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Old 03-13-2010, 02:47 PM   #12
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Default Re: Toyota Driving Simulator

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Originally Posted by JaKaacH View Post
I thought I had read where there were some cases of uncontrolled acceleration that did not respond to the transmission being put in neutral or even reverse..??
That's because the transmissions are probably electronic, rather than mechanically, coupled to the shifters. It's shift-by-wire, if the powertrain control module computer says the car is going too fast or too high an RPM to shift, then it's not going to shift.
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