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Originally Posted by Subie
Well you still have to wait for the car to stop completely before engaging reverse, unless you like grinding gears that is. A lot of people shift D-R, R-D at low speeds, not necessarily when stationary. (I always stop completely when driving a slush box, but I've observed others not doing so.) It's not necessarily much quicker parallel parking with a manual.
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If you're on a hill you can usually just parallel using 1st or reverse (depending on the direction of the hill)
And shifting back and forth yourself is faster than doing it with an auto, since 75% of my friends with autos don't seen to be patient enough to wait and hit the gas before the transmission is back in R (or D) and they get that "clunk!". And then later wonder why their transmission crapped out on them at 120k.
I'll agree that it's not necessarily much quicker, but it "can" be.
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