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					Originally Posted by xclusivecar
					
				 What does pushing in the clutch have to do with the handbrake?  I've owned manual transmission cars for years and have never been told/had to push in the clutch before pulling up the brake.   | 
	
 
if you pull the handbreak with the clutch engaged (and car moving at a speed) then you still have the full engines power working against the rear wheel brakes(the handbrake). I pull the HB all the time to make quick turns and with the clutch engaged i hear the loud POP and the car hardly slows down.
xclusivecar- what are you trying to do when you pull the handbrake? lock up the back tires or just curious as to what will happen?