ok so i was cruising home from work and enjoying my ride and i guess i got bored so i decided hey, why not try out cruise control. alright, so i'm doing 50 or so in 5th and i decide to let the car coast. i put it in neutral and its a long empty block ahead. so i'm messing around with the cruise control and i see the green cruise button. i'm moving it up and down and nothing happens. i'm like okay.. lets try again. this time i move it up and i hold it there. nothing...
...UNTIL two seconds later, my rpms go up its reving by itself and goes all the way up to redline. at this moment i was freaking out cuz it bounced off the rev limiter once and dropped back down (keep in mind that i'm only at 500 miles into the motor). i took off cruise control and drove off to park somewhere. now i was really scared something may have happened to my car. i turned the car off and parked for about 5 mins cooling off and trying to relax myself. i finally calmed down and started the car..ok everything sounds fine, feels fine, so i drive home very very easy. i get home, park, and stop the car but i didnt shut off the engine. i sat there listening to the engine popped up the hood to see if anything was wrong. (besides it being loud to me -- check my other thread --) everything seemed fine, maybe sounded a little louder, but could just be all in my head.
so anyways, what i'm wonderin is, did i harm my baby? i didnt mean to put it through that abuse. you think IF something serious went wrong i can bring it to the dealer under warranty or something. . maybe i shouldn't have made my first BRAND NEW car a stick shift. i'm still jerking the car every so often and riding the clutch quite a bit, especially on first.. still dont get smooth shifts. arghh.. i'm so pissed
...UNTIL two seconds later, my rpms go up its reving by itself and goes all the way up to redline. at this moment i was freaking out cuz it bounced off the rev limiter once and dropped back down (keep in mind that i'm only at 500 miles into the motor). i took off cruise control and drove off to park somewhere. now i was really scared something may have happened to my car. i turned the car off and parked for about 5 mins cooling off and trying to relax myself. i finally calmed down and started the car..ok everything sounds fine, feels fine, so i drive home very very easy. i get home, park, and stop the car but i didnt shut off the engine. i sat there listening to the engine popped up the hood to see if anything was wrong. (besides it being loud to me -- check my other thread --) everything seemed fine, maybe sounded a little louder, but could just be all in my head.
so anyways, what i'm wonderin is, did i harm my baby? i didnt mean to put it through that abuse. you think IF something serious went wrong i can bring it to the dealer under warranty or something. . maybe i shouldn't have made my first BRAND NEW car a stick shift. i'm still jerking the car every so often and riding the clutch quite a bit, especially on first.. still dont get smooth shifts. arghh.. i'm so pissed