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11-06-2012, 06:27 PM | #1 |
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parking in gear
Just curious as to how many people actually park in gear. Do you always park in gear or just on slopes?
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11-06-2012, 06:30 PM | #2 |
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Because of habit, and I always break the wheels to one side.
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11-06-2012, 06:35 PM | #3 |
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Only on hills!
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11-06-2012, 06:36 PM | #4 |
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I always park in gear. If I am on any kind of slope I will also set my hand brake.
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11-06-2012, 06:38 PM | #5 |
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Gear + Brake always.
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Always.
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11-06-2012, 06:57 PM | #8 |
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in-gear and handbrake on every time I park. I'm paranoid.
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11-06-2012, 07:01 PM | #10 |
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I always park in gear (1/R depending on what way I'm on a slope), plus brake, but I have to get out of this habit as I want to get remote start
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In gear, brake on. Always.
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Either way, I only use the parking brake unless on a steep slope, ive had manual cars with remote starts for the past 6+ years so parking in gear was a no no. Never had a car roll.
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In gear always, habit I got into when I had my first manual car and would sometimes forget to put the handbrake up and end up chasing a rolling Miata at a gas station.
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Think about that one for a minute. If you think parking a car in gear on a relatively flat surface causes tension on the gears what do you think push starting a car does to the gears? Tension is not causing any harm. Enough tension to shatter a gear is not going to happen and for sure you're not going to bend a gear because of tension. If a car were on a severe slope and left in gear only, it could start rolling down the hill turning the engine over as it went along its way.
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