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lurkinglen t1_j64s2lt wrote

Reply to comment by Bongos-Not-Bombs in LPT: Test your emergency brake by tbalonick

What does it have to do with a stick shift? Because you park in neutral?

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Bongos-Not-Bombs t1_j64vx0n wrote

It's another safety fallback, I wouldn't trust keeping it in gear alone.

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lurkinglen t1_j650gro wrote

But that's the same in an automatic drive, or an I missing something?

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Bongos-Not-Bombs t1_j655t6d wrote

It's not quite the same. In an automatic, you have something called a parking pawl, which is a little cam that prevents the transmission from moving when in park. When you park a manual in gear with the parking brake disengaged, all that's holding it there is engine compression - and park on a hill steep enough, you may find that the force of gravity is enough to overcome that.

Will you be OK 98% of the time? Probably, but I've parked my Jeep on pretty precarious inclines before off-road and if you make it muscle memory you don't have to worry about it.

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