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I think we need to come up with a different name for the previously known as "gas pedal". The other day I got in the FFH and pushed the start button and the HVB must have been low because the ICE came on right away, as I was sitting there listening to the ICE run at about 1500 rpm I wondered?? What will happen if I goose the old gas pedal when the ICE is on? As I suspected. Nothing happened. LOL

Maybe call it the "go pedal"...

Technology- I remember driving my new truck that doesn't have a gas pedal cable but rather what's called "drive by wire", although when the engine is running and I goose it I get a roar, but driving down the freeway the first time I used the cruise control I noticed it wasn't like the old days where the gas pedal actually stayed and/or moved up and down based on desired speed. When I went to disengage the cruise control I found that the gas pedal does not move when cruise is on and actually returns to the no gas position when it is engaged.

 

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Those sure were some great classes. :thumbsup: Do they resume after Thanksgiving break?

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I don't think we need to be worried about an incorrect name like 'gas pedal'. The world is full of anachronisms like a phone 'ring', or the sound a camera phones makes when it takes a picture (the mechanical shutter sound from an old camera). In that vein, I personally vote we officially rename the accelerator pedal to gas pedal.

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I don't think we need to be worried about an incorrect name like 'gas pedal'. The world is full of anachronisms like a phone 'ring', or the sound a camera phones makes when it takes a picture (the mechanical shutter sound from an old camera). In that vein, I personally vote we officially rename the accelerator pedal to gas pedal.

That made me smile. :) You have my vote!

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In the 2010 it runs about 1300rpm. If you floor it, it will go up tp a little over 3000 rpm. This is also a way to fully charge the HVB ( for storage? ) by pushing the pedal down about 1/3 till the ICE starts in "P".

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I don't think we need to be worried about an incorrect name like 'gas pedal'. The world is full of anachronisms like a phone 'ring', or the sound a camera phones makes when it takes a picture (the mechanical shutter sound from an old camera). In that vein, I personally vote we officially rename the accelerator pedal to gas pedal.

One of the more bizarre affectations of modern life is the simulated ring of a 500 series Bell handset. To have a modern mobile sound like a 60-year-old antique is still disconcerting. Ditto on the simulated mechanical shutter sounds.

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