YACT: Is it worth $200 to have a parking brake?

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: Jzero
Chaotic42:
Just fix the brake and be done with it 🙂

Heh, yeah, I came to that conclusion about 20 posts ago 😉

Who knew parking brakes were such a scandalous and exciting subject?

 

[Jzero]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42

Originally posted by: Jzero
Chaotic42:
Just fix the brake and be done with it 🙂

Heh, yeah, I came to that conclusion about 20 posts ago 😉

Who knew parking brakes were such a scandalous and exciting subject?

You know how ATOT is! I heard the Nazi's didn't ever fix their parking brakes 😀

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: imprezawrxwagon

ROFL. I've got a mark on my bumper to prove it's possible 😉

Many things are possible, - for example, a car, parked with an E-brake on could have the brake fail and start rolling.

So what?!

Does that mean that parking while using E-brake will lead to the car rolling?..

Uh.... You're a moron. 😛

 

[T2T III]

Originally posted by: imprezawrxwagon

Yes, the car can roll. Without a brake, you're relying on the compression of the cylinders to keep the car from rolling. Cylinders may leak compression. (Now, the car won't roll fast in this case. A more likely scenario is someone bumping the gearshift into neutral, a la Risky Business.)

If it's an automatic transmission, you're putting the entire weight of the car on the transmission if you park in 'park' on a hill. You could damage the transmission, or at least not be able to get the car out of park.

Thanks

So, the car can roll, but it, probably, occurs mostly with the older, more "worn out" cars, right?

For, again, - I drove for a while a car with not E-brake, parked in in first everywhere, and it was fine.

On my 3-year-old Corsica with 35,000 miles, my car rolled across the parking lot. The parking lot only had a slight decline to it - and it was one of those days when I forgot to set the parking brake. I went outside of the apartment complex where we lived at the time and scratched my head, because I couldn't see my car. My car rolled backwards about 200 feet and stopped when it hit a curb. It was parked side-ways taking up two of the parking spaces. Fortunately, this incident happened during the middle of the day when most of the residents were at work --- and my car didn't damage any of their vehicles.

 

This is my last post in this thread ;

Some vehicles roll more easily than others because of several factors ;

(1)Compression ratio
(2)Number of cylinders
(3)Rear end ratio
(4)1st or reverse gear ratio
(5)Weight of vehicle

Everyone, draw your own conclusions

 

[T2T III]

Originally posted by: Roger
This is my last post in this thread ;

Some vehicles roll more easily than others because of several factors ;

(1)Compression ratio
(2)Number of cylinders
(3)Rear end ratio
(4)1st or reverse gear ratio
(5)Weight of vehicle

Everyone, draw your own conclusions

Thanks, Roger!! 🙂 -- There are a lot of factors. I just don't think I'd drive a vehicle without a functioning parking brake. This thread has had over 1/2 of its posts talk around ways for not having to use a parking brake - rather than suggest the proper part gets replaced. The parking brake is an essential component for a vehicle. Any vehicle on the road needs to have its safety equipment properly working. Myself, I live in a state where year vehicle inspections are manadatory - and the parking brake is checked.

Heck, if you lived anywhere near me, I'd fix it for you for $100 - including parts.

 

[imprezawrxwagon]

Originally posted by: Tiles2Tech

Originally posted by: imprezawrxwagon

Yes, the car can roll. Without a brake, you're relying on the compression of the cylinders to keep the car from rolling. Cylinders may leak compression. (Now, the car won't roll fast in this case. A more likely scenario is someone bumping the gearshift into neutral, a la Risky Business.)

If it's an automatic transmission, you're putting the entire weight of the car on the transmission if you park in 'park' on a hill. You could damage the transmission, or at least not be able to get the car out of park.

Thanks

So, the car can roll, but it, probably, occurs mostly with the older, more "worn out" cars, right?

For, again, - I drove for a while a car with not E-brake, parked in in first everywhere, and it was fine.

On my 3-year-old Corsica with 35,000 miles, my car rolled across the parking lot. The parking lot only had a slight decline to it - and it was one of those days when I forgot to set the parking brake. I went outside of the apartment complex where we lived at the time and scratched my head, because I couldn't see my car. My car rolled backwards about 200 feet and stopped when it hit a curb. It was parked side-ways taking up two of the parking spaces. Fortunately, this incident happened during the middle of the day when most of the residents were at work --- and my car didn't damage any of their vehicles.

Wow, that is rolling.

My first car car was a bimmer 5 series, - perhaps, as little as I think now of bimmers, their built quality is better than that of the others

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: imprezawrxwagon
My first car car was a bimmer 5 series, - perhaps, as little as I think now of bimmers, their built quality is better than that of the others

Congratulations. Want a cookie?

ZV

 

[Pepsi90919]

FRONT e-brake cable?????? 😕

 

[Insane3D]

Why not get some parking blocks for your wheels? You could get one for each wheel if you were really worried, and it would be much less than $200. Unless you are parking on very steep grades, the combination of the car in gear and the parking blocks should be sufficient.

 

[WinkOsmosis]

If cars couldn't roll in gear you couldn't push start them could you?

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis
If cars couldn't roll in gear you couldn't push start them could you?

pwn3d!