<VV> Neutral, parking brakes etc.

[HallGrenn at aol.com]

One additional point in favor of using the emergency/parking brake on cars  
newer than our Corvairs with rear drum brakes is that the parking brake  
activates the self adjusting mechanism.  Backing up and stopping short does  
it as well, but owner's manuals of many '80s and early '90s era cars with  
disc/drum brakes advise using the parking brake to help keep the rear drums  
adjusted.
 
And I use the parking brake and leave my manual Corvairs in gear when I  
park.  Had one move downhill on me once--one compression stroke at a  time.  
It looked like it had hiccups.
 
Bob Hall
Group Corvair
Corvanatics
CORSA