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Old 03-19-2010, 11:12 AM
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Originally Posted by okyoureabeast View Post
Seriously? There was so much snow in Ithaca this year and the temperatures were well below freezing. I've never had such an issue of the parking brake freezing. Heck even when I did some driving at 2am with the engine stone cold there weren't any problems.

What about cars that have a manual transmission? How are they supposed to park in the freezing cold???
I usually put it in first or reverse on a manual.
I wasn't saying it was an everyday thing, just in superfrigid temps, (waaaaay below zero) after driving through snow and such, the accumulated water can seize the ebrake. it happened to enough this winter that the announced it on the news in the south...
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