Originally Posted by Dallas-Z

I did not reset the ECU, I just drove it home and parked it. 7 hours later I fired up the car and couldn't get it to replicate the error. If I did not in fact hit the limp mode, why did the car decide to hold itself to 3500rpm and reset itself?

The only other clue that could mean anything is I had just clocked 3000 exact miles on the car during the 18 mile trip. But in order for me to prove this, I'd need a poster who is close to hitting that to test the before and after response of the car while it is still running, shutting off the car would just reset it. I wonder if there is any documentation that would point to a 3000 mile point and warn you of this "inconvenience".