01-22-2020, 01:55 PM | #41 |
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01-22-2020, 08:38 PM | #42 |
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Wife got tags for it today and I drove my oldest daughter over in the evening. She drove home and I followed. Temps were 30ish. At each light, I wondered if it was smoke or vapor I was seeing. Wasn't too happy about the burning smell I kept catching whiffs of. But maybe it was...something else?
30 minutes later, when we pulled into a Potbelly parking lot and I had resigned myself to paying for...something, she told me teh car kept beeping at her the whole way. But only when moving. "Show me." Parking brake was on. At a long red light between Potbelly and the house, she texted with Siri "This car drives a lot easier when the parking brake isn't on."
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01-22-2020, 08:56 PM | #43 | |
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01-22-2020, 11:03 PM | #44 |
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Yep = that parking brake thing... She got that one out of her system.
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01-23-2020, 06:33 AM | #45 |
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01-23-2020, 11:07 AM | #46 |
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I almost failed my driving test b/c the person I went with set the parking break before I started my test. I was in an unfamiliar car and did not know they were engaged. I put the car in reverse to back out of the parking space and it didn’t move. Took me a second to figure it out and the instructor penalized me for it. 🤦🏻*♂️
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01-23-2020, 02:07 PM | #47 | |
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In my daughter's defense, it was was the first time she drove a car with a handbrake, nearly the only time she drove a car with a parking brake that isn't integrated into shifter, it was the first time she drove the car, and it was dark. Still, I feel like it was a failure on my part.
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01-23-2020, 10:03 PM | #48 |
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It seems like you found what was needed. Agreed on the Honda/Acura leather though... I hope it lasts a long time for your daughters!
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