rmchrgr
Skate And Destroy
OK for the street/strip guys - do you have a parking brake? I'm starting to get my car back together and am leaning towards leaving it out. #1, it's dead weight. #2, it's extra clutter and #3, see #1. I figure it would be one of the first things gone in a dedicated race car but a street machine is a slightly different story.
If you removed it - do you wish you had it sometimes? Is there any particular situation where it would still be useful? Do you carry wheel chocks around?
My one concern is that I live on a steep hill. If I forgot to put the car in gear and walked away it would literally be in my neighbor's front bedroom. It's not far-fetched because a similar thing happened when I was little. Someone was visiting for a minute and the mother left her baby in the back of her Vega. (yep, early '70s) From what I remember the baby managed to crawl in front and knocked the car out of gear and it rolled backwards into a tree. Kid was OK, Vega, not so much.
So street/strip car - parking brake yay or nay?
If you removed it - do you wish you had it sometimes? Is there any particular situation where it would still be useful? Do you carry wheel chocks around?
My one concern is that I live on a steep hill. If I forgot to put the car in gear and walked away it would literally be in my neighbor's front bedroom. It's not far-fetched because a similar thing happened when I was little. Someone was visiting for a minute and the mother left her baby in the back of her Vega. (yep, early '70s) From what I remember the baby managed to crawl in front and knocked the car out of gear and it rolled backwards into a tree. Kid was OK, Vega, not so much.
So street/strip car - parking brake yay or nay?