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2007-12-25 13:42:22 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
After you shut it off, it's a good idea to place it in gear in additon to putting on the parking brake because when you place the parking brake on, it can cool and contract and disengage and allow the car to roll...putting it in gear will not allow the car to roll...
2007-12-25 14:11:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
recommend you put it in reverse as that gear is geared pretty low and if the car tries to roll forward it can't unless the clutch slips. Now if you are parked uphill (nose upwards) I recommend first gear. The rest of the gears are geared so high that they will provide little resistance to hold your car in place and will actually turn the transmission and motor should gravity take over and the parking brake fail. So easy thing to remember is uphill put it in a low forward gear. Downhill put it in reverse and above all set the parking brake. Never rely totally on the brake to hold it in place. The same rule applies to level ground. Just check the grade and see which way your car could roll. Some cars require reverse and won't let you take out the keys unless they are in reverse.
2007-12-25 14:00:41 · answer #2 · answered by r w 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I always like to release the clutch before applying gas. Firstly MEMORISE the biting point, you can do this by finding an empty car park or space. Turn the car on, release the hand brake and have just your left foot fully depressing the clutch- dont press the brake or throttle. Now SLOWLY release the clutch until the car starts moving slowly and hold the clutch there- thats the biting point! Keep practicing that and try to remember where the clutch engages the biting point. Now to move off a bit quicker, raise the clutch to the biting point and then GENTLY apply gas (since first gear is very sensitive), keep on increasing the gas while you slowly take your foot off the clutch and your off!
2016-05-26 05:50:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are facing down hill the wheels should be turned in toward the curb and the tranny should be in 1st gear.
If you are facing up hill then the wheels should be turned in toward the curb and the tranny in reverse gear.
There's no such thing as a parking brake, only an emergency brake and it was never designed to hold the weight of the vehicle on any kind of slope. The emergency brake only exists so that if the hydraulic brakes fail you have a back up to help slow you down.
Used in conjunction with the transmission in Park on an automatic or 1st or Reverse on a stick shift/manual the emergency brake will aid in holding or slowing the car if it started to roll.
Even in big rigs with air brakes the tranny should be left in reverse or 1st gear when parked.
Good Luck!
2007-12-25 14:00:23 · answer #4 · answered by CactiJoe 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It really doesn't matter for just shutting the engine off, just make sure if you have it in gear, you don't let off the clutch until the engine has died. However, typicaly, you should leave it in gear when parked, this is in case the park brake fails.
2007-12-25 13:47:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
winter time leave on 1st gear do not use hand break.
never ever leave on neutral. possible to find out your car couple block down of the town.
2007-12-25 16:52:04 · answer #6 · answered by Ozdevil 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
always put mine in 1st with parking brake on. heck everytime i get in the 1st thing that gets pushed in even b4 the key goes in is the clutch.
2007-12-25 13:55:20 · answer #7 · answered by yp_mike_kinsey 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i can't take the key out of mine unless it's in reverse... leave it to the swedish!
If you park on a hill I'd leave it in gear.
2007-12-25 13:47:42 · answer #8 · answered by Mike Tyson 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
NO!! leave it in Reverse, always. 1st is too weak to do anything.
2007-12-25 15:35:40 · answer #9 · answered by Bill P 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For safety put it in low or reverse
2007-12-25 13:50:13 · answer #10 · answered by Wisdom 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋