[AGL] red Mercedes redux (car talk series)

[carolyn siscoe]

  Gerry,
 thanks for your advice-it was very encouraging.  We got a hand brake 
installed-mostly a cable or two, wasn't too expensive but we have 
decided to continue parking on flat surfaces or flatest ones we can find 
and still use our block of wood for a little support.. The hand brake is 
so strong (I had to use both hands to release it)  and the rest of the 
car being so much older, have decided to let the rest of the car slowly 
adapt to it.  
   Where in the Pugent sound area did you live?
Carolyn

Gerry wrote:


>Oh, Carolyn, so you are the owner of the Mercedes Convert. Didn't know you

>were a Puget Sounder these days. I was one for 3 years. Well, I'm sure you

>are well acquainted with a good mechanic. Take it to him to fix the hand

>brake. If the car is in 1st gear or Park it will not roll unless pushed

>forcefully or on a steep grade, and probably not very far then. 1/4 of a ton

>is 500 pounds, it's a lot heavier than that.

>G

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>>it is a great little car. we currently park in lot by the police station

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>and I

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>>envision our car now without its hand brake suddenly start to slowly roll

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>into

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>>the station taking o

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