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Sep 12, 2005 | 09:41 PM

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alycat

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From: st. louis missouri

Jumping from car

I think she jumped from the car because she did not no what else to do comming up on a big intersection. I know this happened because it was about 1/2 mile from my house. I personally would have blared on the horn and flashed my lights. This problem also caused the engine to not be able to be shut off. I guess you never know what you would do in some situations. Crazy though

Sep 13, 2005 | 01:34 PM

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BlueOval5.0

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From: Long Island, New York

You could always shift to neutral to slow down and gently pull on the emergency brake if hooking your toe under the gas pedal doesn't work. You'd probably blow the motor by shifting to N but it would save your life.

Sep 13, 2005 | 08:57 PM

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mdntblu

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You wouldn't blow the engine by shifting to Neutral because there is a revlimiter and it will max out at like 3500 rpms. that would have been the smartest thing to do. Also by doing that it might have released the cruise control.

How did a thread on brakes end up a thread on sticking cruise controls?

Sep 13, 2005 | 11:27 PM

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gas_turbine_boy

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From: Des Moines

brake blues

I had to replace my rotors and pads at 30,000 miles. Seems the rotors are designed to wear out instead of warping. I'm not happy about this at all, but that's the only problem I've had so I'm still happy overall.

Sep 14, 2005 | 09:09 PM

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bananaboat

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Originally Posted by Nateid15

But who the heck jumps out of a moving truck, muchless at 60mph???
Why didnt she just shut it off???

In a panic you may not think as clearly. Way back in my youth, I was a passenger in an old Chevy Impala. Seems the gas would sometimes stick and the owner would floor it real quick and that would cause the gas to release. I didn't know anything about this problem and the owner was apparently putting off having it checked. We were coming upon a one lane bridge in the rain and another car was starting to cross. The gas stuck, he floored it and it stayed floored. We went off the side of the bridge and struck a tree. Good thing since there was a natural gas line on the other side of the tree.

In that quick instance, I don't think any of us thought about jumping, pulling the emergency brake, slamming it out of drive or anything else. We were just wide-eyed and screaming. Nobody was hurt though it took a crane to pull the car out of the creek.