[Silly Little Cars] One in a million GO 4 freak accident with a hopefully for the 99 Interceptor a happy ending

Wed Jan 24 13:22:56 PST 2018

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On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 11:30 AM, Alex Popovics via Silly_little_cars <
silly_little_cars at lists.sillylittlecars.com> wrote:

> Yes but what about being at full throttle by itself?
> That's what I experienced.
>
> Thanks
>
> Alex Popovics
> Publisher
> SF Real Estate Times
> (415)278-9500
> SFREtimes.com
>
>
> > On Jan 24, 2018, at 9:03 AM, Lokisgodhi via Silly_little_cars <
> silly_little_cars at lists.sillylittlecars.com> wrote:
> >
> > Actually not a unusual occurrence. Videos of unmanned vehicles driving
> in circles is a genre on places like Youtube. Usually caused by the driver
> exiting the vehicle while it was running and knocked into gear or they
> leave a pet in the car which knocks it into gear. It usually ends with the
> vehicle smashing into something and coming to stop, running out of fuel or
> a cop smashing and window, then wrestling the car into neutral.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Message: 1
> > Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2018 05:37:46 -0800
> > From: Alex Popovics <alex at realestatetimes.com>
> > To: silly_little_cars at lists.sillylittlecars.com
> > Subject: [Silly Little Cars] One in a
> > million GO 4 freak accident with
> >     a hopefully for the
> > 99 Interceptor a happy ending
> > Message-ID: <BE5B47E1-7DDF-4E40-B6E5-D2659EE1B5F0 at realestatetimes.com>
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> > Hello all,
> >
> > I just woke up after a harrowing
> > experience that only you as a group can appreciate and
> > possibly solve the mystery as to what happened.
> >
> > I own now a possibility seriously
> > disabled unique 99 GO 4.
> >
> > I purchased it a few years ago from the
> > couple that owns the San Francisco Body & Paint Shop.
> > (The Interceptor still has their shop logo on the front).
> >
> > It was lovingly restored by them in a
> > beautiful yellow metallic paint with a modified bench seat
> > for two, thus having the transmission handle placed on the
> > floor by the left door. That door has been out of alignment
> > so I have kept it locked using the right door only.
> >
> > Yesterday afternoon I couldn't start
> > the vehicle after using it all day. At first I though the
> > starter was failing due to overheating of its coil.
> > I did notice though that the
> > transmission shifter felt kind of loose as I shifted it
> > thinking it wasn't engaging on the park position to allow
> > the vehicle to start.
> >
> > I did however eventually realized it
> > would start on the neutral position but to my surprise it
> > wouldn't get on reverse.
> >
> > I happened to have to go to my long
> > time regular vehicles mechanic to pick up my van after a
> > tune up before he would close for the day, so I drove there
> > without any problems on drive.
> >
> > When I got there he assumed the
> > transmission was shot since it lost the reverse gear.
> >
> > As he was closing his shop the reverse
> > gear started working but the park position still would not
> > engage, then as he entered his car to leave home the park
> > position engaged and the reverse was fine, so I ran to the
> > mechanic before he left and he was a bit puzzled, thinking
> > it might be the transmission safety pin that might be
> > faulty.
> >
> > I drove to a coffee shop and when I
> > started it afterwards it once again didn't engage the
> > reverse or parking position.
> >
> > I decided to go to a oil change shop
> > before they closed since I was due for a oil change anyway
> > and to at the same time check my transmission fluid.
> >
> > When I got there the new management
> > decided not to service my vehicle anymore due to liability
> > concerns since they engine pit is just wide enough for me to
> > back into it and since we had to push it back they didn't
> > feel it would be safe. Thank God for that!
> >
> > I asked if they could at least help me
> > check the transmission fluid since it was already dark. They
> > did, and about three of their workers gathered around the
> > odd looking vehicle just outside their building at their
> > parking area.
> >
> > Here's where the weirdest possible set
> > of circumstances created an experience most likely no one
> > ever experienced with a Go 4.
> >
> > Since I had a few boxes, helmets and
> > coats I'm my trunk I placed them mostly on the seat and roof
> > to slide the luggage/engine cover back. One of the oil
> > changer personnel checking the transmission dipstick asked
> > me to turn the engine on.
> > I from the outside of the vehicle (in
> > retrospect I now realized that was the stupidest thing I
> > could ever have done, to have boxes on the seat instead of
> > myself!!!), turned the key but since was in the park
> > position it wouldn't start.
> > I went to the other side of the vehicle
> > from the outside to shift it to neutral.
> > I inadvertently left the key in the on
> > position and the second I changed the gear also
> > inadvertently into drive instead of neutral the accelerator
> > throttle inexplicably got stuck on maximum as if someone was
> > flooring the accelerator pedal!!!
> > Because the front wheel was turned all
> > the way to the left the vehicle went in circles at maximum
> > speed with me on my knees on the inside of the circle (I
> > only got my knees scrapped by the ordeal), hanging from the
> > locked door instinctively trying to change the gear to
> > neutral just as if I was at a rodeo trying to rope a steer!
> > As I shifted from drive to neutral it
> > got into reverse instead (now it worked!!!), and the GO 4
> > shot itself in reverse on a strait line into and over a curb
> > around a landscaped area by the parking lot, and literally
> > flew on top of a huge and soft bush where it came to a full
> > stop.
> >
> > Everything inside and on top of the
> > vehicle flew out by the centrifugal force when it was going
> > in circles as the right door was opened, including the
> > luggage/engine cover our of its rail. My ski helmet (for
> > cold weather) got somehow mangled, the only damaged item
> > from inside the vehicle.
> >
> > At first I thought maybe one of the
> > boxes I place on the seat had fallen on the accelerator
> > pedal somehow, but afterwards I realized that wasn't the
> > case, since after everything inside the vehicle flew out as
> > it was going in circles it still went at full speed in
> > reverse on a straight line on top of the accommodating huge
> > and soft bush.
> >
> > Afterwards it would crank but not
> > start.
> >
> > The differential probably hit the curb
> > since it's now leaking some fluid. It was dark and I'm sure
> > Jerry, our master mechanic in SF is going to find all kinds
> > of damage underneath with the suspension and more by the
> > sheer force of hitting that curb at full speed.
> >
> > I'm obviously thankful that neither I
> > or the fellows around me didn't get hurt nor the out of
> > control unmanned vehicle didn't careened into the nearby
> > street into moving traffic.
> >
> > I am heart broken though for I know my
> > beloved 99 Interceptor have many parts that are very
> > difficult to find if seriously damaged, not to mention the
> > possible overwhelming cost to fix it, effectively possibly
> > totaling a vehicle without any body damage.
> >
> > I hope you as a group can help me to
> > figure out how on earth the accelerator throttle got stuck
> > on maximum all by itself.
> >
> > Keep on driving...
> >
> > Alex Popovics
> > Publisher
> > SF Real Estate Times
> > (415)278-9500
> > SFREtimes.com
> >
> >
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