Technical hand throttle

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Technical hand throttle

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the handbook for my Giardi shows the hand throttle but does not mention any way in which it should be used.
Does anyone have any idea what one would use it for ?
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geoff
 
You pull it and turn it to lock it.
You can then sit back and put your feet through the sunroof as you are cruising down a deserted motorway as everyone else is at home because of the coronavirus.


It was the early version of cruise control
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Once I discovered it I found that it came in useful as a get me home device if the car starred running rough for some reason and you could keep the revs up so the engine did not keep on stalling when you had to lift off the throttle.
 
It is a very simple way to keep some revs on the engine for when you want to warm the engine up on a cold day. Although it has been described as 'an early form of cruise-control' it must NEVER be used as such. A proper cruise control can be disengaged my operating either the brake pedal or the throttle---this cannot be achieved with the hand-throttle--once it is 'on' it stays on until the handle is physically pushed in.
 
my Mitsubishi truck has the same device. The truck was used on a golf course to cut the grass so I can see the use of the hand throttle there. If I played golf, perhaps I could use the Giardi as a caddy and therefore find a use for the throttle.
 
I had the same on my '80s Toyota Hilux 4x4. It was very useful to give steady throttle when using the ultra-short gearing over very rough terrain.
In the 500, it could allow you to sit in the passenger seat for a better vantage point while kerb-crawling (this is purely a thought experiment of course).
 
I had the same on my '80s Toyota Hilux 4x4. It was very useful to give steady throttle when using the ultra-short gearing over very rough terrain.
In the 500, it could allow you to sit in the passenger seat for a better vantage point while kerb-crawling (this is purely a thought experiment of course).


....yet another advantage that the Fiat 500 has over a modern car; the cruise control on my Picasso won't operate at such low speed rendering it useless for this purpose.

In my limited experience of driving in Italy you are probably better with cruise-control set at a high speed in some areas on the outskirts of cities.:eek::eek::eek:
 
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