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Electronic parking brake

5K views 9 replies 7 participants last post by  Chippy 
#1 ·
Has anyone else managed to snap off the parking brake handle ?
 
#4 ·
Also never touched it, in 5 years of Evoque and DS ownership. I did use it on a LR Experience once in one of their cars, pulled it on when doing a rate of knots and it pulled the car up pretty quickly as it shoud do.
 
#5 ·
I've used it a few times at lights / in queues etc. To hold the car in gear to save using footbrake / blinding cars behind in the dark.

Not had a problem with the lever on or off (but it works either way, you can pull/pull or push/push to activate/deactivate.

I tried activating it at about 40mph once as I thought I read it's a feature for the passenger to activate to bring the car smoothly to a stop. But it felt more like a traditional handbrake application with max handbrake effort applied.
 
#8 ·
At first you could snatch at it just through force of habit if used to a normal lever. I use mine quite often in traffic queues and you soon learn to treat it like a switch then wait for the instrument panel light before you relax your leg on the brake pedal. Definitely not a good idea to use it while still rolling though.
 
#10 ·
How right you are John but to be honest I'm past caring.

I would say that out of 100 cars that I stop behind night and day 99 of their drivers keep their foot on the brake.
 
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