Meme Thread... no politics

In reply to eastsideTim :

I've basically always driven stick or was parking the automatics on my parents' very steep driveway. I hit the parking brake out of reflex in every car - whether it's a foot pedal or hand brake. I despise that clunk in an automatic, and it doesn't have to be a particularly steep hill to get it.

About the second time I drove the Tribute I bought from my cousins and uncle, I pulled the parking brake only for it to be stuck with rust. Couldn't figure out where it was stuck, ended up just cutting the emergency brake cord with my Leatherman to get home. 
 

This past month, my TSX had the brake frozen. Literally. Had to point a halogen light at the brake cable for 15 minutes before it melted. Mental note to self: don't use the parking brake when it's below freezing. 
 

On manuals I always use the parking brake.  On automatics, almost never, over the last 40+ years of driving.  We have some hills, but not to many.  Current driveway is sloped but not radically.

Parking brakes should be used every time or not at all.  Keep 'em working, or let it freeze.  It's the once-in-a-while use that screws you.

The Volvos are our first cars with electric parking brakes.  The 2017 does not set it automatically, and we never use it.  The 2019 can be configured to never set it, always set it, or only set it over a certain slope amount.  Both the driveway and my typical spot at work are sloped enough to make it self-set, so I let it do that.

Re: parking brake

A surprising number of my manual cars have had non-functional parking brakes. The only one that wasn't trustworthy in 1st was a VW so I carried a large rock I could lean out and place under the rocker and roll onto. It worked. Neither of the s10s have/had a usable brake either, technically both worked, but the pedal wouldn't latch down. 1st is fine. 
 

meme

Datsun240ZGuy said:

 

We owned a 1986 Pontiac Grand AM SE - it was the second year of production.

The wheel wells started rusting after the 4th Chicago winter.  He duct taped that car for a reason.

Bwahaha I didn't even notice the duct tape "wrap," I thought it was comparing the weird rear glass shapes on the two cars

Edit: Requisite meme, found this searching for duct tape memes oddly enough:

I can tell who on here has never been inside an automatic transmission.

Once you see the park pawl and the little pin that holds it in the case, you'll start using your parking brake.

RealMiniNoMore (Forum Supporter) said:

No Time said:

We should really stop making fun of his misfortune but I say we should continue because I'm pretty sure he can shake it off.

Merm because meme thread 

1988RedT2 said:

People actually use the parking brake?  I am convinced that it's a vestige of a bygone era and completely useless in a car equipped with an automatic transmission.  In good weather, I might apply it on a very, very steep incline, but never in the winter when it might freeze in the applied position and make driving the vehicle somewhat difficult.

When I to0k my Lotus 7 replica out for its first serious flogging I had a good friend by my side. We had a fast and furious descent on one section after which he asked why I was doing the whole rally handbrake thing so aggressively. I explained that we'd lost the hydraulic brakes at the top of the hill and that the emergency brakes weren't just for style points.....

I love the directness of old safety notices:

In reply to RonnieFnD :

I had second thoughts, but then rewatched this (not a meme, but close enough)

ShawnG said:

I can tell who on here has never been inside an automatic transmission.

Once you see the park pawl and the little pin that holds it in the case, you'll start using your parking brake.

I hear what you're saying, but despite the fragile pieces, it's apparently been sturdy enough for the majority of us to get to 200k on the original transmission, right? 

P3PPY said:

ShawnG said:

I can tell who on here has never been inside an automatic transmission.

Once you see the park pawl and the little pin that holds it in the case, you'll start using your parking brake.

I hear what you're saying, but despite the fragile pieces, it's apparently been sturdy enough for the majority of us to get to 200k on the original transmission, right? 

Every mid-size Ford Taurus ever built:

edit: in all fairness, I think the trans was still going strong when unibody rot killed the 97 wagon I drove as a teenager.

DarkMonohue said: