[Jack Black]

You wrote:"petal to the metal". I believe the phrase is "pedal to the metal". It refers to the effect of mashing down on the accelerator on your car until it is all the way against the floor or firewall. Maximum effort, speed and acceleration.

[GraniteStateConservative]

You wrote:"petal to the metal". I believe the phrase is "pedal to the metal".

She's a woman. "Petal to the Metal" is sort of cute coming from a woman. She should keep using it.

[webheart]

elieve the phrase is "pedal to the metal". It refers to the effect of mashing down on the accelerator on your car until it is all the way against the floor or firewall.

I believe it originates from trucker jargon, where a trucker puts the pedal to the metal, so that he can get his truck going fast, since truckers often get paid by the shipment, and the faster it is delivered, the sooner they can start another run. Ref, the song "Convoy," from the 70's, about the same time as the CB radio craze that swept the nation in about 1974. See also, Smokey, flip-side, and "got your ears on."