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Off on holiday for two weeks tomorrow. I normally put the car on the drive, in gear, with the handbrake off. Is it really necessary to do this. Had a few occassions of the handbrake sticking in the past.
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Disc brakes on rear? What type of car?
Put a couple of bricks each side of rear wheel too if you do leave it off.
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Put a couple of bricks each side of rear wheel too if you do leave it off.
Potential thieves will be glad you left them some universal keys to get in with ;o)
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Potential thieves will be glad you left them some universal keys to get in with ;o)
i did think that dave but i didn't put that in my post, i suppose you could argue that you could get hold of bricks anywhere.
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I've had the offside rear wheel on my Escort rub along the tarmac for about 20 yards before, but this was in the wet. Personally I would leave it on, you've then got two modes of holding the car in place on the drive.
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Mike Farrow
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Had it stick on an Astra after 24hrs. Leaving the Xantia for 10days later in the week but as h/b is on front wheels it'll just come off with a bang. I'd leave it on and take my chances; what would the insurer say if it ran away?. If you do leave it off chock the wheels with bricks.
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My handbrake normally gets used twice a year - on the day of MOT to test it, and then during the MOT - never failed yet.
Assuming you have a manual gearbox, I would leave it in reverse, being the lowest gear offering the highest rolling resistance.
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I so often hear it say goodbye
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It sticks on my Xsara after about a week, but comes off easily with a bang.
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The handbrake of my Ford Ka once realeased itself on a slope when parking up once, all i did was leaned on it & BANG! its realeased i put it back up after a split second of panic!!! Dont know how it does that?
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Handbrake on my Corsa sticks after just a few hours - but its usually only when its damp weather. Disovered if you attempt to drive forwards nothing happens, but if you try to reverse the brakes release??
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