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P.S. @CCF: the handbrake-system, you have mentioned, was (still is?) in use at all Mercedes Benz-cars.
There you have to take care on your left shinbone! You loose the foot-handbrake with a hand-choke on the left side of the dashboard. And when your left leg is too outstretched, the handbrake-pedal will smash onto the shinbone. So be alert, when you are driving a Mercedes.
I must admit, that I was really getting pissed, when I drove a Saab for the first time (a 1974 Saab 99) and couldn't pull out the ignition-key! I was randomly alone in the car, without the owner. After getting more and more nervous and aggressive, I got suddenly the "clic" for the solution in my brain - the reverse gear...
There you have to take care on your left shinbone! You loose the foot-handbrake with a hand-choke on the left side of the dashboard. And when your left leg is too outstretched, the handbrake-pedal will smash onto the shinbone. So be alert, when you are driving a Mercedes.
I must admit, that I was really getting pissed, when I drove a Saab for the first time (a 1974 Saab 99) and couldn't pull out the ignition-key! I was randomly alone in the car, without the owner. After getting more and more nervous and aggressive, I got suddenly the "clic" for the solution in my brain - the reverse gear...