slick

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i have a an auto, and a friend of mine has an auto also. everytime he parks his car, he puts it in neutral, and then pulls the e-brake up, and turns the car off. i asked him, "why dont you just put it in park?", he said, "putting it in park strains the transmission, especially if the car is on a holl."
is this true? do any of you auto owners do this?

Spider883

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if he puts the ebrake on it wont put any strain on the trans even in park. and the only way the trans will be strained just in park if u are on a really steep hill

LOWBOY

When your car is in park, its not just your transmission that keeps it from going anywhere. There is also some part of your braking system that is engaged.

slick

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ok, i guess it should be fine to put it in park when on a flat, level surface, but on a hill, put the ebrake up also(while in park).

QCKSILVR

There is less of a strain if you place the e-brake on while the vehicle is in gear and then shift to park.

Blckcivic01

i have an auto.... and whemn u put ur can in neutral..... and turn off the car..... how does he pull out the key?... cuz in mine the car has to be in park to pull out the key

eProdigy

when ever i drive my friends auto i always do the same thing, more out of habit than anything else. like a some things that might be something that used to be true of cars when our parents had them, and so it just gets passed on.

JoeB16

thats the most retarded thing ive ever seen. tell your friend he ate too many paint chips as a child.

2k2civicballer

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JBlazeVA

uhhh

Jochij

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damn joe u actually saw it i only readed. i guess i can't only read wat words say not see them.

Crashoveride

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I have an Auto and I never put it in Nutral unless I am going through the drive through and am waiting. I do put my parking brake on when I park, hill or no hill. But I always put it in Park. [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/IMG]

FURY

How the hell does he take his key out

SLeePeR012

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I push my brake all the way down and put it into Park and then pull my ebrake. When I start up I push the brake down and shift into drive or reverse and then take off the ebrake.... Trust me, it does take off strains... sometimes when even on small incline and I don't put my ebrake on and I start the car and shift to my reverse or drive I hear the engine sorta strain. I donno. maybe its jus me... but im not lying.

FURY

i thought it was better to pull the handbrake up then put it into park

whatever

NeoMagus

this sounds like a guy around here with a 2k1 who thinks his auto is manual. Needless to say hes had his transmission replaced twice, and he has about 20k on the car. Tell your friend to start treatin it like an auto, or trade it for a 7th gen manual.

CiViCPrAnInG2k1

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yeh guys yall are right......

i do the same exact thing. i put it in neutral then i lift the e-brake then in park. in da manual it says put the parking brake(e-brake) before putting into Park to ease off strain on da transmission. dats da way ive been doing it ever since i bought da car.

01SOHCcivic

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slick

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i'm sorry to confuse some of you guys, my friends car is an auto, but its not a civic, i should've mentioned that in my original post, he has a 99 grand am gt. i dont know how he takes the key out, the keyhole in our van is worn out or something, so you can take the key out while driving! but his car is a 99, i doubt it should be worn out.

anyways, i think i'm gonna try what some of you guys said, push the brake, go from D to P, then pull ebrake up. i just hope i dont forget to release the ebrake the next day[IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG]

FroggerDude

i always put on my e-break. hill or no hill
and i jsut do it like i was thought in driving school
first on, last off.
when parking pull the ebreak first then put in park. when putting into drive, always put it into gear first then release ebreak

RockfordFosgateBwoy

i wonder why they call it "park"


stupidity's got no bounds!

aZnVoYCe

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<< i have an auto.... and whemn u put ur can in neutral..... and turn off the car..... how does he pull out the key?... cuz in mine the car has to be in park to pull out the key >>

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MyOtherRideIsBritney

Tell your friend not to touch the gearsift lever to hard, because he might wear down the plastic around the gearshift on the console, which would then cause your console to falloff while driving, which would throw off your Civ's equilibrium, which would mess up your handling dynamics, which would result in...

Seriously though, how DOES he get his key out?

MyOtherRideIsBritney

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avenger

your friend is an absolute moron

P is designed for Parking, when a Parking Pin engages and hold everything nice and tight

read this

your transmission and driveline suffer a lot more under acceleration than while parked....

DxMaN

Also on a really steep hill, the parking break might not be enough to hold the car. I've known ppl. to put the car in neutral (manual) and pull the p-break only to find their car against the curb at the end of my buddy's driveway[IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG] Always use both systems when you park. I put mine in second thinking that that will hold a little better than first. The only time I don't put it in gear is if I am parked illegally, might as well not have the tow-truck driver strain the **** out of my tranny pulling the car out of the spot.