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Originally Posted by TJay74
I would never leave my manual car in neutral and rely on the parking brake to hold it in place. If the parking brake fails or doesnt have enough holding power the next thing you know your car is rolling down the street just so that you can remote start the vehicle.
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If your pads are good and the cable is operational, your parking brake is strong enough to bring your car to a stop from highway speed. In a longer distance than the full power brakes but it will stop your car. You can actually lock your rear brakes up if you pull the brake at speed.
That's how the stunt drivers on shows like the Dukes of Hazard could get the car to do an almost 90 degree turn at speed. They removed the locking gear out of the parking brake pedal so they could turn the wheel full lock at 40 mph, hit the parking brake with their left foot and keep their right foot over the gas, then let off the parking brake pedal and hammer the gas right back coming out of the turn. That locked the rear wheels up to make the car do an almost perfect 90 degree turn at 40 mph without stopping the car's momentum.