From: bashley101@gmail.com   
      
   On 02/10/2022 03:10 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   The first time it happened scared the shit out of me.  I had to decide   
   whether to drive the 80 miles home or call the auto club.  I drove.   
   The next 10 or so were just a problem to be dealt with, ultimately by   
   buying a Corolla!  Nothing but brake pads, oil changes and a "cabin air   
   filter" in 6 years.   
      
   > 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.   
      
   There was some sort of code that could be read out, but NOBODY knew what   
   it meant.  It may simply have been garbled.   
      
   > An -old- car has a mechanically operated throttle so you could physically   
   > inspect the throttle mechanism and cable and see possible failures.   
      
   There were parts of the system that were replaced, and they possibly   
   cause the different behavior.  OTOH, it could have just been an evil   
   car.  I lean toward the latter explanation.   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Damn thing deserved to die, but I'm really sorry about the money I spent   
   on it and the new parts that probably got crushed.  I would have thought   
   that things that weren't specific to that car might legally be saved --   
   tires, for instance.   
      
      
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   Cheers, Bev   
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