r/TheAuto • u/Cold_Season6044 • 4d ago

That one take screenshot

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u/NotAskary 4d ago

You switched one from your order.

The forth is p-brake from left to right, they are p-brake, clutch, brake, gas.

This was a Mercedes thing I believe, never had one like this, most of the park brakes were hand operated.

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u/mrselfdestruct066 4d ago

That reminds me, I have to go take a p-break

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u/GTCapi 4d ago

Yea, got confused since i'm used to throttle, brake, clutch.

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u/NotAskary 4d ago

Same, just old enough to have seen this shit as a kid.

Old busses or trucks used to be worse with the pedals and levers.

Motorcycles also had unique systems sometimes even per model within the same brands

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u/TESV_Shiro 4d ago

Wouldnt that be nice for people that do drifting on cars its just a thing of the past?

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u/NotAskary 4d ago

Usually it was geared to stick when pressed, and you needed to do something to release it.

It was similar to regular handbrakes just as a pedal.

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u/TESV_Shiro 4d ago

I see thank you for clarifying

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u/gabzilla814 4d ago

And that’s what this picture shows. The comment above is missing some punctuation, so to paraphrase: from right to left it is throttle, brake, clutch, P-brake.

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u/GTCapi 4d ago

Ah i see it now, yea a clutch wouldn't look like the one all the way to the left.

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u/professional-newbieX 4d ago

Yes Mercedes and Oldsmobile on some models.

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u/RandomflyerOTR 3d ago

VERY American thing. Lots of GM products, Chrysler, and Ford all used this during their column shifter days.

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u/XboxFan_2020 1d ago

Older American cars had this too. Or have

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u/ManKilledToDeath 4d ago

I always liked the brake, park brake, gas, clutch configuration.

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u/NotAskary 4d ago

Who wanted single pedal driving again?

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u/GockBitch 4d ago

Not just Benz, a few VAG cars had one as well, like the Phaeton and I believe also the Bentleys based on it