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Old 05-05-2014, 03:30 PM   #33 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Old Mechanic View Post
In the USA since a woman drove her Audi into her swimming pool and drowned, the regulators made it so you had to have your foot on the brake to shift from park to drive.
Before my uncle swapped a 4-pot gasser and a 5-speed manual into his Pontiac Trans Sport, I once drove it with the V6 and the automatic, and didn't have to leave my foot on the brake pedal to shift from P to D with the E-brake on. It didn't work in a Toyota Hilux which my grandpa had.
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