Ha, I've had one of those
It's a Merc W123, made between 1976 and 1984, or thereabouts. A realy fucker for doing hillstarts with.
( Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Mon 26 Apr 2010, 14:55, 1 reply)

I thought
The point of a "hand" brake was that you could control the gas and the brake at the same time for things like hill-starts. Foot operated hand-brake sounds like a major mistake to me.

Unless it'a an automatic I guess.
( Ugi , it's a game of give and cake, Mon 26 Apr 2010, 15:09, closed)

yes it was an auto.
think it was a e class, not sure of the age of it but it was under 10 yrs old.
(Kip, Mon 26 Apr 2010, 16:25, closed)

oh, in which case, Merc have had that stupid brake system for decades
it must be a cult thing.
( Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Mon 26 Apr 2010, 16:58, closed)

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( Ugi , it's a game of give and cake, Tue 27 Apr 2010, 9:28, closed)