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Is this Fake News? - srea064 - 27:th-May-2017
Read this tonight and must say it's the best excuse yet for speeding!!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4548156/Horrified-father-s-Vauxhall-Astra-speeds-120mph.html
Is this Fake News? - Jon_es - 27:th-May-2017
Well that sounds a bit silly haha
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RE: Is this Fake News? - Rusty2009 - 28:th-May-2017
Well you can get engine run on from a diesel and as it doesn't need a spark it could well be true.
The only thing you could try and do in that situation would be to put it in 6th gear and let clutch out quickly in the hope it would stall the engine.
Is this Fake News? - Jon_es - 28:th-May-2017
(28:th-May-2017, 08:44:47)Rusty2009 Wrote: Well you can get engine run on from a diesel and as it doesn't need a spark it could well be true.
The only thing you could try and do in that situation would be to put it in 6th gear and let clutch out quickly in the hope it would stall the engine.
Maybe try turning engine off may work, go into lower gear to try limit it? Not much you can do if it is true
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RE: Is this Fake News? - Rusty2009 - 29:th-May-2017
(28:th-May-2017, 11:34:42)Jon_es Wrote:(28:th-May-2017, 08:44:47)Rusty2009 Wrote: Well you can get engine run on from a diesel and as it doesn't need a spark it could well be true.
The only thing you could try and do in that situation would be to put it in 6th gear and let clutch out quickly in the hope it would stall the engine.
Maybe try turning engine off may work, go into lower gear to try limit it? Not much you can do if it is true
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Turning the engine off won't work on a diesel.
Is this Fake News? - Jon_es - 29:th-May-2017
(29:th-May-2017, 07:03:01)Rusty2009 Wrote:(28:th-May-2017, 11:34:42)Jon_es Wrote:(28:th-May-2017, 08:44:47)Rusty2009 Wrote: Well you can get engine run on from a diesel and as it doesn't need a spark it could well be true.
The only thing you could try and do in that situation would be to put it in 6th gear and let clutch out quickly in the hope it would stall the engine.
Maybe try turning engine off may work, go into lower gear to try limit it? Not much you can do if it is true
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Turning the engine off won't work on a diesel.
Thought it might of worked with regards to the injectors? Hmm fair enough
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RE: Is this Fake News? - Boroboy - 29:th-May-2017
(29:th-May-2017, 11:53:14)Jon_es Wrote:(29:th-May-2017, 07:03:01)Rusty2009 Wrote:(28:th-May-2017, 11:34:42)Jon_es Wrote:(28:th-May-2017, 08:44:47)Rusty2009 Wrote: Well you can get engine run on from a diesel and as it doesn't need a spark it could well be true.
The only thing you could try and do in that situation would be to put it in 6th gear and let clutch out quickly in the hope it would stall the engine.
Maybe try turning engine off may work, go into lower gear to try limit it? Not much you can do if it is true
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Turning the engine off won't work on a diesel.
Thought it might of worked with regards to the injectors? Hmm fair enough
Then there's the issue with the steering lock. Gulp!
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Is this Fake News? - Jon_es - 29:th-May-2017
(29:th-May-2017, 23:00:45)Boroboy Wrote:(27:th-May-2017, 22:43:15)srea064 Wrote: Read this tonight and must say it's the best excuse yet for speeding!!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4548156/Horrified-father-s-Vauxhall-Astra-speeds-120mph.html
If the guy had put his foot on the clutch and put it into neutral, would have done the trick. Easier said than done, in panic mode. I suppose.
Yepp when i came of my bike and couldnt move my legs i didnt think to use my phone that was in my pocket.
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RE: Is this Fake News? - Big Dave2 - 30:th-May-2017
(29:th-May-2017, 11:53:14)Jon_es Wrote: thought it might of worked with regards to the injectors? Hmm fair enough
Switching off the injectors won't work as the engine draws fuel from another source.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_engine_runaway
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RE: Is this Fake News? - Ripple - 30:th-May-2017
sorry but if it were me, id dip the clutch and let the engine blow... better than my family dying in a fiery vauxhall mess
RE: Is this Fake News? - tucpal - 31:st-May-2017
I think he was told to drive at and above 2000rpm down the motorway to clear his dpf but they never said stay in 4th he then held his revs at or over 2000rpm but he went up to fifth or sixth gear that would then be about right at 120mph or well over 100mph basically he did not or does not understand how to drive in low revs and keep his speed low and he has no understanding of the speed limit and got nicked in the proses.