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Originally Posted by Aurel View Post
One day, my accelerator cable got stuck at WOT on the 911...a little scary but no big deal, just hit the brakes and shut the ignition. I can't imagine it being worse on a Toyota. What a world of pussies we live in...
Same thing happened to me in my 951 once. I'd just put the intake back together and was taking her for a test spin. After she was warmed up, I decided to go WOT. The problem was when I went to shift to 2nd it bounced off the rev limiter instead of dropping. I kept the clutch pressed in, turned off the ignition, and coasted to a stop. When I popped the hood, I saw that I had rotated a hose clamp so that the throttle cam stuck on it. 2 second with a screwdriver and it was fixed.

Now from what I gather on the Toyota's, it takes pressing the ignition button for 2 seconds continuously to turn the ignition off. That could be 2 seconds too long.

Yes, you can also shift into neutral, but that wouldn't be my first instinct.
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