I almost crashed into one of my teachers today

"sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg)
05/12/2015 at 16:01 • Filed to: None

On the way to school I made a dumb lane change and almost smashed into the back of my gym teacher’s Accord. I stopped just in time (thank you good brakes/ABS), and stopped so hard that all the stuff in my car went flying. Curiosly, when I stopped, !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . I turned the key and it fired right back up. Is there any such thing as an emergency shut-off, or stopping a car so violently you kill the engine? It’s an automatic.

DISCUSSION (15)

EL_ULY > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
05/12/2015 at 16:04

nope. My c6 did that when I had some leaky secondary air hoses and a very dirty throttle. After i fixed that, it never stalled ever again. An easy test is to sit there at idle and tap the throttle a couple times quickly letting it get back to idle everytime. Just some quick random light throttle taps being throttle off more than on

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > EL_ULY
05/12/2015 at 16:04

I just got the car back from the mechanic a week or two ago. Clean bill of health, only lines that were an issue were the washer fluid lines.

EL_ULY > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
05/12/2015 at 16:08

hmmm.... welp, try that test and see if it stalls. It is not supposed to turn off. Leak in the brake vacuum system is also possible. Something like that will not be that noticeable in the pedal of brake performance but would stall the engine due to extra unmetered air. Try the test first

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
05/12/2015 at 16:10

There were some teachers I'd have loved to crash into... There are 2 ways to take that. I mean the same way you almost did.

What is the car? Many Ford's have a fuel cutoff that's supposed to prevent a fire in a crash. I knew someone who did just what you did, and the sudden stop was apparently enough to activate the cutoff.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > EL_ULY
05/12/2015 at 16:12

Actually, some (all?) Fords, and probably some other makes, have a fuel cutoff that is supposed to prevent fire in a crash. You can activate it by accident if you brake hard enough.

EL_ULY > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
05/12/2015 at 16:14

Yeah that inertia thing or something. His car doesn’t have that. If for some reason it did, the hazard lights would flash afterwards

dogisbadob > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
05/12/2015 at 16:15

Is it a teacher you like or a teacher you hate? :p

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
05/12/2015 at 16:53

1. I worded that very carefully to make it mean what it did, and not the other one.

2. 2001 Audi

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > dogisbadob
05/12/2015 at 16:54

ranwhenparked > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
05/12/2015 at 19:10

Wow, given the time of the year, you may have come *this* close to living the plot of Good Burger .

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
05/13/2015 at 07:09

EL_ULY's right then... no cutoff switch. It's built into the airbag system on Audis.

BloodlessWeevil > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
05/13/2015 at 08:11

How full was the gas tank? Fuel sloshing could have temporarily starved it of fuel. It will turn off to prevent damage, and you must restart the car to restart the pump.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > BloodlessWeevil
05/13/2015 at 09:51

Near empty.

BloodlessWeevil > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
05/13/2015 at 10:24

Realized my last comment was a little ambiguous. I am talking about the fuel pump. Perfectly normal, and it likely will not happen if you try to reproduce it with more gas in the tank. Is there a fuel light? It should have illuminated if I am right about this.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > BloodlessWeevil
05/13/2015 at 10:29

There is a low fuel warning light, and it was illuminated the entire time. I may try to reproduce it with a full tank, and then again with an empty tank.