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In or out?

in Anything that's not Eriba-related. Fri Jan 29, 2016 10:45 am
by Pepé Le Pew •

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When applying the handbrake of your car, do you depress the release button first, thereby ensuring a smooth, silent operation, or do you ignore the button and heave that sucker out of the floor as if your very life depended on it, oblivious to the deafening clatter of abused components?

There are those who consider that the way you answer this seminal question exposes your own worth as a man (or a woman, possibly), and is as good a measure of mechanical empathy as anything devised by legions of pasty-faced, clipboard-wielding scientists with beards and no moustaches.

It is important to tell the truth. Following the trend of any replies simply to be in the biggest gang just isn't cricket, and the only person you'll be deluding is yourself.

For what it's worth, I'm an 'in' man.

My dad, bless 'im, taught me to do it that way, and I couldn't even contemplate the alternative. I've taught my daughter to do it that way too, and I did the same with my son. There is a noble tradition to be passed on, after all, and standards to be maintained.

Clearly this question does not apply to the feeble owners of cars which have an energy-saving electromechanical device, and neither does it apply to those who took leave of their senses and bought a Mercedes-Benz with a foot-operated parking brake.

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RE: In or out?

in Anything that's not Eriba-related. Fri Jan 29, 2016 11:23 am
by Poptop320 •

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I always push the button in when applying the brake, when applied I will just pull it slightly to hear one click to ensure it is engaged, especialy on a steep hill. I had a bit of a fright once in my old Suzuki Jimny, my drive is on a slight incline and on one occasion I was leaning over from the drivers seat to the passenger side when I knocked the hand brake off . it set off with my legs dangling out. Luckily we live in a cul-de-sac so by the time I got the hand brake back on it had stopped in the middle of the road with no damage .
I can only assume that the button was not fully located?

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RE: In or out?

in Anything that's not Eriba-related. Fri Jan 29, 2016 12:17 pm
by Agger (deleted)

Before we had a newer car I ALWAYS depressed the button, it's the way I was taught and I have just continued to do it, like signalling etc

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RE: In or out?

in Anything that's not Eriba-related. Fri Jan 29, 2016 2:07 pm
by Bryn •

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wish I had a button

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RE: In or out?

in Anything that's not Eriba-related. Fri Jan 29, 2016 2:19 pm
by Paul (deleted)

I'm mainly an in man unless I'm in a hurry or got the ump.

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RE: In or out?

in Anything that's not Eriba-related. Fri Jan 29, 2016 2:43 pm
by Poptop320 •

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Quote: Bryn wrote in post #4
wish I had a button

Hi Bryn, dont dispair.. here have this one...

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RE: In or out?

in Anything that's not Eriba-related. Fri Jan 29, 2016 4:07 pm
by Ribski •

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I always release the button - can't stand the noise of the ratchet being worn away every time the hand-brake is used When my recent car was new I did find it best to use 'one click' to ensure a good bite on the un bedded in hand brake pads hated doing it ! !

My wife does the same - every time she hears another driver 'graunching' on the brake, she squirms ! !

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RE: In or out?

in Anything that's not Eriba-related. Fri Jan 29, 2016 6:41 pm
by Taffy (deleted)

I'm an in aswell

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RE: In or out?

in Anything that's not Eriba-related. Fri Jan 29, 2016 7:38 pm
by hob (deleted)

Zitat
Clearly this question does not apply to the feeble owners of cars which have an energy-saving electromechanical device

Err that saves me answering then

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RE: In or out?

in Anything that's not Eriba-related. Fri Jan 29, 2016 8:09 pm
by Randa france •

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Quote: hob wrote in post #9
Clearly this question does not apply to the feeble owners of cars which have an energy-saving electromechanical device

We had an acquaintance from Norway who was very put out when they had a car with one of those as they could no longer do handbrake turns.

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RE: In or out?

in Anything that's not Eriba-related. Fri Jan 29, 2016 8:19 pm
by hob (deleted)

Quote: Randa france wrote in post #10
Quote: hob wrote in post #9
Clearly this question does not apply to the feeble owners of cars which have an energy-saving electromechanical device

We had an acquaintance from Norway who was very put out when they had a car with one of those as they could no longer do handbrake turns.

Its not easy trying to do hill starts either.

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RE: In or out?

in Anything that's not Eriba-related. Sun Jan 31, 2016 10:52 am
by Deeps (deleted)

Button 'in' for me as well although I ratchet one click for security although the wife, in her car, is a pull the handle out of the floor type which is one reason why I don't let her drive my car. That said, new car is electric so yet another small driving skill is being lost to the cause of progress.

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RE: In or out?

in Anything that's not Eriba-related. Sun Jan 31, 2016 10:57 am
by Agger (deleted)

Quote: hob wrote in post #11
Quote: Randa france wrote in post #10
Quote: hob wrote in post #9
Clearly this question does not apply to the feeble owners of cars which have an energy-saving electromechanical device

We had an acquaintance from Norway who was very put out when they had a car with one of those as they could no longer do handbrake turns.

Its not easy trying to do hill starts either.