Audi Unintended Acceleration PR film from 1987 Part 1

[mrspivvy]

we had these audis in the uk, how come we never had this problem?

[toreboda1]

@mrspivvy

I know we did not have this problem in sweden either. They schould edjucate americans better.

[Muhlineks]

@toreboda1

must be an american phenomenom, like microwaving your pets...The whole world laughs about the stupid lawsuits in the states. Common sense has always helped a lot when it comes to operating cars and proper driving schools could do the rest.

[mrspivvy]

@mrspivvy Their loss. the audi 100/5000 was one of the best big saloons of the '80s. leagues ahead of a lot of other manufacturers. plenty of space, stable handling, loads of grunt from the 2.2 5 cylinder and decent economy. ,akes me wonder if the whole thing was a fantasy concocted for underworked lawyers in the land of the lawsuit

[1982RRusso]

There must have just been a lot of women drivers of Audis

[josephdupont]

I think we have too many medicated .

[jayfiver]

wow....wow...

[compu85]

Audis like that used hydraulically boosted brakes, not vacuum assisted ones like most cars, so having the engine at WOT and pumping the brakes wouldn't deplete the assistance. In fact it would "re-charge" the pressure accumulator more quickly because the tandem pump is turning faster!

[scruffynorseman]

@compu85 Pretty much. My current car is a 1990 audi coupe quattro 20 valve with hydroboost brakes and a failing pressure accumulator, they always work better with more revs. Don't know about the tandem part, my car has one pump that runs both the steering and the brakes.

[compu85]

@scruffynorseman Yup, the power steering / brake pump is a tandem pump because it's two pumps in one. Mercedes used something similar on my 350SDL for the auto leveling suspension.

[europe0wnz]

see that, people think audi has a problem, and they ran tests and even gave them a dummy proof transmission...now toyota...all they're doing in denying that they knew wat was happening, and not really looking into what caused it,or trying to fix it.

[scruffynorseman]

i think its pretty awesome that they got bobby unser for the test. he set a record on pikes peak in an audi s1 in 86, Walter Rohrl got the record back in '87 driving a 600hp audi s1. I don't know if toyota could learn anything from this, times have really changed.

[mevande]

Conclusion, consumers are stupid! They don't know how to drive.

[nixxxon18]

@mevande you mean american consumers, that is