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Wife came home complaining that the car lacked power, wondered if it had anything to do with my repair.

Earlier in the day I adjusted serpentine belt tension to eliminate a squeak. A horrible thought immediately ran through my head, and indeed I was right. I had the parking brake set so it wouldn't roll with a jack under it. She left the parking brake on.

Aside from a lever sticking straight up, the dash has a large warning light, and I had previously shown her how the thing worked.

Thank goodness I didn't buy a vehicle to cherish, partly because I expected it to be destroyed by terrible driving, but still, I bet she also had to ignore smoke from the wheels. That's three obvious fucking things that should tell you to stop the car and figure out wtf.

Wife came home complaining that the car lacked power, wondered if it had anything to do with my repair. Earlier in the day I adjusted serpentine belt tension to eliminate a squeak. A horrible thought immediately ran through my head, and indeed I was right. I had the parking brake set so it wouldn't roll with a jack under it. She left the parking brake on. Aside from a lever sticking straight up, the dash has a large warning light, and I had previously shown her how the thing worked. Thank goodness I didn't buy a vehicle to cherish, partly because I expected it to be destroyed by terrible driving, but still, I bet she also had to ignore smoke from the wheels. That's three obvious fucking things that should tell you to stop the car and figure out wtf.

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I admit I've driven for a good while with the parking break on, never saw the tires smoke though.

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I've been there man, it took over 10 years to get my wife to pay attention to things on her car. She had to tape a paper to the steering wheel that said check parking brake at one point to remember. Good news is rear brakes aren't all that bad to replace.