BilletHead Posted January 20, 2023 Posted January 20, 2023 This is scary, so scary I wouldn't even make a joke about it! Dang! "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
fishinwrench Posted January 20, 2023 Author Posted January 20, 2023 6 minutes ago, BilletHead said: This is scary, so scary I wouldn't even make a joke about it! Dang! Yeah it is! The first time it happened Amber and I was at Bennett by the bathrooms. I was really glad nobody was walking behind the car. I kinda wondered if my wading boot wasn't partially on the accelerator.....but I really didn't think it was. Today it happened again while heading out of our gravel driveway. I stood on the brake and turned the key off as quickly as I could. Restarted, and of course all was well. Quite the eye-opener. BilletHead 1
jdmidwest Posted January 20, 2023 Posted January 20, 2023 Too many electronic sensors to crap out. Modern tech is even worse. I was having a conversation with a tech that was riding with owner in new Ford along the interstate. The collision avoidance was fighting with the lane change sensor, that was fighting with the right hand mirror sensor and locking up brakes on the interstate at 70 mph. He was scared shi less. I like the old school tech. Driver in charge Daryk Campbell Sr 1 "Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously." — Hunter S. Thompson
fishinwrench Posted January 20, 2023 Author Posted January 20, 2023 28 minutes ago, jdmidwest said: Too many electronic sensors to crap out. Modern tech is even worse. I was having a conversation with a tech that was riding with owner in new Ford along the interstate. The collision avoidance was fighting with the lane change sensor, that was fighting with the right hand mirror sensor and locking up brakes on the interstate at 70 mph. He was scared shi less. I like the old school tech. Driver in charge Me too,brother. I am so not a fan of everything being computerized. I want mechanical things that I can SEE, Diagnose issues with, and work on. And of course almost all new outboards and I/O's are going to DTS (Digital Throttle & Shift) nowadays. I'll not be working on them or owning them. Big brother wants it that way so they can shut down drug smugglers and "terrorists" from a satellite in space. Daryk Campbell Sr 1
BilletHead Posted January 20, 2023 Posted January 20, 2023 28 minutes ago, fishinwrench said: Me too,brother. I am so not a fan of everything being computerized. I want mechanical things that I can SEE, Diagnose issues with, and work on. And of course almost all new outboards and I/O's are going to DTS (Digital Throttle & Shift) nowadays. I'll not be working on them or owning them. Big brother wants it that way so they can shut down drug smugglers and "terrorists" from a satellite in space. Think what on star can do right now. Probably way more than we know. Daryk Campbell Sr and Terrierman 2 "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
Flysmallie Posted January 20, 2023 Posted January 20, 2023 18 hours ago, fishinwrench said: Big brother wants it that way so they can shut down drug smugglers and "terrorists" from a satellite in space. Right, because that is working. It's all about profits. Always has been, always will be. fishinwrench 1
fshndoug Posted January 20, 2023 Posted January 20, 2023 Any mechanics on here that might have an idea on what is wrong with Glenn's Tahoe / He is always helping people with boat problems . Daryk Campbell Sr 1
fishinwrench Posted January 20, 2023 Author Posted January 20, 2023 2 hours ago, Flysmallie said: Right, because that is working. It's all about profits. Always has been, always will be. The fact that those kinds things don't work has never stopped them before. Shall we begin a list of mandatory things that do nothing but cost us money and over-complicate our lives? 🙄
Dutch Posted January 21, 2023 Posted January 21, 2023 Find some unsuspecting dealership and trade it off.
tjm Posted January 21, 2023 Posted January 21, 2023 Manufacturers and NHTSA always come to the conclusion that it is always pedal misapplication/user error. There have been a couple of recalls of vehicles with excessive unintended acceleration problems and none have resulted in any other finding. I know this because I had a similar experience with a Taurus and did the research. Big foot and pedals a little too close together. However if the cruise control really isn't disengaging when the brake is applied, I'd disconnect the cruise from the throttle. Brakes should be designed to overcome the engine at WOT regardless of engine size/power, I think. But I might test that in an open area with plenty of stopping room.
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