Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:08:04 -0800
Reply-To: David Marshall <mailinglist@FASTFORWARD.CA>
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From: David Marshall <mailinglist@FASTFORWARD.CA>
Subject: Re: No fly-by-wire in MY vanagon.
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It's all crap. 110% crap.
There is no concrete proof of Audi
with unattended acceleration - 60 Minutes blew that out of proportion.
Yes, Toyota is having stuck accelerator issues which is
solved. Some technicians have INCORRECTLY INSTALLED some of the
fixes and that's not the error of drive by wire or Toyota. I have to
LAUGH at the people who call into 911 and say their car is racing out of
control down the highway. Do they do it for their 90 seconds of fame
on CNN? If for some reason your accelerator pedal is stuck what's
wrong with turning OFF the ignition key or if it is a push button stop and
that doesn't work, put the car in NEUTRAL so the owner can apply the
brakes and stop!? So freaking obvious if you ask me!
None of these Toyota issues are from drive by wire accelerator pedals -
or at least the FUNCTION of drive by wire - they are all MECHANICAL
issues.
None of these issues are truly as big as they
are Fox and CNN have to sell advertising and there for they blow up a
small or regular sized story into a supersized one so they they can
ENTERTAIN you from other people's misfortune.
I had my
wasserboxer accelerator pedal stick before - water got into it and froze
and the engine wouldn't stop revving. I guess I should have called
my lawyer and then CNN and made a big fuss out of it. That same
issue will never happen with the drive by wire pedal I have now. I
did have a pedal break on me before - splashed it, it got water inside of
it and the computer when ERROR and stopped recieving input from the pedal
and made the engine idle at 950 rpm - good plan Bosch / Volkswagen!
No crash, no sudden stop, no acceleration just a controlled no more pedal
input and I could safely go to the side of the road. No CNN, no
lawyers, no police or faux drama.
Do you fly? Boeing and
Airbus for well over a decade is now fly by wire. Perhaps that's why
those planes flew into the world trade centers? Quick - call
CNN - there's a connection there!
David Marshall
VW
Adventure Driver and BMW Adventure Rider
HasenWerk
http://www.hasenwerk.ca
On Sat, March 13, 2010 08:44, Al
Knoll wrote:
> With all the kerfluffle over unintended
acceleration, I'm sure glad
> that my van is NOT fly by wire
throttle control. Remembering the Audi
> stuff long ago, it seems
it was decided that the problem ONLY occurred
> in AUDIs with
automatic transmissions. Kinda like pouring coffee in
> your
nether regions and claiming it was the coffee sellers fault.
>
> More here
>
> http://tinyurl.com/yzm2rb2
>
> Sometimes simple is best. (not referring to group members,
just in
> general)
>
> Pensionerd. (has
removable passenger side airbag)
>
