parking technique: what gear are you in?
11-04-2005, 08:11 AM
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parking technique: what gear are you in?
I always been putting it in 1st gear and ebrake on...
Is this standard or do yall put it in reverse gear when parking the car?
Is this standard or do yall put it in reverse gear when parking the car?
11-04-2005, 08:23 AM
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Originally Posted by cessna
!st with the e-brake when I had my MT Suby 2.5 rs.....
Goddamn I miss that car
Goddamn I miss that car
always apply brake first to make it the first line of defense and then the gear, you don't want to have the tranny support the car.
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11-04-2005, 10:12 AM
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Originally Posted by plumpzz
And its never rolled away for u?? Damn! My car would roll right out of my garage in any gear lol
i had an incident where i forgot E brake and i stopped to get gas and the car almost rolled off while getting gas.... would of been a disaster lol
11-04-2005, 10:15 AM
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I typically decide while parking "if I am to accidentally pop the clutch out when starting up the car, would I rather have the car lurch forward or lurch backward?"
Like if you are parked 2cm away from a wall and lurch forward, you could hurt your bumper pretty bad...
Like if you are parked 2cm away from a wall and lurch forward, you could hurt your bumper pretty bad...
11-04-2005, 10:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Wired 24/7
I typically decide while parking "if I am to accidentally pop the clutch out when starting up the car, would I rather have the car lurch forward or lurch backward?"
Like if you are parked 2cm away from a wall and lurch forward, you could hurt your bumper pretty bad...
Like if you are parked 2cm away from a wall and lurch forward, you could hurt your bumper pretty bad...
11-04-2005, 10:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Wired 24/7
I typically decide while parking "if I am to accidentally pop the clutch out when starting up the car, would I rather have the car lurch forward or lurch backward?"
Like if you are parked 2cm away from a wall and lurch forward, you could hurt your bumper pretty bad...
Like if you are parked 2cm away from a wall and lurch forward, you could hurt your bumper pretty bad...
11-04-2005, 10:44 AM
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Originally Posted by harrieyu
it depends. when parking uphill (front up) then you put it in first gear but when parking downhill (front down) you put it in reverse.
11-04-2005, 11:30 AM
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There was a thread on here a few months ago on the same subject. You never want to just park with the e-brake only on because there have been cases (not just Z's) where the e-brake has failed and people have come back to find their cars in a different spot. Use gear+e-brake always... I do 1st gear + e-brake.