Never thought of that Alistair... does the Plus Six use a set of handbrake pads as per the old Jags or Lotus Elan...??? even so if the foot brake has managed to lock the rear wheels, then I suspect trying to pull on the handbrake would impart no benefit...?
But wait... has it incorporated an electrically operated handbrake.... oh, Jeez, best not go there..?
God forbid...there is the dame lever on the transmission tunnel as is used on all Aeros, but only one calliper on the rear discs. The Aeros have 2, one just for the handbrake. So I presume that MMC has gone all modern and the handbrake operates a cam on one of the pistons. Or something.
I would have thought pressuring the existing hydraulics would have been the easiest. Probably a simpler possibility with electric handbrake although the Plus 6 is manual. Our BMW Mini seems to work in this fashion, as when electric handbrake is applied you can feel the pressurisation through the footbrake pedal. Appears to work on all four wheels as well given the way the car halts when just trickling forward.
Richard
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