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I regularly engine off coast, manuals and slushes alike.
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theholycow wrote: In the time it took to call 911, I could think of and type out many options that would have done the job. The 911 operator couldn't think of those ideas either, and also didn't think to send a firetruck to slow down in front of the car.
One of the accident in San Diego that killed 4 people was a loaner Lexus driven by a CHP officer. I find it hard to believe someone in that profession would have time to dial 911 going at 120 mph instead of shifting the thing to neutral. I'd understand if Joe Q Public does not know about the secret neutral handshake.
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scionkid wrote:
theholycow wrote: In the time it took to call 911, I could think of and type out many options that would have done the job. The 911 operator couldn't think of those ideas either, and also didn't think to send a firetruck to slow down in front of the car.
One of the accident in San Diego that killed 4 people was a loaner Lexus driven by a CHP officer. I find it hard to believe someone in that profession would have time to dial 911 going at 120 mph instead of shifting the thing to neutral. I'd understand if Joe Q Public does not know about the secret neutral handshake.
Ive talked to somebody on the phone at 100+.

You would be proficient enough with your phone to dial without looking.\

Also, ive concluded that you must be an absolute idiot if you get in an accident because your throttle locked up.

There are fifty different ways to slow the car. (turn it off, use cruise control cable, etc.
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fa22raptorf22 wrote:I regularly engine off coast, manuals and slushes alike.
Be careful on these crazy, new-age slushboxes. Anything within the last 20 years may have electronic manglement and default to 2nd gear if you shut off the injun and then turn the ignition swish bag to the "on" position. Just be ready for that un-requested downshift.
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Speaking of floor mats:

I got these awesome Michelin floor mats. The bottom is covered with these big star shaped spikes. They aren't going anywhere.

However, they're a bit thick. This restricts my gas pedal to at least 1cm away from the floor if I push it all the way.

I'm wondering if this would prevent me from going WOT noticeably.
I'll probably just cut off the piece under the pedal anyway.
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I never thought that a floor mat could jam your gas pedal. Well, you learn something new every day. I've never seen a mat with some sort of locking mechanism in the bottom nor needed one.

(Also, the steering lock in my car engages only when I remove the key, so I can safely coast with the engine turned off. But then again, when I turned off my engine on the top of the hill that leads down to our cabin, I removed the key without thinking further. Must've been a reflex...)
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fa22raptorf22 wrote:I regularly engine off coast, manuals and slushes alike.
I hope your automatic's oil pump is rear-driven.
scionkid wrote:One of the accident in San Diego that killed 4 people was a loaner Lexus driven by a CHP officer. I find it hard to believe someone in that profession would have time to dial 911 going at 120 mph instead of shifting the thing to neutral. I'd understand if Joe Q Public does not know about the secret neutral handshake.
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jmr wrote:I'm wondering if this would prevent me from going WOT noticeably.
Have you noticed?

Anyway, what's the hurry?
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I'm wondering if this would prevent me from going WOT noticeably.
Have you noticed?
Now you're just making me look silly. :wink:
Anyway, what's the hurry?
None, that's why I asked, I never actually do it. I was just curious.

What I should have asked instead is: is there a limit to how much the throttle opens up when you push down the pedal?
I just wanted to know if that last cm would really do anything.
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theholycow wrote:
fa22raptorf22 wrote:I regularly engine off coast, manuals and slushes alike.
I hope your automatic's oil pump is rear-driven.
Knot a tissue for relatively short-duration coasting. Mower of a tissue when towing more than a little ways.
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NO FLOORMATS FTW!!!


my dad buys the base model so my car didnt even come with floor mats haha
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I've had very thick, stiff floor mats that could easily hold down a gas pedal whether it's bottom-hinge or traditional. They are usually OEM and made specifically to fit the car; they fit very securely, so if something gets caught under you may find it slightly difficult to move them or get the thing unstuck. If it's the gas pedal and you pull it up it could get mashed back down as soon as you let go.

That's still no excuse for calling 911 instead of putting it in neutral and/or killing the engine and/or steering into a ditch and/or steering into a guardrail and/or downshifting (yes, even in an auto, thought it may not go) and/or a million other things.

Rubber flame floor mats FTW!

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theholycow wrote:
Rubber flame floor mats FTW!

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no floor mats FTW! impossible for them to jam the gas
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Don't most cars' floormats have pegs/hooks/anchors of some sort these days?
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Most OEM mats have pegs/hooks/anchors of some sort, and that would make it hold the gas pedal more strongly if it's designed wrong.
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I need a floor mat for the driver footwell.
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