"Jeff Strickland" > wrote in message
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> "Michael Low" > wrote in message

>>> Cars had no handbrake at the time. American cars never had hand
>>> brakes until they started appearing in the last 15 years or so.
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>> Ever wondered why they started to appear in American cars?
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> Cost down? Ease of use? Any number of other reasons.

Come on Jeff, that couldn't be the reason. It has to be because for more
than 75 years no one in America was able to drive up a hill. And damn it, we
wanted to drive up a hill just like the rest of the world!