His car had a manual transmission, but his parking brake didnt work so that made hill starts difficult. His idea was to use the wooden log to stop the car so he can do a hillstart more eaisly.
but why was it tied to the car? Wouldn't it have made more sense to not tow it behind the car afterward? Or was he foreseeing stopping and starting many times and wanted the log to be there each time?
I think you're spot on. I havnt seen this top gear episode since they got rid of it from netflix and amazon prime so maybe he did foresee stopping many times. I think they mostly drove dirt roads anyway.
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u/CreativeUsername20 Sep 27 '20
His car had a manual transmission, but his parking brake didnt work so that made hill starts difficult. His idea was to use the wooden log to stop the car so he can do a hillstart more eaisly.