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Alex · 10-02-2009, 02:11 PM

Oh, to your first question. I would say it was 3-4 miles to get myself to a complete stop from the first suspicion that something was wrong. Only a couple minutes but I did spend a fair portion of that going more than 100 miles an hour. I did put the car in neutral for bursts but let me tell you that the noises a car in neutral makes with an open throttle is extremely scary in itself and it feels like you're making a choice between having the car go uncontrollably fast and having the car explode.

ETA: Also, the three other people in the car becoming extremely...excited (to use a nicer word) when they realized what was going on didn't help to make sure I responded to the situation with peak efficiency.

10-02-2009, 02:11 PM	#11
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Oh, to your first question. I would say it was 3-4 miles to get myself to a complete stop from the first suspicion that something was wrong. Only a couple minutes but I did spend a fair portion of that going more than 100 miles an hour. I did put the car in neutral for bursts but let me tell you that the noises a car in neutral makes with an open throttle is extremely scary in itself and it feels like you're making a choice between having the car go uncontrollably fast and having the car explode. ETA: Also, the three other people in the car becoming extremely...excited (to use a nicer word) when they realized what was going on didn't help to make sure I responded to the situation with peak efficiency. Last edited by Alex : 10-02-2009 at 02:22 PM.
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