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Old 01 Jun 2004, 10:22 pm
JXStern
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Default Re: engage parking brake before shifting to park?

On Tue, 01 Jun 2004 06:22:26 -0400, "Elmo P. Shagnasty"
<elmop@nastydesigns.com> wrote:
>Put the car into neutral, engage the parking brake, take your foot off
>the brake, and let the car settle into being held by the parking brake.


Somewhere in here, we expect the car will come to a full stop?

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>THEN put it into park.
>
>The parking brake should be the primary method of holding the stress of
>the car. The transmission parking pawl should be only a backup to that.


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