From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   The Real Bev   wrote:   
   >>>   
   >> A faulty IAC has been known to do that.   
   >   
   >I'm pretty sure you don't mean Infrastructure As Code here.   
      
   It's what people did after automatic chokes, but before fully controlled   
   injection systems.   
      
   >The guy   
   >opined that there might be instantaneous computer problems that would   
   >allow the thing to reset itself in pedal-to-the-metal mode, but that was   
   >just a guess.  The only symptom was sudden total acceleration requiring   
   >serious hard braking to stop.  I don't think my mom could have done it.   
      
   A -modern- car has a computer that logs everything, and so you could actually   
   see what was going in and coming out during the incident, after the fact.   
      
   An -old- car has a mechanically operated throttle so you could physically   
   inspect the throttle mechanism and cable and see possible failures.   
      
   The problem is that THIS is a car that is in-between the -modern- and -old-   
   eras.  It has a computer system, but not a very good one, and not one with   
   proper diagnostic interfaces.  It's in a gap.   
   --scott   
      
   --   
   "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."   
      
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