Handbrake failed and my car rolled into the road
12-09-2004, 11:50 AM
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Handbrake failed and my car rolled into the road
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!!! Yikes
Parked my car on a mates drive as ever and walked 10 mins to walk(in a conjested area and it means I get free parking
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Half an hour later or so I get a call from his wife telling me my car has rolled off the drive and into the road Amazingly someone saw it - I can only assume it wasnt going that quick and stopped it - they then helped her push it back onto the drive and put bricks behind the tyres..................I get to it - check the handbrake and find I could have only put it on 1 notch more?? Nothing too special then.
So it seems I got away with it, someone must have been looking out for me but Im worried the handbrake must be duff
!!! YikesParked my car on a mates drive as ever and walked 10 mins to walk(in a conjested area and it means I get free parking
)Half an hour later or so I get a call from his wife telling me my car has rolled off the drive and into the road
Amazingly someone saw it - I can only assume it wasnt going that quick and stopped it - they then helped her push it back onto the drive and put bricks behind the tyres..................I get to it - check the handbrake and find I could have only put it on 1 notch more?? Nothing too special then.So it seems I got away with it, someone must have been looking out for me but Im worried the handbrake must be duff
Common problem. leave it in gear on slopes
12-09-2004, 11:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Chris Type R,Dec 9 2004, 08:53 PM
Was it in gear ? IIRC the manual warns that you should park in gear as well as using the handbrake. Brakes cool, brakes fail, car leaves the area - well known phenomenon.
as the brakes cool the handbrakes will become less effective so use gears in addition
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12-09-2004, 03:42 PM
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Yeah, been there. Done that. 
Your not the first ADP, and you wont be the last.
We were lucky, some others have had damage from this little oversight. ( Or should I say feature of all round disk brakes
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Your not the first ADP, and you wont be the last.
We were lucky, some others have had damage from this little oversight. ( Or should I say feature of all round disk brakes
)
