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Posted by westell (Member # 2034) on :
 
Well, I've read about it but yesterday I got the bejeezus scared out of me....

Nice cool air yesterday, no one around as I make a corner, so I put the pedal to the floor in 2nd and it went right up into the rev limiter when I engaged the clutch, and I'm like wtf?, so I kill the engine, coast, hit the starter, rev limiter again, and the key's on for steering, and all the dashboard lights are on, and I'm coasting... thinking I just ruined my engine somehow on hard acceleration....

then I remembered the floor mat deal, so I just yanked on it, hit the starter.... yep, curse of the SS floor mat... somehow scooted up

the car forgave me
 

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Posted by 2002Z4CSS (Member # 1393) on :
 
That is very common to happen especially around here in the winter when the floor mat is wet then freezes at night. I have had it happen before.Glad you did not wreck or damage your car.
 

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Posted by vyto2 (Member # 2265) on :
 
A little trick, pop your toe under the gas peddle and yank it back up, instead of shutting it down at full rev...
 

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Posted by RagSS (Member # 1127) on :
 
Been there done that, ...we all know it happens, ...but boy what a wake up call when it happens to YOU.... yikes!!!!
 

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Posted by Y2KSS1363 (Member # 1564) on :
 
Interesting. My SS floor mats live under my bed in the original plastic bag. They only come out
for shows.


 

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Posted by BrostalSS (Member # 1830) on :
 

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Originally posted by Y2KSS1363:
Interesting. My SS floor mats live under my bed in the original plastic bag. They only come out
for shows.

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Same here. And I even have a back up set too!

Hope this never happens to me. Would have to change my shorts afterwards.
 

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Posted by Elie Garfinkel (Member # 1635) on :
 
So THAT'S why everybody removes the driver's floor mat on lapping days!! Geez... and to think that I was getting a bit P.O.'ed and wondering if it was worth the hole in my carpet where the heel of my right shoe rests!
Just glad to hear that you got out of it with no more than a scare!

Best regardSS,

Elie

[ 13. April 2004, 06:38 PM: Message edited by: Elie Garfinkel ]
 

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Posted by helloween (Member # 1506) on :
 

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Originally posted by Y2KSS1363:
Interesting. My SS floor mats live under my bed in the original plastic bag. They only come out
for shows.

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Must be nice. SLP doesn't make my floor mats anymore. Z28/SS

F&*%#*g SLP
 

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Posted by ss_rs_z (Member # 1888) on :
 
Glad to know you are okay and know what caused it.
 

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Posted by Fbodfather (Member # 1119) on :
 
[]Must be nice. SLP doesn't make my floor mats anymore. Z28/SS

F&*%#*g SLP [/QB][/QUOTE]


Don't blame SLP...blame me and my team. When SLP started to make stuff with Z28/SS, we asked them to stop because there had never been a Z28/SS......either a Z28 OR an SS.....so they complied.....
 

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Posted by fenton23 (Member # 878) on :
 
I had this happen to me on the way to work one morning. I'm not usually a morning person but I was WIDE awake by the time I got to the office that morning. As I recall I didn't even need coffee that morning.
 

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Posted by RagSS (Member # 1127) on :
 

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Must be nice. SLP doesn't make my floor mats anymore. Z28/SS

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Originally posted by helloween:
Must be nice. SLP doesn't make my floor mats anymore. Z28/SS

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