Huh? I can blip the throttle on downshifts and not use the clutch and I don't have the Performance tune. Just have to use your ears and listen to the engine pitch.
Yes, I should have specified "auto" rev match with the tune.
Auto! Oh how annoying!
Yep, thanks for your kind words, yes in retrospect, I think letting the clutch out was my only options at all really. Someone did recommend installing a larger vacuum reservior , so maybe I''ll look into that and check out that video they posted too, well one before that post. Thing is, I have been up probably a hundred or more hills similar to this one and never had an issue. My WTH mode wasn't 100%, that's for sure.Great after action report! I'm glad you are ok & look to be taking the attitude of someone I knew growing up, which was "We are going to laugh about it someday, might as well start now" Not always easy to do
I know it's easy to say you should have done this or that not having been there in the moment, but I think just letting out the clutch would have slowed if not stopped the vehicle in place, then it could have been sorted from there.
Best wishes getting it back together.
Yep, I stand corrected. I’ve only driven 1 7 speed and didn’t notice the gear display on the cluster. And, yes, rev matching is cool. I’ve driven several Mustangs with it.
Agree. at 1:02-1:04 you can see the front wheels suddenly break traction and move in reverse direction, before the vehicle even starts moving backwards.
That's a good point that if he was using the rear view camera he had to be in reverse. You can also hear that telltale whine that tells me he had the clutch pushed in. So yes, mistakes were made but it's pretty scary that the vacuum boosted models can't hold themselves in a spot like this. And maybe that's asking too much but if they can't stop they should be able to slow it down considerably. This doesn't look like the brakes were working at all! I realize you're going to have much weaker brakes without boost but these seem to do almost nothing. Mine has scared me twice at slow speeds in parking lots. The first thing someone says after driving my Bronco is "Are the brakes supposed to be like that?" and that's when they are working normally. My dealer says there is nothing wrong but I'm convinced otherwise. I've owned many 4x4's on 35's before this so please don't think I'm a newbie. I think what happened here is the same thing that has happened to mine, only at a much more critical moment. Only time will tell but I think Ford has a big problem here.
This!!!
My view is that the owner caused the damage by choosing to go off roading and into the particular situation. Not saying it is intentional, but the outcome is the same. A damaged vehicle that the insurance company must pay thou$ands to replace. I can see their end of it. I have seen cases such as a tree that falls on a house. The company shows the owner knew the tree needed trimming or removal but failed to do so and the company refuses to pay out. What I guess I am saying is that insurance companies are looking at ways to get out of paying.
Collision coverage is for when the insured driver is at fault...so if the OP carries that coverage he should be covered. Doesn't matter how he ended up in an accident w/a tree...the tree's insurance IS NOT going to pay. That's why collision costs so much more!
