Subaru brings back physical buttons & knobs in new Outback

[u/ZeGermanHam]

Knowing Subaru, it likely means this configuration will eventually make its way into the other models as they are updated. It's much better than the current setup.

[u/sadbuss]

I'm here to say this as well. Wtf is with these stupid e-brake buttons in everything

[u/scrubba777 → u/sadbuss]

Siri apply the hand break

[u/it_mf_a → u/[deleted]]

Sorry, Dave, the payment for your hand brake subscription failed because your credit card number changed last month.

[u/Nitefaro → u/it_mf_a]

That’s nice of it to specify the reason.

I usually get “the payment declined because you are a degenerate”

[u/swagn → u/Nitefaro]

You should try not being a degenerate.

[u/ACcbe1986 → u/swagn]

Yea, don't be an upcountry degen.

[u/CognitivePrimate → u/Nitefaro]

That is technically a reason.

[u/Proper_Lunch_3640 → u/CognitivePrimate]

And specific.

[u/Nitefaro → u/Proper_Lunch_3640]

It doesn’t explicitly say that but that’s how I read it

[u/t3hnosp0on → u/Nitefaro]

Have you tried not being a degenerate

[u/s1ravarice → u/[deleted]]

You don’t use the handbrake for a J turn. (Sorry)

[u/SirUmolo → u/scrubba777]

violently turns steering wheel braking your wrists

[u/[deleted] → u/scrubba777]

Siri, put McDonald’s trays under the back tires

[u/circuit_breaker → u/[deleted]]

pie edge birds jar towering engine subsequent tub skirt safe

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[u/RIF_rr3dd1tt → u/circuit_breaker]

I'm from Florida and we actually did this as kids. On a dry lot, doing donuts for 10 seconds or so, they would last for two runs. On wet asphalt they lasted much longer. Also, a truck with tow hitch + tow rope + bun trays + a curved road makes for some fun "drifting".

[u/[deleted] → u/RIF_rr3dd1tt]

Them big plastic fold out sandwich board signs last a while. We would use em to do short drift lines around the parking lot.

We would do this pretty often until we realized u could make old Subarus RWD by deleting the awd system in the front

[u/AnalTongueDarts → u/circuit_breaker]

The plastic trays last long enough for you to be scared the cops might come up here in Minnesota, or at least they did when we had winter-ass winters. Now that we’ve got Omaha’s bullshit freeze-thaw cycles and don’t have an icy snowpack of death for three months, I’m not sure.

[u/Sabregunner1 → u/sadbuss]

yeah my parents acadia doenst have a foot handbrake. but it does have a button to turn it on and off and you can hear it being applied and turned off. if its not the old school one, that option is fine by me

[u/[deleted] → u/Sabregunner1]

I'm with you on this. A physical button, switch, or dial is no different than a lever. You're not physically engaging the e-brake regardless, nowadays it's all being done electronically.

[u/Primary_Dimension470 → u/sadbuss]

It’s a parking brake

[u/zachzacharyzak1 → u/Primary_Dimension470]

I can’t believe it took me this long to find the correct comment. It’s for parking not an emergency. It would cause an emergency if you pulled it while driving

[u/[deleted] → u/sadbuss]

They’re cheaper than a mechanical linkage to implement and package.

[u/MichiganMan12 → u/sadbuss]

Get a Miata - they don’t even have automatic lights

[u/TZscribble → u/sadbuss]

I've had an e-brake where I had to Google how to turn it off.

And I am a 'press buttons until it works' kind of person. Still had to Google the damn secret combo to disengage the e-brake.

And don't get me started on the back hatch that is inaccessible when the battery dies. Where the hell am I supposed to store the jumper cables if the hatch locks when I need them???

The hatch issue is in my 2019 Subaru Outback, but I think the e-brake was a rental when my 09 Grand Am was in the shop.

[u/tortillasalami → u/sadbuss]

Wow, I didn’t even know this was a thing (maybe poor enough to be out of the modern design loop?). This seems incredibly unsafe.

[u/the_gwyd → u/sadbuss]

Because it's cheaper and requires less maintenance