Well if you're really concerned about safety, let's refrain from turning the engine on/off to avoid a tow from your $35/year AAA plan.
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Sun, Dec 16, 2018 at 2:15 PM Matt Hoppes < mattli...@rivervalleyinternet.net> wrote: > Glad you asked Josh. Here’s an exact situation that just happened recently: > > A vehicle threw the serpentine belt. Cluster lights up like a Christmas > tree and temp starts climbing rapidly. > > I’m 7 miles from home. > > Initiate emergency procedures. Going 50mph. Shift to neutral. Shut engine > off and go to ACC mode. > > Passive air cools the engine and gravity continues to propel vehicle. > > Just prior to getting to the bottom of each hill, restart engine whole > vehicle is still moving. Climb hill. Shift to neutral, stop engine. > > Got home without overheating or needing a tow. > > > > But also - let’s assume the throttle stuck or other unanticipated > acceleration event. > > On Dec 16, 2018, at 13:55, Josh Luthman <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> > wrote: > > Why would you emergency shut off the engine? That sounds absolutely > suicidal. > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > > On Sun, Dec 16, 2018 at 1:40 PM Matt Hoppes < > mattli...@rivervalleyinternet.net> wrote: > >> We are looking to refresh one of our SUVs. Everything seems to be going >> push start - which scares me for several reasons: >> >> 1) key fob battery death - leaving you stranded. Apparently with most >> vehicles there are hidden keys and slots. Ok. >> >> 2) needing to perform an emergency engine stop at highway speed. >> Apparently you can hold the stop button for three seconds (which I might >> add can be a very long time and a long distance at 70mph!) >> >> 3) that brings us to 3. Assuming the engine is forced to stop at highway >> speed. How do you: a) put the vehicle into ACC mode so the wheel stays >> unlocked b) attempt a restart of the engine (while shifted to neutral) >> while the vehicle is still moving from previous engine momentum? >> >> Although this may seem trivial. I’ve had 2-3 instances over my 20 years >> of driving where I’ve either had to dead stick a vehicle into a service >> location because of a broken component that died at highway speed, or >> another engine issue. In all cases, having to stop the vehicle to attempt >> an engine restart would have caused me to get stranded rather than arrive >> at a location where the vehicle could be serviced. >> >> #20YearsWithoutNeedingATow >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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