Comment on Remember when car controls weren't complicated

darklamer@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• CADmonkey@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It’s a parking brake/emergency brake/handbrake or whatever you’d call it. You pull it straight out of the dash to set it. To release it there is a small button on the back you have to hold, while turning the handle clockwise about 90° to release the brake.

  This vehicle is newer than 1986. How do I know? Because dear old Dad had a 1986 Isuzu P’up, and it had a most similar parking brake, except it didn’t have the little button - you could just turn the handle. This is a problem when you leave your three year old in the truck unattended, and the three year old starts turning things. It’s even more fun when your other, older child (me) comes out to find your truck has rolled down the driveway into the car across the street.

  Later vehicles added the safety button, making it “push button and turn”.

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• icelimit@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I think it’s a weird choke but looks like an automatic?

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  • mech@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s the handbrake

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