[blackdog]

You just lose power steering and power brakes when you turn ignition off. They still work.

We used to take rental cars on business trips and floor the accelerator and lock up the emergency brake. You could drag that one wheel @ 80 mph for miles, or until it blew. It's value is as a parking brake only.

Same thing happened to my grandmother in her 1972 Cougar XR7. The only difference was that she was in a shopping mall parking lot. My brother eventually reached up from the back seat and pushed the shifter into neutral. It was a broken motor mount which caused the 351 Cleveland to twist in the mount, pulling on the throttle cable.

[Mountain Mary]

Your story about your grandmother is PRICELESS. LOL!

[paul51]

We used to take rental cars on business trips and floor the accelerator and lock up the emergency brake. You could drag that one wheel @ 80 mph for miles, or until it blew

That makes a lot of sense. What was your business, juvenile delinquency?