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YOUR RESEARCHPress the button while engaging the hand brake?
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Install porsche tequipment handbrake button short shift kit
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I installed the Porsche TEquipment handbrake button short shift kit.
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I think you should consider using the aqualung developed for diving without releasing bubbles.
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This theory was deduced using extensive scientific testing and measurements.......or not.
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When engaging the hand brake, should we press in the hand brake release button while pulling up the hand brake? Is there any harm in just pulling it up, and hearing the ratchet clicks?
I sure metals have improved a lot over the years, but I've certainly driven an elderly Mk1 Escort with no handbrake ratchet left after years of abuse.
TBH, there's no reason not to press the button, even for a clumsy bloke like me with a stitched-together skier's thumb!
I see no reason to press the button. I've always left the button alone and racheted the handle. That way you are sure it's taut. Have owned several cars, oldest one with 120,000 miles plus before it finally got donated to a neighborhood kid, and no notches have ever worn down or broken.
I am so glad that someone is finally addressing this serious issue as it is something that has often troubled me.
I'd also like some help with another issue.
When I drive my car, sometimes I find it necessary to breathe. I try not to but, almost without fail, within a mile or two I get a very strong urge to inhale some fresh air.
My concern is that the carbon dioxide I exhale when I breathe might be damaging to my leather seats. I figure that leather is made of cows, and cows would die if they were subject to breathing heavy doses of carbon dioxide... I mean, you do the math.
Has anyone here figured out a solution to this problem? I've thought about driving with some sort of contained system to catch the carbon dioxide as I exhale. And I went a couple weeks pulling over every minute or so and jumping out of the car to grab some air. That seemd to be OK except when it rained but it really slowed me down and I had a pretty bad headache after 30 miles or so.
Should I just learn to breath less? Take shorter trips in my car? Is it possible to exhale anything besides carbon dioxide? Perhaps some sort of new car smell?
Any help would be appreciated.
Dear "Live from Ney York",
I think you should consider using the aqualung developed for diving without releasing bubbles. Correctly fitted it recycles the air and refreshes the oxygen levels. Make a mistake and you die.
.....otherwise you could consider fitting an air pipe directly to .....to.....no I better not go there.
As for the handbrake button......
I'm surprised you have not disabled this yet. If you do not remove the button this part of the steering does not work correctly.
Um....how about this angle. The more times you press the button (IE, pushing it in when you don't need to, such as with pulling up the handbrake), the spring mechanism will wear out faster in the handle, so in theory, you should not press the button when pulling it up, because the metal racheting mechanism will not wear out as fast as the cheap button mechanism. This theory was deduced using extensive scientific testing and measurements.......or not.
Seriously, I don't recall if I press the button or not. I'll have to make a note of it next time I park the car.
I'm sure I press it in when taking the parking brake off.
The solution is simple. Install a front hood scoop and duct the airflow into the cabin. Fresh air galore... and it will make your P-car look really MEAN!
For best results, you have to hold the handbrake button down and at the same time cease all breathing. It's good for about +10 hp. +15 hp if you've been eating beans the night before. I verified the result personally on my butt dyno.
I installed the Porsche TEquipment handbrake button short shift kit. This allows me to ignore the button and short shift the ratchet.
Just one of those mods you have to have.
Ciao,
Adrian.
PS: I believe that Porsche will fit this kit as standard from model year 2025 to ensure these worries about using the handbrake and damaging the ratchet or shorting out the button are removed forever.
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