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>The criteria we recommended was that the "Parking Brake", when engaged,
hold an
>at-rest vehicle from motion on a 30% grade, facing either direction. If
yours can
>do that, it's better than most.
I was sitting in a sports bar one evening at a "goin-away" party for a guy
at work once and happened to look out the window. Someone had parked their
"240-Z" car on a steep part of the parking lot with just using 2nd gear for
a brake. They obviously had a low compression engine or a bad valve job,
because it had rolled half way across the lot in reverse by turning the
engine over. Rather embarrassing for someone.
Cullen Bennett
Tempe, Arizona USA
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