Re: [doc] Stuck Throttle....
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Re: [doc] Stuck Throttle....



Well i must just be getting old.... But i like the press the pedal 
and 'go' feeling.... maybe i should have just gone for a corsa :) :)

Hey Claire . ... hows that move coming on ?

Kind Regards

Mike
#2001 / 403



--- In doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Martin Gutkowski - DMC Ltd 
<martin@...> wrote:
>
> No, it's a degree of disconnection from the car that I don't like. 
You 
> can't control how the engine relates to the ground. I've had some 
> hair-raising experiences in automatics (not D's) - one example is 
> slamming on the anchors, locking up (which was scary enough) 
stalling as 
> a result, and engine-not-being-connected-directly-to-wheels, the 
bugger 
> didn't re-start when I came off the pedal. On a blind corner in 
the dark 
> and rain. With a dodgy starter.
> 
> I don't like the way you start "learning" where to throttle the 
engine 
> on a particular corner or roundabout to stop the thing changing 
gear at 
> the wrong moment. Maybe I'd just be happy with the best the engine 
has 
> got in that gear, but oh no, you  want to kick down..... Mainly 
aimed 
> the modern ones with too many gears
> 
> OK rant over :-)
> 
> Martin
> 
> Mike Bosworth wrote:
> 
> >Yes thats the spirt.... Its only 'Autobox Envy' at the end of the 
> >day :) 
> >
> >Mike
> >#2001- Now with 45 Watts RMS per Channel CD player....feel the 
> >power  :):)
> >  
> >
>






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