View Poll Results: Do you park in GEAR or NEUTRAL
IN GEAR
257
39.36%
Neutral
396
60.64%
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Do you park your car in gear or neutral
Apr 18, 2010, 04:01 PM
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Once with my old Eclipse GSX, I forgot to put it into gear after work and apparently didn't pull the e-brake enough because it rolled out of my garage backwards, across the road and backed into my own mailbox...broke the spoiler and scuffed the rear bumper. DOH !
Apr 18, 2010, 04:20 PM
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Always in neutral. If your car is in gear and it's bumped while your car is parked, the jolt can chip a gear tooth in the transmission. Also if your car is in gear on an incline/decline it will still roll if you forgot to put your e-brake or if the e-brake fails, though admittedly not as easy as in neutral. I always turn my tires on a incline/decline, that actually has saved me when my e-brake cable snapped on one of my previous cars.
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Apr 18, 2010, 04:32 PM
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Always in neutral. If your car is bumped while your car is parked, the jolt can chip a gear tooth in the transmission. Also if your car is in gear on an incline/decline it will still roll if you forgot to put your e-brake or if the e-brake fails, though admittedly not as easy as in neutral. I always turn my tires on a incline/decline, that actually has saved me when my e-brake cable snapped on one of my previous cars.
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Apr 18, 2010, 04:52 PM
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But their should have been three choices but i can't change it. It should have been NEUTRAL BECAUSE OF TURBO TIMER? I been reading that a lot of these guys park in neutral because they have to with the turbo timer.
Apr 18, 2010, 04:59 PM
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In gear in the direction of the curb(ie 1st if the curb is in front and R if the curb is behind)with as many Evos being stolen I would hate to come out and see mine gone.
Apr 18, 2010, 06:57 PM
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reverse is "park" for a stick. i've always parked my manuals with e-brake/in gear. as a mechanic, you always gotta make sure the clutch is pressed in then check for neutral. i got used to that seeing accidents like someone starting a car without pressing the clutch and coming off a rack.
