Drum roll!!! How do pull your handbrake on?
Discussion
Pothole said:
wolfracesonic said:
For those complaining about the 'not this old chestnut again' nature of this thread, I didn't go looking for a thread I saw six months ago that I could revive, I have only been on here four months. I thought it was an original thread and indeed it maybe to other newcomers like myself, not everyone has been on here since God was a lad. And no suggestions about using the search box
that's akin to asking for directions or reading the instructions.
You could reasonably have assumed that this might have been discussed (at length, far too many times) on a motoring forum which has been around for years, though. that's akin to asking for directions or reading the instructions.
HannsG said:
My brother in law who is a mechanic is VERY unsympathetic with my wifes cars. Cars which I cherish and have bought as an enthusiast.
Makes me boil when pulls the damn handbrake superfast on the ratchet and makes it look like he is always in a hurry. But alas he is my brother in law.
I've just asked a few of the young lads on the shop floor who have just been through their mechanics course [I'm a sparky so my mech knowledge from my basic army training and also self taught] and they were taught to use the ratchet and not the button to apply the handbrake. So it sounds like he's just doing what he was taught. But I don't agree with the superfast way it sounds like he does it. I know what you mean as some of the lads here do it and it sounds terrible.Makes me boil when pulls the damn handbrake superfast on the ratchet and makes it look like he is always in a hurry. But alas he is my brother in law.
wiliferus said:
Yep, Vx advice was to firmly press the foot brake too and then apply the handbrake on the ratchet.
And they definitely did fail, my job Vectra rolled about 10 yards.
The in car video recorded it sat on the incline quite happily for 30 minutes, followed by the clunk of the handbrake dropping, and the car moving off.
It parked itself into the front of a snotty MX5!
It is so simple to leave the car in gear/park when applying the handbrake, thus preventing this sort of scenario (that has caused deaths, not to mention oodles of wasted £££££s)And they definitely did fail, my job Vectra rolled about 10 yards.
The in car video recorded it sat on the incline quite happily for 30 minutes, followed by the clunk of the handbrake dropping, and the car moving off.
It parked itself into the front of a snotty MX5!
Do driving instructors advocate this? If not, why not???
Cliftonite said:
It is so simple to leave the car in gear/park when applying the handbrake, thus preventing this sort of scenario (that has caused deaths, not to mention oodles of wasted £££££s)
Do driving instructors advocate this? If not, why not???
I always leave the car in gear. Was never taught that way but it is a damn sight better than having a car roll away. I doubt the handbrake will fail and the car lose all compression simultaneously.Do driving instructors advocate this? If not, why not???
98elise said:
Always on the ratchet. Never had a rachet failure in 30 years of driving, or know anyone thats had one. Its a myth that it damages the ratchet..
No it isnt. Porsche 924s and series one 944s had a single ratchet which was notorious for wearing away, leading to pop-off handbrakes.Porsche added a second ratchet when they introduced the series two 944 for the 1986 year.
Cliftonite said:
It is so simple to leave the car in gear/park when applying the handbrake, thus preventing this sort of scenario (that has caused deaths, not to mention oodles of wasted £££££s)
Do driving instructors advocate this? If not, why not???
Because they have to teach according to the lowest common demoninator. Do driving instructors advocate this? If not, why not???
If they taught leaving in gear, hundreds of f
ktards a year would have minor collisions upon starting the car without taking it out of gear or depressing the clutch. That compared with a handful of handbrake failures, it's the obvious choice. Personally I leave it in gear, as do many old school drivers. The newer breed don't.
HannsG said:
My brother in law who is a mechanic is VERY unsympathetic with my wifes cars. Cars which I cherish and have bought as an enthusiast.
Makes me boil when pulls the damn handbrake superfast on the ratchet and makes it look like he is always in a hurry. But alas he is my brother in law.
Slightly O/T and no direct insult intended but why would you expect a mechanic to be sympathetic, day in day out they replace parts so having to fix something is no big deal. On top of that it's their job to find problems to fix, last time I took my car for a wheel alignment the the driver either had poor clutch control or he was being deliberately rough to see if it need replacing.Makes me boil when pulls the damn handbrake superfast on the ratchet and makes it look like he is always in a hurry. But alas he is my brother in law.
Oh and I don't like the ratchet click
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