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05-23-2018, 09:44 AM | #15 | |
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But if you are, let's say, backing into a parking spot, and you turn the headlights off and then pull the e-brake up, all exterior lights that remain on (running lights) would turn off when the e-brake is engaged. You're probably right; not EVERY car will have this feature, but it's become pretty common-place it seems.
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There are a lot of people making assumptions here, or saying incorrect things. This isn't very complicated, nor is it hard to just spend 30 seconds with your car to figure out how it all works, but for those who are still confused: 1. Daytime Running Lamps: These turn on automatically when the handbrake is released. The ONLY time they are not on is if the handbrake is engaged, and/or your main headlights are on. 2. Parking/Running Lights: These turn on when you switch the headlight control stalk to the associated position. Turning these on has NO effect on your DRLs, and they are also in no way "connected" to the parking brake. They stay on as long as they are switched on. Period. 3. Headlights: These turn on automatically based on brightness if you have the stalk set to Auto, or turn on when you manually turn them on. When they are turned on, the DRLs are disabled. These are also in no way connected to the operation of the parking brake. Someone can feel free to step in if the Scion FR-S operates differently, but I would assume it functions in the same way.
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Unfortunately, you have a common misconception about what that handle is for. It is listed, in the manual and elsewhere, as a PARKING brake. It is not an Emergency or E-brake, and will likely fail fairly quickly if you used it in an emergency situation at speed. If your brakes fail, downshifting would probably be a more effective emergency slowing solution than yanking on something that is just designed to keep a car in place. |
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Meh. Might as well get some mileage out of it after all the hard work:
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Another function before having my BRZ was to slow a speeding car without dropping the front when approaching an officer; however, the BRZ DRLs basically advertised that I was braking using the e-brake/parking brake so there went that use...
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That looks like a whole lot of MANUAL labor there Tcoat!
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It's a parking brake
If you knew that you would also know there is a manual [transmission] (ba dum tshhh) I'll see myself out
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*labour.
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