That's not a parking brake, just a parking pawl, and the reason the English do it is because we have a little thing called "mechanical sympathy"
That's not a parking brake, just a parking pawl, and the reason the English do it is because we have a little thing called "mechanical sympathy"
My 340i does it a little bit.
[TW]Fox;30432664 said:Every automatic does it if left in park. It has nothing to do with country of.origin.
With the handbrake engaged?
That's not a parking brake, just a parking pawl, and the reason the English do it is because we have a little thing called "mechanical sympathy"
On flat ground it makes no difference, I use the handbrake on a hill though, the thud of taking it out of Park isn't nice
First few times I drove the wife's Merc, having come from a manual car, I went to use the 'clutch' and nearly applied the parking brake!!The footbrake is annoying so rarely used IME.
And ^that is why I hate driving the wife's new CR-V - I go to turn on teh lights and wonder why it ain't workin'.... until I realise I'm trying to twiddle the shifter.Makes it fun when switching between a VW and a Ford, you have to reconfigure your brain each time, or you turn the windscreen wipers on when trying to put it in drive...
Except in England again, because we change up the gears, because... you know... mechanical sympathy.The engine will even scream along with you on the ride.
I use the handbrake everywhere, because I don't want the car rolling off if it drops out of park - or if someone shunts it and smashes the parking pawl. Unlikely, but I'd rather do everything I can to prevent an accident or issue.