URBAN LEGEND

You have a lot of toxic thinking in your life. Let it go.

MikeyTX

I do not miss the manual parking brake lever. I very rarely used it on my C6/older gen Corvettes. What used to drive me crazy was when one of the cars was in for service and brought to the service drive for me to pick up, the attendant would pull up on the handle as tight as he could get it. Even the the ones with an automatic. Found out it was an insurance requirement for the dealership. I'm betting it's a system wide mandate from GM. Called CYA against any roll offs/litigation.

atvBob

In 34+ years of driving, I've never needed to use the e-Brake to stop myself from rolling back on an incline when driving a vehicle with a manual transmission.

Steve Garrett

I like 21st Century upgrades, like the electronic e-brake!

StreetLegalH2R

And a guy with one foot doesn't need two shoes - doesn't mean they shouldn't still come in pairs.

For the record, I HAVE used an energency brake in an emergency and it kept me from going over the edge in Topanga Canyon once when a hung caliper boiled my brake fluid. I have also tried the modern electric switch while moving and it DOES NOT stop the car. It chimes and then doesn't engage. Living in LA, that hill by the Pink Dot on Sunset required use of a handbrake in a manual transmission to keep from rolling back in stop and go traffic. With the electronic brake I'd have to '3 pedal' it which is significantly more difficult.

Just because everyone else is doing now it doesn't make it a good idea. Its like GM let some brilliant men make a 650 hp miracle then put some asian teenage girls in charge of the controls. Guess I should just be grateful it still comes with 3 pedals...but I'm sure in 10 years I'll be having this same conversation about that too.

NSC5

From P.191 of the 2016 owner's manual: "If the EPB is applied while the vehicle is moving, the vehicle will decelerate as long as the switch is held up. If the switch is held up until the vehicle comes to a stop, the EPB will remain applied."

StreetLegalH2R

Awesome. When I'm careening off a cliff I'll give the manual a once over to see if I missed anything. What if the electrics are dead? Still work then? And lets be honest; did you know that already or did you go look just now? Did ANYONE know that before right now? If I said EPB to any car guy would they know what that acronym meant?

Thanks for the info, good to know. Its still not a good idea.

atvBob

Debatable at best.

Signed: A guy who REALLY only has one foot

davepl

Yeah, I knew it, because when I got my first car with an electric parking brake I had some of the concerns you have, so I tried it. First from a crawl and then from higher speeds. I never tried it above 30, but it stopped the car just fine. I also read the manual of every car I buy cover to cover (except all the Warning boxes) because I just think that's being a responsible driver. Can't promise I remember everything though!

I've broken a park brake cable (pulled the ferrule off the end) by pressing the pedal too hard. They're not foolproof either.

As a last consideration, they're preferable over a foot brake because a foot parking brake can't be modulated - if you press it too far and lock up the brakes, your only option is to slide to an uncontrolled stop or reach down and monkey under the dash. With the electronic one you just let go, and the computer is smart enough to know that you've let go and it'll release the brake (unless you've come to a complete stop). So by that measure it's safer and better than the old foot kind for sure. The hand-brake still has its merits though I suppose.

I remember reading that there are special "shoe exchanges" for people who have two different sized feet, so they swap instead of everyone having to buy two pairs. I Googled it and they have similar things for people with one foot (just a way to split the pair I guess):

http://www.amputee-coalition.org/res...hoe-exchanges/

No idea if its useful, but passing it along on the chance it is and you've not heard of it before.

MikeyTX

So if I'm understanding pg 191 correctly, if the vehicle is in motion the EPB will not set. And, if it was applied while the vehicle was parked, it will automatically release when the vehicle is put in motion correct ?

63Corvette

I don't care about your parking brake, BUT I really want to hear about your "Street Legal H2R".....................with pictures and story please

ronsc1985

Almost. If the vehicle is moving it will engage as long as you hold the switch up. If you let go of the switch it will not stay engaged if you are moving. If you get stopped it will stay engaged.

Blvdbrawler

Z0HS1CK

Surprised no one put this video in this thread yet.

jvp

I wonder if we can come up with a similar term for threads like this.

As it turns out, it is the only "primary" function of the PARKING brake. The name tends to spell out what its function is. It's a parking brake. Not an emergency brake. Cars haven't had emergency brakes in a very, very, very long time. Not since dual-circuit hydraulic power brake systems were invented.

See my statement above. That hasn't been the case for a long time. Long before electronic parking brakes were even thought of.

Why not?

You need to get over that because it's here to stay, and will be included in more and more vehicles from more and more manufacturers. It serves its purpose as intended and even provides easy hill-start functionality that would otherwise require manual intervention on the part of the driver.

MikeyTX

That explains it clearly. Thank you sir.

HPT

This is why old people should not buy new cars.

HighBeta

Another maroon has spoken. 😉

MikeyTX

Hopefully the post was made in jest. I'm thinking maybe the op should buy a Miata. It still has a hand brake I believe.

Team Ruby

If it was an option I would have selected a manual emergency brake. I don't use the emergency brake to prevent roll backs on an incline, but at some traffic lights where the light cycle can be long I used to engage the emergency brake on my C6 instead of standing on the brake the whole time. I have not done that in the C7 because to disengage the emergency brake you have to step on the brake pedal before the emergency brake will release, which to me is an inconvenient intermediate step to get the car moving.