13 Mar 2006 15:06:09 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/03/13/car-travels-for-30-minutes-with-accelerator-jammed/#comment-6657 "They were braking ok, they were keeping me at about 70mph." That should be proof enough for anyone that this is fake. Brakes are always stronger than the car's capability to accelerate, so how is it possible that he could only decelerate to about 70mph? I call guys like these attention-whores ;) . “They were braking ok, they were keeping me at about 70mph.”

That should be proof enough for anyone that this is fake. Brakes are always stronger than the car’s capability to accelerate, so how is it possible that he could only decelerate to about 70mph?

I call guys like these attention-whores ;) .

]]> By: Madcapp http://www.leftlanenews.com/car-travels-for-30-minutes-with-accelerator-jammed.html/comment-page-1#comment-6654 Madcapp Mon, 13 Mar 2006 14:21:16 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/03/13/car-travels-for-30-minutes-with-accelerator-jammed/#comment-6654 That's gotta be a fraud, like chris said...I've never seen a car that can't be shifted into neutral from drive, and if all else fails, you could just shut it off for a few seconds, and then turn the key enough to unlock the steering column as you coast to a stop. That’s gotta be a fraud, like chris said…I’ve never seen a car that can’t be shifted into neutral from drive, and if all else fails, you could just shut it off for a few seconds, and then turn the key enough to unlock the steering column as you coast to a stop.

]]> By: Chris http://www.leftlanenews.com/car-travels-for-30-minutes-with-accelerator-jammed.html/comment-page-1#comment-6650 Chris Mon, 13 Mar 2006 14:00:47 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/03/13/car-travels-for-30-minutes-with-accelerator-jammed/#comment-6650 Umm, how about putting the car in neutral and shutting it off? Umm, how about putting the car in neutral and shutting it off?

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