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Thanks, but mostly just empathy for things mechanical ;-) .... S80 2008

posted by  Ken C on  Sat Nov 15 05:56 CST 2008
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Thanks for the kind words, but it isn't a history of manual transmissions. Yes, I have had a couple of them in the past, but I started out with, and am so far ending my driving years, with automatics. I think that much of this practice is just empathy for things mechanical -- the thought of holding back the weight of the car on just a spur of metal jammed between some gear teeth is a little unnerving.

I, and my wife and daughter (taught by me) all step on the service brake, pull up the parking brake, and only engage Park after the car settles (stops rocking, if at all).

But yes, I see it in virtually everyone else -- pull into a parking space and hear the Parking sprag jam into place as the car bounces back and forth against that little tang of metal (and not a sound of the parking brake cables being pulled taught) -- isn't it a bit scary?

Best regards, and thanks.





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