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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 !

 

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.

 

32 years driving, 14 cars, all manuals, always left in first gear. Besides keeping the car from rolling (don't trust the parking brake) you never know when you need to start and move FAST

 

Dont get me wrong. I alwaus use my E-brake when i park. I park in 1st gear and pull the E-brake all the time. In Incline/decline i turn the tires also.

 

That's fine, but just leave it in neutral .

 

There should have been a 3 selection in the POLL, I do both, E-Brake and 1st Gear... If either fails, I am still good... LOL

 

Well i bet you that everyone that leaves it in gear uses the e-brake also.
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.

 

neutral with e-brake.

unless im parking where im not supposed too, then its in gear. (harder for them to tow it, saved me once)

 

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.

 

never thought about putting it in reverse...

 

In gear always.

 

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.

 

Always in gear, unless it's my garage.

 

Agreed, always in gear unless in my garage (which is absolutely level).