Runaway BMW

[hitman67]

I always thought that the Vaccum ran off the engine anyway, so if he shut the ignition off, the engine spinning would still keep them pumped.

[badass]

depends where the vacuum is taken from - if its coming from above the throttle (but below the air filter) there will be more of a vacuum at full throttle than at no throttle..

Hugh

Have you ever seen a car that does this?
They dont because generally when you need the brakes you haven't floored it

Secondly there wont be much of a vacum between the air filter and the throttle butterfly.

[Konan555]

The 318 not have ABS as standard then?

[5lab]

Have you ever seen a car that does this?
They dont because generally when you need the brakes you haven't floored it

Secondly there wont be much of a vacum between the air filter and the throttle butterfly.

depends how efficient the air filter is..

on dervs the vacuum runs off a separate pump (i think)

either way, hbrake would still work, and if you got it to lock the rear wheels for a sec, it'd stall the engine, jobs a goodun

[Big RICHARD]

depends how efficient the air filter is..

on dervs the vacuum runs off a separate pump (i think)

either way, hbrake would still work, and if you got it to lock the rear wheels for a sec, it'd stall the engine, jobs a goodun

130 with locked rear wheels?

[mart_haj86]

What can i say if anyone has read theregister article, then they will know that its nothing to do with power steering, automatic gearbox or ABS.. but it is infact the rise of the machines, were all doomed i tell thee.... doomed!

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/13/satanic_bmw/

[davidstone28]

I believe this is far more sinister than we could have imagined, is this the end of life as we know it, see the link below...

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/13/satanic_bmw/

What can i say if anyone has read theregister article, then they will know that its nothing to do with power steering, automatic gearbox or ABS.. but it is infact the rise of the machines, were all doomed i tell thee.... doomed!

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/13/satanic_bmw/

Ummm.......

[Konan555]

What can i say if anyone has read theregister article, then they will know that its nothing to do with power steering, automatic gearbox or ABS.. but it is infact the rise of the machines, were all doomed i tell thee.... doomed!

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/13/satanic_bmw/

Erm.

Nope, at no point does that explain why he couldn't kill the igntion and bring it to a stop.

[badass]

I think, details aside we all agree that the guy was a prick, his non survival would benefitted both the economy and the gene pool, and that he could have killed the ignition without any more dangerous results than leaving it on.
One final thing. When he realised teh throttle was stuck, why didn't he go to the hard shoulder and just jam the brakes on. at 70 MPH even working agains the engine the car would stop before the braked faded.
He should be chraged with gross negligence in teh same way any other prick that makes stupid decisions that result in very dangerous situations would.

[Konan555]

I think, details aside we all agree that the guy was a prick, his non survival would benefitted both the economy and the gene pool

Just one detail.

He owns a BMW

[grizzla]

i've never had difficulty pulling a manual out of gear with any throttle position - due to the way manuals work (with syncromesh) its firm, but by no means impossible..

I ocassionally find myself changing gear without the clutch, just all about timing, how this guy couldn't do so in an auto is beyond belief. As for BMW sticky accelerator pedals, my dads began to stick, however it wasn't permanent it just didnt move so it would take longer to pull off the power, simple trip to the local dealer sorted out the fault.