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No, those two statements aren't exactly the same.
My previous Maverick had those. Front and rear.I know. Those old drums brakes were great
sure beats how I learned!Ah, double clutching like McQueen in Bullitt!
)yeah, but that will be because they get fired after not realizing that the AI was generating nonsense, and they unwittingly submit it!
My Miata GT has four wheel discs, and I regularly used the hand brake when starting uphill from a stop. Kind of a pain not to have a handbrake with a manual . . .
Oh yeah. My third vehicle is my Miata. Can't seem to part with it. And the brake lever is handy and works great.sure beats how I learned!
I assume the synchronizers were shot, but for whatever reason, the manual transmission in a huge uhaul was wonky.
At some point, it occurred to me that I'd just pushed the clutch twice.
Paying more attention, I realized that the shifter was failing to pass into the next gear, which was resisting, and that I was simply instinctively shifting again!
So I'd unconsciously learned to double clutch! At that point, I simply kept double clutching every shift until I turned it in, which made it easer to drive.
This also made things much easier years later when Carl was teaching me to drive his '27 Cadillac . . . he was amazed at how easily a "rookie" took to it (but didn't want me downshifting
yeah, but that will be because they get fired after not realizing that the AI was generating nonsense, and they unwittingly submit it!
My Miata GT has four wheel discs, and I regularly used the hand brake when starting uphill from a stop. Kind of a pain not to have a handbrake with a manual . . .
yeah, mine's an '06, so heavily Ford. It's been sitting sine 2015 waiting for a new engine, probably this fall or by mid next year. And it's going to be a ford 2.5, which is the same engine, but built harder (it was a joint project; ford owned a third of Mazda n those days).
Maybe I wasn't clear. But if the truck is in any gear other than Park, and you stop and open the door with your seatbelt unbuckled, or you open the door and then unbuckle your seatbelt. The truck will automatically go into Park. The parking brake may or may not engage. But it will always go into Park. However, if the door is ALREADY .open, you can put it in drive and move the truck.. in my experience, if the door is closed and the truck is placed in drive, the parking brake will release when accelerator is pressed.
A manual would be great or you and about 15 percent of today’s driversShifter selector is fine, for an auto. It could be better, but its not bad.
Maybe have tactile 'steps' or notches of some sort between R - N - D.
Someone even mentioned having R in the counter clockwise direction, D in clockwise. Would make it easier to find R.
Maverick just needs a Manual gear lever, and none of this nonsense would be an issue (to me).
Initially my biggest concern was reaching for a 'round dial' to change gears, in the same area and hand as i reach for a round dial to adjust volume.
Yeah yeah, different size, difference places...but when you spend all your life adjusting volume with a rotary Dial, its a little funny.
After a month or so muscle memory adjusted, and its OK..
Still would suck to grab the wrong dial to adjust volume and accidentally spin the wrong one.
Just give me a manual trans, and none of this nonsense would be an issue.
Drove a 1953 Jag once. Double clutching was the only option.Ah, double clutching like McQueen in Bullitt!
It's not meant to automatically engage unless you put it in park on an incline. I have a 2025 hybrid. Maybe the others are different. But all I have to do is lightly press the accelerator if the doors closed and it releases as easily as it does when you have it on auto hold. Yours may be malfunctioning. I did notice on my 2025 that there is an update available for the ABS module. I didn't do it because I don't have a problem. But sometimes they have updates that address issues that only a few people have
The explorer does is because of a recall where we reprogrammed the vehicle to do that because of another issue that could potentially cause a rollaway. So the recall makes them automatically engage the parking brake. Other vehicles don't automatically engage the parking brake. However there are many that will engage the parking brake if parked on an incline
I have to thank you for all your comments. You put your knowledge out there without spanking users who may not have your info. Quite a few on here seem to scold people that ask valid questions about issues.
