Yeah, I debated it, and then roughy of wind snow and mountain passes and realized that a AAA tow was not only free, but easy aside from the wait for the tow truck. 

On Mar 1, 2011, at 12:45 PM, Luke Bakken <luke.bakken@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 6:45 PM, Rowan Tipton <uther@dragonhome.org> wrote:
>> My wife and I were in the Synco at the top of a mountain (or what they call a mountain here in the Smokies) when the accelerator cable broke.  We were alone, around 60 miles from home, well out of call range and about 15 muddy, steep miles from pavement.  I had some rope which I tied to the cable at the engine end, ran over the seats to the front and drove it home with this "hand throttle".
>> 
> 
> This method works. Ask me how I know! I keep spare nylon cord with me
> for this reason.