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OK, have we had the right hand operated handbrake? Or the foot operated handbrake? Do Benz still do them?
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Sheddy wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 9:13 pm OK, have we had the right hand operated handbrake? Or the foot operated handbrake? Do Benz still do them?
My Hyundai still has a foot operated parking brake.
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Opening windscreen? Common pre war and on some post war stuff, obviously inc the Land Rover.
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Current (and of a new design) JEEP Wranglers have a folding screen.
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Sheddy wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 9:13 pm OK, have we had the right hand operated handbrake? Or the foot operated handbrake? Do Benz still do them?
My Fiat Ulysses , a 98 and a 2001 both had right hand handbrakes and were brilliant for doing handbrake turns.
Also that and the dash mounted gearshift freed up a bit of kneeling space between the front seats .Laughing at the thought of the autopsy results after an accident was almost more dangerous than the act.
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Aston Martin V8 Vantage had a right hand fly-off handbrake in the 00s.
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My '55 fiat ducato had a right hand handbrake.
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SiC wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 12:05 am Aston Martin V8 Vantage had a right hand fly-off handbrake in the 00s.
Morgan had them up to last year.
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Foot pedal operated parking brakes are common here, both my new cars have a ratchet release pedal for it (push down to engage, push down again to release).

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