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A question to those more experienced than me.
When driving up bumpy & rutted hills I sometimes find that the throttle is ‘surging’ because of my foot bouncing a little on the accelerator pedal. I know some folk with narrower cars wedge their knee against the door to keep things more steady, but the Patrol is a bit too wide to do that (at least for me). Seems to be more of an issue when revs are a above about 2500rpm. What do you do?
That is exactly what the hand throttle is for. Or jam your foot hard up against the kick panel and it is more steady.
Lotsa options depending;
1. Suck it up
2. Use the hand throttle (all real 4X's have one, shopping trolleys don't)
3. Put a bit of sponge behind the pedal between it and the floor (esp if you have a PIA 'fly by wire' like the ZD30's)
4. Change your foot position so you are rolling onto the pedal rather than pressing it
5. Heavier return spring
6. Get your missus to drive (hehehe just jokin')
7. Choose a better line (jokin' again... most of the time)
some ppl call this "Toyota lurch", can get quite comical if it gets out of hand,
but all I would suggest is instead of using your ankle use your foot sideways as the others said jammed against the kick panel
Handle throttles are Ok for some circumstances but not all I'm afraid
an acreditted course with a decent instructor will sort you out
Sponge is the go, one of those ones you use for washing cars
...plus in an emergency dump situation (after trying to keep up) ZD30 owners can use it to wipe their rrse if the paper is still on the line drying.Quote:
Originally Posted by Doggy
Is there no end to this man’s sophistication?!Quote:
Originally Posted by mudnut
You got me, Cuppa. I deleted the post.
’tis alright MN, I was referring to the ever increasing sophistication of our illustrious jester ET (otherwise known as TET). The cross threaded humour is a definite step upward .............. I think? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by mudnut
Hehehehe... seriously tho for a minute ( a short one)...
Try the sponge, it works a treat usually and doesn't cost anything to try.
I didn't have much choice on my CRD, some of the noise pedals on those suckers are as skittish as Liberal back bencher.
Mine had a change out and the new pedal was one of the worst for it I've ever driven.