Comment on Remember when car controls weren't complicated

kungen@feddit.nu ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• zewm@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Not sure if joking so I will answer genuinely.

  It’s a hand brake. You pull it towards you to engage it. It made loud clicks noises all the way. Then you pull it a little toward you and turn it down, pushing it all the way back in to disengage it.

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  • kungen@feddit.nu ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I’ve just never seen one like that, it has always been on my right hand side in every car I’ve had.

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    • zewm@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      It was mostly in older model Japanese pick up trucks. Like Isuzus or Nissans or Toyotas.

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    • zewm@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      youtu.be/XvU6GtuWa2o

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  • icelimit@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Isn’t there another handbrake in the engaged position covering the gear knob? (Which I’m guessing is automatic)

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    • zewm@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      youtu.be/XvU6GtuWa2o

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    • zewm@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I don’t really see what you are referencing

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  • mech@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Thanks for the explanation. I had the same question, been driving since the early 90s but I never saw a handbrake like that.
    I thought it might be a choke and was confused seeing that in such a new car.

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    • zewm@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Here is a video with the satisfying clicks

      youtu.be/XvU6GtuWa2o

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