On Nov 26, 2007 3:21 PM, Mitch Haley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> As for the suggestion to leave the lever in neutral so that the lever
> wouldn't get stuck in 'P' if the parking brake didn't hold on a hill,
> would you rather return to your car to find tension on the parking
> pawl, or perhaps it's better to find your car not where you left it
> if the p-brake doesn't hold? The 'P' on the tranny is there for
> redundancy in case the p-brake fails. Using it *except* when on a
> hill where it might be useful is silly.

Ditto.  Like the street signs in San Francisco say, "CURB WHEELS - SET
CAR IN GEAR"!

Alex Chamberlain
'87 300D Turbo et al.

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