L2park-in-gear......... - Page 2

Late · 07-21-2008, 08:07 PM

there are no hills in FL.

ACHAHockey · 07-21-2008, 08:19 PM

My gf's parent's house has a driveway that sits at a 70* angle or so, and I have to CRANK on the e-brake and leave it in gear for it not to move.

chargedvette02 · 07-21-2008, 08:32 PM

I only park in gear when on a hill. I also turn the wheel so that the car will go towards the curb should the ebrake fail.

Track · 07-21-2008, 09:09 PM

In gear and e-brake every time. If nose is uphill, i.e. car will roll backwards, I put it in reverse. Nose downhill, put it in 1st. Don't want to risk turning the motor backwards, but honestly I don't know if that would cause damage.

awdrev · 07-21-2008, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by disturbed1

There is no way the hand brake can fail unless it is not set properly.

funny actually.......

E-brake is simply a metal wire pushing two pads to hold the "entire weight of your car" how can it fail?

Wire can break
The car could be put in motion by strong winds and once the car is rolling your SUPER ebrake is going to do nothing.
The car could be put in motion by someone "tapping" you from behind OR front.
Someone towing your car can break the wire (neutral FTW now your car is a FREE machine!)...
etc etc etc

In conclusion, the e-brake + neutral parking is simply FAIL. One of my cousins almost killed herself when she had to go chasing for her car which BTW ended up crushing her leg between another car.

Parking in gear is 99.9% safer, makes it hard to steal and anyone that drives stick "properly" most likely does so....

now back to your "impossible to fail".... I wonder how my speakers failed, they were also setup properly....

305STi · 07-21-2008, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Late

there are no hills in FL.

Yea

CFar · 07-22-2008, 11:03 AM

First or second gear. Technically speaking, if you leave it in say 6th, it would be technically easier to push the car than in first, because the engine wouldn't need to turn as much per each actual wheel turn of the drive wheels.

In any case, any gear is enough to keep a car solid on even a hill.

Unclejesus · 07-22-2008, 11:27 AM

Just the ebrake. I have a TT so leaving it in gears means waiting 30secs everytime I get out. Also in FL as stated earlier, we have no hills.

disturbed1 · 07-22-2008, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by m3_arch

My brother's 67' vw suffered the fate of a failed handbrake cable. Granted it is an old car, but things can go wrong. Regardless it rolled about 35 yards down a slight hill in my my cul de sac and met the rear of my father's delivery truck (rear lift). Needless to say, bug was totalled.

which is why the DMV hand books states to turn the wheel so that if the e-brake fails it will hit the curb.

disturbed1 · 07-22-2008, 03:33 PM

Not sure what the hell to do though in a driveway as there is no curb.

KiTsuNe · 07-22-2008, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by disturbed1

Not sure what the hell to do though in a driveway as there is no curb.

handbook tells you what to do in this scenario as well. Turn it so the car rolls off the road

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Track Silver Member Car: 06 Aspen white Fav Mod: Surfboard in passenger seat Location: Irvine, CA Posts: 420 Join Date: Aug 2005 Trader Rating: (0)	Re: L2park-in-gear......... In gear and e-brake every time. If nose is uphill, i.e. car will roll backwards, I put it in reverse. Nose downhill, put it in 1st. Don't want to risk turning the motor backwards, but honestly I don't know if that would cause damage.

07-22-2008, 11:03 AM	#22
CFar Grassroots STI Racer Location: NOVA Posts: 570 Join Date: Jun 2006 Trader Rating: (1)	Re: L2park-in-gear......... First or second gear. Technically speaking, if you leave it in say 6th, it would be technically easier to push the car than in first, because the engine wouldn't need to turn as much per each actual wheel turn of the drive wheels. In any case, any gear is enough to keep a car solid on even a hill.

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disturbed1 Professional STI Racer Car: 06 subaru wrx sti Fav Mod: royal purple Location: orange, CA Posts: 680 Join Date: Jul 2006 Trader Rating: (0)	Re: L2park-in-gear......... Not sure what the hell to do though in a driveway as there is no curb.