View Poll Results: How do you use the Parking Brake/E-brake?
Every time I park
66
70.97%
Never/Doesn't work anymore
14
15.05%
Is that what that lever is?
6
6.45%
Whenever the Smokies catch me doing triple digits in a school zone
7
7.53%
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E-brake Usage?
Three Wheelin'
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I've always used it especially since a teenage girl hit my car long ago while it was parked on the side of the road in a neighborhood. The cop said "If the e-brake hadn't been on the car would have been 4 houses down the street through their front door". Good enough for me. 
The Lady's Man
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Doesnt using the e brake on an incline take some of the pressure off the tranny? All that weight pushing against the tranny gear cant be good for it. Maybe it is all in my mind.
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Burning Brakes
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This is great, I thought I was on the wrong side of things by religiously using my brake.
Alright, I gotta know who picked the last one...anyone have stories about e-brake slides? I doubt seriously that it would lock up the rears under power, but I'm not willing to test the theory.
Alright, I gotta know who picked the last one...anyone have stories about e-brake slides? I doubt seriously that it would lock up the rears under power, but I'm not willing to test the theory.
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I use it all the time now in my automatic, since I broke or jammed the "park" function so it doesn't activate. And right after the transmission had been reinstalled following a rebuild. 
I also used it all the time when I got a hit on my V-1 so the front of the car would not drop. But not anymore. Now I stomp on the brakes immediately and convincingly. Think about it for awhile for the reason why.
I also used it all the time when I got a hit on my V-1 so the front of the car would not drop. But not anymore. Now I stomp on the brakes immediately and convincingly. Think about it for awhile for the reason why.
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Originally Posted by Ron_H
Now I stomp on the brakes immediately and convincingly. Think about it for awhile for the reason why.
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Using the parking brake is one of my religions. Except in the garage, which is level (as far as I can tell).
Ron: You need to preserve your parking brake now that you depend on it. Therefore you don't want to wear it out braking from the cops. Also, you get much better deceleration by using all four disk brakes, so your speed is reduced more quickly. Maybe you also installed a switch that turns off your brake lights in such situations...
Ron: You need to preserve your parking brake now that you depend on it. Therefore you don't want to wear it out braking from the cops. Also, you get much better deceleration by using all four disk brakes, so your speed is reduced more quickly. Maybe you also installed a switch that turns off your brake lights in such situations...
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HA! HA! HA!
In the old 911s, there was a hand throttle to warm up the car. Get spotted by the bears in rapid transit mode and the trick is to immediately pull to the side of the road with the hand throttle up, jump out and run back to the back of the car, raise the engine cover and attempt to pull the throttle linkage just as the bear drives up. Then say you had a jammed throttle. Of course I never did anything like that......but I heard about it.
The risk of course is that you get nailed for not properly maintaining your vehicle, but that is a lessor offense unless you have actually damaged something/someone, than speed violations.
In the old 911s, there was a hand throttle to warm up the car. Get spotted by the bears in rapid transit mode and the trick is to immediately pull to the side of the road with the hand throttle up, jump out and run back to the back of the car, raise the engine cover and attempt to pull the throttle linkage just as the bear drives up. Then say you had a jammed throttle. Of course I never did anything like that......but I heard about it.
The risk of course is that you get nailed for not properly maintaining your vehicle, but that is a lessor offense unless you have actually damaged something/someone, than speed violations.
Race Car
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From: Charlotte, NC
I have always found it strange to leave a manual car in gear when parked (on non-incline of course). If left in neutral, and an idiot rear ends your parked car, you will probably be looking at ZERO transmission damage. Leave in gear..... dunno, but I would imagine there are lots of expensive crunchy parts at risk.
If you use the emergency/parking brake, it mitigates the risk doesn't it?
If you use the emergency/parking brake, it mitigates the risk doesn't it?
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From: Charlotte, NC
I leave mine in gear because I do not place full trust in my parking brake.
The few times that I do NOT use the parking brake are
1) at AX and track events
2) after braking hard without adequate cool down (predominantly #1)
The few times that I do NOT use the parking brake are
1) at AX and track events
2) after braking hard without adequate cool down (predominantly #1)
