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Originally Posted by red6spd
Lol! I tried explains this to my gf. "Why do the emergency brake if u can just leave it in park?" Besides the fact that's it's put there for a reason I asked her if she parked on a hill or a curb and had 2 use two hands to move the shifter out of parked followed by a loud bang? Yea that's why u use the emergency brake.
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Yep. People aren't really aware that their "transmission park" lock is just a little pin. You are holding 4000lbs of steel with a 1/2 inch steel pin! They can and do fail especially if you let the car roll on a hill after letting off the brake to let the transmission take the load. Fortunately they are pretty strong given their small size.