[Escapee]

I remember the throttle jamming open on my mini cooper, the end of the throttle cable got caught on the inlet manifold as I accelerated in my boy racer days down the dual carraigeway. I only realised when I got to the roundabout that gives the option of either goes left or right.

I was told by a former Rolls Royce employee about a Silver Shadow that suffered from the throttle stuck open, it apparently wrecked the back wall of the garage it was kept in. He claimed they repaired it free of charge on the condition the story was kept away from the newspapers.

Probably a myth!