It's possible that having a 21 year old car might not do you any good
for limp home mode. From my searches on the web to find out what it was
all about I know that, for Chrysler products at least, it goes back to
at least 1990.
Chuck Norcutt
Jan Steinman wrote:
>> From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Today I also learned about a thing I'd never heard of before called
>> the
>> "limp home mode"... When the engine computer can't quite figure out
>> what's
>> going on it disables or restricts some function(s) such that you can't
>> ignore that something is wrong, are unlikely to abuse the car to the
>> point of destruction but the car is not totally disabled and you are
>> still able to "limp home".
>
> For me, "limp home mode" is when I have to dig out the baling wire or
> duct tape from behind the seat of the pickup.
>
> A computer sits on my desk or lap. A wrench goes under the hood.
> That's why I don't own a vehicle that isn't old enough to drink.
>
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> think about happiness, feel the happiness, even if there no reason to
> be happy. Stay on that emotion for a long time purposely. Practice
> those emotions until happiness becomes your habit. When happiness,
> enthusiasm becomes your nature, vibrational range then, unwanted
> feeling bad thoughts will not bother you any more. You will find the
> reasons to be happy everywhere around you! -- Rohan Jagtap
> :::: Jan Steinman, EcoReality Co-op ::::
>
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