Itasan  +  196569 Tue, 14 Feb 06 05:36 AM accelerator (of a car) It's rather a long word. Are there any shorter terms? Also what is the verb form? 'Step on the accelerator', 'step on the gas', 'release the gas'? Thank you. Itasan Joined on Wed, May 11 2005 Japan Full Member 402 Verbs

	Danyoo  +  196593 Tue, 14 Feb 06 07:07 AM Hi Itasan, As you almost said yourself, a shorter and more common term would be the gas pedal. The verb form would be: -step on the gas: yes -release the gas: no -speed it up: yes -let's floor it: yes (means put the pedal all the way down to the floor) Danyoo Joined on Fri, Nov 11 2005 Chicago, USA Regular Member 558 To err is human, to forgive divine. 잘못을 저지르는 것은 인간이지만 용서할수있는 것은 하늘과 같은것. Verbs

	LeicesterLad  +  196597 Tue, 14 Feb 06 07:16 AM Gas pedal is a North American term, not normally used in the UK.  This is partly because the American word for petroleum motor fuel: "gasoline" (shortened to "gas"), is not used here, "petrol" being the usual term, although confusingly we do use phrases like "step on the gas".  Another alternative word for the accelerator is "throttle"  (from the fact that the valve controlling the fuel "throttles" - or constricts - the flow of fuel.) LeicesterLad Joined on Fri, Sep 16 2005 N E England (Orig from Leicester) Junior Member 81

	nona the brit  +  196660 Tue, 14 Feb 06 11:43 AM Put the pedal to the metal! nona the brit Joined on Wed, Sep 22 2004 England Veteran Member 11,713 The name says it all.