.... The parking brake in a car is for parking! . it's not just there for decoration (or to stop your coffee cup falling over)
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UKSteve, you'll like this ....
I moved, with my American wife, to the US last November, and recently took the plunge, went native, and ordered a truck. Everyone has one, it's somehow necessary, especially if you live away from an urban area.
Anyway, in I plunged, but being British I ordered a manual when most are automatic. It is very nice, leather seats and a crew cab, CD player and all the toys, but where is the pigging handbrake!??! [smiley=stunned.gif]
"How am I supposed to do a hill start?" I asked my wife, for it is very hilly in the Appalachian mountains where we are currently living.
"Catch it on the clutch and move your foot quickly to the gas." comes back the reply! Thanks muchly!
This truck is no toy, it weighs 2½ tons, and so far I haven't had a problem, but my heart does miss a beat sometimes, especially when someone pulls up close behind me at traffic lights on an up-hill slope.