[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: dog steals truck?????
- From: "Mary-Anne" <mary-anne.boulet@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <Stormy435@xxxxxxx>, <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:01:34 -0500
Having to have the foot on the brake to shift into gear is all well and fine
IF your transmission linkage is perfectly aligned. Over time, wear and tear
will take their toll on these parts and they will also fail.
Most cars these days come with an option that seems to be rarely used in
these parts. It's called an Emergency Brake. If it isn't used each time
you park a vehicle (and I've noticed that 95% of people don't use - these
figures are from when we were in towing) , said brake will seize up and be
useless when you do need it. So set it each time you park your vehicle and
the problem will be solved.
30 Years ago, I parked my 69 Polara on top of hill with the wheels correctly
turned in to the 'curb', put it in Park, turned the key off, removed it and
locked the car. When I returned, I too thought my vehicle had been stolen.
We later found it at the bottom of the hill in a ditch still locked, still
in Park. What had happened is that over time, the Park switch had rounded
off and while the indicator showed Park on the steering wheel, the
transmission itself was just on the edge of slipping into gear. This
allowed the torque converter just enough slippage to allow the dead weight
of the car pulling it downhill to push the lever out of Park and into a
neutral zone between Park & Reverse allowing the car to roll forward. I was
very lucky in that it rolled into the ditch and not onto Highway 69 N.
Emergency brakes are a safety feature that only work if they're engaged. I
haven't found a dog yet that can release one. (But then again, my shepherds
are smart enough to stay in the back seat).
Mary-Anne
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From: <Stormy435@xxxxxxx>
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Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 11:37 AM
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: dog steals truck?????
The first thing I ask when I buy/lease a car (and I haven't since I've had
the AstroVan), is do you have to have the foot on the brake to shift out of
Park. Every car has to have that, or it doesn't come home with me.
Even then, if I leave the car running (the AC in the summer), I park the car
where I can watch it and never leave it for more than a short time. The AC
is one, but the windows are still down some. The AC can go out and that
car
can be an oven within minutes.
And my dogs are my protectors and one loose in the car, too. I do worry
about an accident, and the dog being tossed around or lost...but heads or
tails
on that, with an older (not OLD, older!) woman driving alone in Los Angeles
County
Stormy
In a message dated 2/22/08 8:16:18 AM, fhenry1@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> Years ago, my shepherd knocked the on-the-steering-column shifter out of
> park and into reverse. The car rolled backward into my neighbor's stone
> fence which, of course, I had to repair. I've never left dogs in a running
> car since.
>
> Fran Henry
> > I have noticed my dogs watching how I drive. No I don't crate, they are
> > =
> my
> > guardians, but they also pay attention. So if I am leaving dogs in the
> > c=
> ar,
> > and with Miami heat sometimes I leave it running with AC, I also engage
> > t=
> he
> > emergency brake.
>
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But if you do nothing, there will be no result."
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