Where as I don't know the cause of these unfortunate crashes one of the;issues' I am experiencing with my Plus 6 is the relationship between the brake and accelerator pedal. The brake pedal has a fair travel distance before the brakes start being applied, this mean that the brake pedal is below the height of the accelerator before the brakes come one which can result that in the narrow cockpit (and with size 11 feet) it so very very easy for your braking foot to push down on the of of the accelerator as well as apply the brakes if your foot is not exactly square onto the brake pedal.
In an emergency braking situation it would be so easy to apply the accelerator as well as the brakes if you foot is even lightly off square. I can only imagine the consequences in a car with so much power and torque
Did a test on my and neighbours cars yesterday and found that on all of them the brakes were full applied before the brake pedal went below the top of the accelerator pedal. Have dropped a note to Morgan about this and hope a fix is found a.s.a.p
I remember just that from my first test of a Roadster, the initial cars with the narrow footwell. I dont have long feet but I do have very wide ones ( G or H fitting shoe) so every time I applied the breake I also applies the accelerator. If that issue in a Plus 6 is combined with a BMW engine designed to develop torque lower down than a NA engine plus a light back end, then you can imagine what might happen.
Hi Howard, I don't think (with any modern car) certainly a BMW, you can now accelerate and brake at the same time, the electronic's "kick-in" so that only braking occurs.
I have tired with my current BMW.....obviously I am "assuming" the electronics are just transferred from BMW to Morgan, so this would not be possible??
I can 100% brake and accelerate with my Roadster...done it several times!!
