# Help, my car is held down by invisible force.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-car-is-held-down-by-invisible-force/771900>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 13, 2016, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-car-is-held-down-by-invisible-force/771900 "2016-11-13T21:07:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-car-is-held-down-by-invisible-force/771900/21 "2016-11-15T05:47:31Z")

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> [@48Willys](#):
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> I see that you are in Medford Oregon, land of eternal rain.

What? You have never been to Medford?

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-car-is-held-down-by-invisible-force/771900/22 "2016-11-15T05:49:16Z")

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But I kinda like the music.

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**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-car-is-held-down-by-invisible-force/771900/23 "2016-11-15T07:12:18Z")

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> [@eschereal](#):
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> What? You have never been to Medford?

Yeah, Medford gets half the rain of Portland/Seattle, or about 3/4 of Oakland, and on par with Sacramento. It’s not the Eastern Oregon desert, but it’s closer than the typical PNW.

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**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-car-is-held-down-by-invisible-force/771900/24 "2016-11-15T20:22:17Z")

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I guess the simplest question is whether you’ve released the emergency brake? Most modern cars release them automatically when you start up, but sometimes the mechanism doesn’t work right, as I found out one snowy day.

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**Author:** ![TSBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@TSBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TSBG)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-car-is-held-down-by-invisible-force/771900/25 "2016-11-15T20:34:34Z")

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> [@Finagle](#):
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> I guess the simplest question is whether you’ve released the emergency brake? Most modern cars release them automatically when you start up, but sometimes the mechanism doesn’t work right, as I found out one snowy day.

Most? You may well be right but I’ve never owned or driven a car that automatically released the emergency brake. Is that a feature of…cars that cost more than my cars? 😃

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-car-is-held-down-by-invisible-force/771900/26 "2016-11-15T21:16:11Z")

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My Cadillac is the only car I’ve ever driven that automatically releases the emergency brake.

I have 5 other cars/trucks but none of them would ever be classified as “luxury” cars.

Then again, none of my cars are “modern” either. 😛

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