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[YZ250]

IIRC a Sierra Cosworth driver tried the same tale in the day .....

As I've posted on here before, I had a genuine runaway in my old 3.0S. I floored it to do an overtake and when I pulled back in, the car was still pulling like a train. Luckily I was able to turn off the ignition and slow down to a stop. The throttle cable had frayed and wouldn't return up the cable sleeve. It was quite a hairy moment. 

[STEMO]

It happened to me years ago coming off the M62 just before Liverpool. I was driving some sort of Citroen (can't remember the model, I was drunk at the time) 


Well......tipsy.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

The throttle cable broke on my Chevette HS and I drove it around for a few days with the remains of the old cable running through the heater vent into the car and used it as a hand throttle.
That got a bit hairy at times.