Ultimate Parking Story

[quk@sievers.com (Phil Payne)]

In message <v03010d00af30dfdd773d@[132.249.200.76]> Dan Drobnis writes:

> In fact, I remember some German friends warning me
> that in their town it is <illegal> to park on level ground with the car in
> gear or the parking brake on, as it would inhibit someone from gently
> nudging cars front and back to get out of a "zero slack" parking space!

I never heard of that.  Germans do, habitually, leave the parking brake off on 
level ground and the car in gear, but I always thought it was to avoid the 
brake freezing on in winter.
 
If you pick up a hire car at an airport, it will be parked nose in to the wall 
(saves exhaust marks on the walls), and it will be in first gear with the 
parking brake off.

German cars don't have 5 mph bumpers.  That's a US-only feature.

--
 Phil Payne
 phil@sievers.com
 Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club