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They did it on myth busters and it didn’t work. The auto went into a nuetral limp mode and the manual couldn’t get it in.
For the auto I’m sure year, make, and model would have diferent results.
As for the manual if they would have been smart enough to shift it down to bypass the lock-out mechanism and rev match to get into the non synchro-ed reverse gear I think it would have worked.
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404, sarcasm not found. I’m well aware that putting it in park at 60 will not stop the car.
Also, if it was intended only as a parking brake manufactures would have abandoned the old cable system for the brake a long time ago. The reason it still uses a cable is it has to be seperate from the hydraulic system to provide a backup, or emergency brake. It would be much more simple and reliable to have the parking brake handle simply use the existing brake system but then it wouldn’t be redundant.