Actor Anton Yelchin died

[The Brain]

What emergency brake?

"parking brake" = emergency brake. I think it's like pop/soda

Surely you jest.

[LaCroix]

nope

In my experience kids raised on automatic transmissions almost never use their parking brake. Because in park or in gear an automatic trans won't roll on a hill unless something knocks it out of gear (which is an actual possibility--and why manuals for automatic cars still say to use the parking brake.)

this is very accurate, though I can't speak for very hilly areas like san francisco

[11B4V]

nope

In my experience kids raised on automatic transmissions almost never use their parking brake. Because in park or in gear an automatic trans won't roll on a hill unless something knocks it out of gear (which is an actual possibility--and why manuals for automatic cars still say to use the parking brake.)

this is very accurate, though I can't speak for very hilly areas like san francisco

Again not following the manufacturers instructions.

[LaCroix]

Again not following the manufacturers instructions.

now that I think about it, I've never personally opened the manual

[11B4V]

Again not following the manufacturers instructions.

now that I think about it, I've never personally opened the manual

Do you know which way to turn the tires when parking up or down hill?

Do you use the parking brake when on a hill?

[MadBurgerMaker]

Do you know which way to turn the tires when parking up or down hill?

Do you use the parking brake when on a hill?

These are the kinds of things that make me realize it was actually good for me to own that total shitbox (1993 Eagle Talon ES, fuck yeah) when I was younger.

[11B4V]

Do you know which way to turn the tires when parking up or down hill?

Do you use the parking brake when on a hill?

These are the kinds of things that make me realize it was actually good for me to own that total shitbox (1993 Eagle Talon ES, fuck yeah) when I was younger.

Beaters FTW.

[MadBurgerMaker]

Beaters FTW.

  I got it at an auction in Colorado around 1999 or so.  First car I ever bought with no help from anyone else.  That thing was actually really fun until the drive belt popped on the way to South Padre in 2001ish.  Kept it for a couple more years, then the linkage fell out of it while in Pensacola (lolz I was following my wife, who was driving the rental car we were going to use to drive here for leave since we had just gotten married and all that, and remember watching her just drive away while I sat there going precisely nowhere with no way to call or anything) and I sold it for $500. 

[jimmy olsen]

I've only ever used the emergency break when parking on a noticeable incline.

[11B4V]

I've only ever used the emergency break when parking on a noticeable incline.

Apparently so did Anton.

Parking brake. So you'll allow the car's weight to bear on the parking pawl.

[CountDeMoney]

This is apparently the shifter.  It doesn't seem to be particularly confusing.     If the P is lit, it's in park......right?

You mean the P that would be hidden under his hand as he "shifts?"

Quick question for clarification:  curious as to exactly what kind of mongo mutant flipper fuckfist do you envision hiding the P when the thumb is depressing the release button.

[11B4V]

I would imagine the proper digit to engage that button would be the thumb. However, why do I think the whole palm is the "cool" way.

[MadBurgerMaker]

Make a game of it:  Palm it and push it in whatever direction, then floor it and find out what you got.  Fun for the whole family!

[11B4V]

Make a game of it:  Palm it and push it in whatever direction, then floor it and find out what you got.  Fun for the whole family!

I enjoyed Anton's rendition of the character. In the end it's to bad for the young actor, he was off to a smashing start. Though, if he'd done too many ST movies, a typecast was possible. That would have left a narrowed career with no wiggle room to get free of the character typecast.

[dps]

I've only ever used the emergency break when parking on a noticeable incline.

You should definitely use it when changing a flat.