Jim
Member Since: 09 Sep 2005
Location: Aberdeenshire
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simon wrote:Winger wrote:D barnes wrote:Slimer,  my handbrake only comes on when you remove the key from the ignition, i found this out when the car tried to pin me to a wall one day!!!  with the engine off, but the key in the ignition. is this correct or is it another visit to the dealer.
Correct - by design. It works the opposite way round to the automatic.
Should you, for some reason, not want the handbrake to come on, you have to hold the switch down whilst removing the key. Then the handbrake stays off, regardless.
Turning the ignition off will also activate the park brake. You don't need to remover the key for this to happen.
Does on mine anyway.
-s
Just tested it and found that I DID need to remove the key for the park brake to engage, simply turning the engine off did not work. Jim
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 11th Oct 2005 2:18 pm |
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simon
Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
Location: Shropshire
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interesting... only way I know this is that my wife was (she has been told) in the habit of turning off the ignition just before she stopped the car... of course she was a tad surprised when the thing stopped like it hit a brick wall when the PB applied itself.
Warned her that she would never drive my D3 again if she continued to do this... plus its be pretty hard on the PB to be applied this way.
-s
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| 11th Oct 2005 4:49 pm |
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Jim
Member Since: 09 Sep 2005
Location: Aberdeenshire
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Simon,
I did try to get the park brake to activate whilst the engine was off and key was still in the ignition but I was getting very near the garage door  when I tried removing the key and this then worked.
Read somewhere about letting the engine idle for 5/10 secs before switching off, I find that it is easier to:
(a) come to a stop
(b) apply park brake
(c) select access level
(d) switch off engine
This routine seems to fit the 5/10 sec idle quite well. Jim
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| 11th Oct 2005 5:01 pm |
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simon
Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
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Usually leave her running too for a while in order to let oil line the turbo etc.
Always apply PB before I switch off anyway else my garage would be flattened.
-s
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| 11th Oct 2005 5:12 pm |
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Jim
Member Since: 09 Sep 2005
Location: Aberdeenshire
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I blame modern house builders, why they felt the need to give me a alpine ski slope to park on I have no idea, especially when the rest of the drive is as flat as most of Norfolk  Jim
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| 11th Oct 2005 5:20 pm |
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simon
Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
Location: Shropshire
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Jim Last wrote:I blame modern house builders, why they felt the need to give me a alpine ski slope to park on I have no idea, especially when the rest of the drive is as flat as most of Norfolk
Me have 300 year old house and drive is sloping but not too bad...
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| 11th Oct 2005 5:54 pm |
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Jim
Member Since: 09 Sep 2005
Location: Aberdeenshire
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Just goes to show that builders haven't learnt anything in 300 years  Jim
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| 11th Oct 2005 6:39 pm |
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simon
Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
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Oh sooo true... but I bet your walls and ceilings are more or less level 
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| 11th Oct 2005 8:37 pm |
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Jim
Member Since: 09 Sep 2005
Location: Aberdeenshire
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Only if you ignore the screw heads poping in the plasterboard everywhere
Plasterboard isn't quite like plaster with horse hair 
Where abouts in shropshire are you  Use to live in Bushmore near Craven Arms and then Ludlow. Jim
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| 11th Oct 2005 8:49 pm |
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simon
Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
Location: Shropshire
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Other side of Clee Hill to Ludlow... lovely county !
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| 11th Oct 2005 9:04 pm |
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Jim
Member Since: 09 Sep 2005
Location: Aberdeenshire
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Certainly is Jim
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| 11th Oct 2005 9:48 pm |
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