December 5th 08, 04:47 PM
posted to rec.autos.tech,rec.autos.makers.ford.mustang,alt.autos.toyota
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Best no BS motor oil/filter comparison?
On 2008-12-05, Steve > wrote:
> Brent wrote:
>> On 2008-12-04, Steve > wrote:
>>> Brent wrote:
>>>> On 2008-12-04, Steve > wrote:
>>>>> Brent wrote:
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>>>>>> with computer controls it would be entirely software to shut down the
>>>>>> car now.
>>>>> And the first time someone gets killed because he didn't have the choice
>>>>> of sacrificing his engine to get to a safe spot....
>>>> I wasn't implying a hard cut off, 'now' meant in the present day.
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>>> Yes... but does it make a difference? If the computer shuts the car off
>>> 'now' or 'in 30 seconds,' its still out of the driver's control. I know
>>> you mentioned an override switch, but I can still see the lawsuits
>>> flying. "I got all scared when the warning went off, I couldn't find the
>>> switch, so I looked around for it and hit a guardrail while I was
>>> looking down, and then a truck hit me, my passenger was killed and I'm
>>> paralyzed. The carmaker owes me 300 million dollars."
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>> What do these idiots do when the ignition module cuts out?
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>> Or better yet, when the engine ultimately siezes up from overheating?
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> Brent, you're making sense. Stop it. Now think like a lawyer:
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> Those incidents you mentioned are "acts of God" and you can't win a
> lawsuit based on them.
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> But if the computer SHUTS DOWN the engine BY DESIGN, well my-oh-my,
> that's willful murder on the part of the manufacturer! Now we've got a
> CASE!!
A good lawyer could sue for faulty water pump design or poorly made
ignition modules too 
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