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Re: The future: EVs or ICEs?
« Reply #15 on: 14 March 2024, 13:27:45 »

IIRC a Sierra Cosworth driver tried the same tale in the day .....

As I've posted on here before, I had a genuine runaway in my old 3.0S. I floored it to do an overtake and when I pulled back in, the car was still pulling like a train. Luckily I was able to turn off the ignition and slow down to a stop. The throttle cable had frayed and wouldn't return up the cable sleeve. It was quite a hairy moment.  ;D
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Re: The future: EVs or ICEs?
« Reply #16 on: 14 March 2024, 15:21:15 »

It happened to me years ago coming off the M62 just before Liverpool. I was driving some sort of Citroen (can't remember the model, I was drunk at the time)  ;D


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Re: The future: EVs or ICEs?
« Reply #17 on: 14 March 2024, 17:31:50 »

The throttle cable broke on my Chevette HS and I drove it around for a few days with the remains of the old cable running through the heater vent into the car and used it as a hand throttle.
That got a bit hairy at times.  ;D
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