Timeline for What's the best gear to leave a manual vehicle in when parked? [closed]
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| Nov 23, 2016 at 10:11 | comment | added | Martin | @makinbacon damaging my drivetrain when the vehicle starts rolling on a hill is my slightest worry. Should my parked vehicle start rolling on hill I have way bigger issues than my drivetrain: Think "other people crushed by my car" | |
| Nov 23, 2016 at 8:29 | answer | added | Dezza | timeline score: 0 | |
| Nov 23, 2016 at 7:53 | comment | added | RemcoGerlich | @dlu: if the other cars have to use more force, the chance of scratches, bumps etc goes up. | |
| Nov 23, 2016 at 2:37 | answer | added | Cc Dd | timeline score: 0 | |
| Nov 23, 2016 at 2:14 | comment | added | dlu | @RemcoGerlich, how would being in gear when the car was pushed cause damage? I can see it making it a bit more difficult to move the car, but I'm wondering what damage would be done. | |
| Nov 23, 2016 at 2:13 | comment | added | dlu | If you don't leave it in gear and the car rolls it will likely damage the whole car… For whatever it is worth for many years (all of the original 900 at least) SAAB locked the transmission in reverse as an alternative to the steering wheel lock. | |
| Nov 23, 2016 at 1:14 | answer | added | Matej Lieskovsky | timeline score: 3 | |
| Nov 22, 2016 at 21:55 | answer | added | SQB | timeline score: 3 | |
| Nov 22, 2016 at 18:57 | comment | added | JPhi1618 | Related... and closed as opinion based: mechanics.stackexchange.com/q/11264/12030 | |
| Nov 22, 2016 at 18:15 | answer | added | Greg H | timeline score: 8 | |
| Nov 22, 2016 at 17:28 | answer | added | alephzero | timeline score: -2 | |
| Nov 22, 2016 at 17:05 | answer | added | paparazzo | timeline score: -1 | |
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| Nov 22, 2016 at 12:29 | comment | added | RemcoGerlich | Also in Paris and other large cities, it's very common to push other cars a bit to make a tiny parking space a bit bigger. Leaving it in a gear means damage to your vehicle. | |
| Nov 22, 2016 at 12:26 | comment | added | RemcoGerlich | I've always been taught to leave it in free. And now that I have kids who like to sit behind the wheel (and who knows, get a key and turn it some day) I'm quite happy with that. | |
| Nov 22, 2016 at 10:05 | comment | added | Criggie | that sounds like a new question. But it would mostly depend on the brand and model of gearbox. | |
| Nov 22, 2016 at 7:31 | answer | added | Old_Fossil | timeline score: 0 | |
| Nov 22, 2016 at 6:09 | answer | added | kyle_engineer | timeline score: 12 | |
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| Nov 22, 2016 at 4:12 | history | edited | dlu | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 22, 2016 at 4:10 | answer | added | dlu | timeline score: 26 | |
| Nov 22, 2016 at 4:06 | history | edited | William |
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| Nov 22, 2016 at 4:02 | comment | added | William | Related question: is there any mechanical proof to the claim that reverse is the "strongest" gear? | |
| Nov 22, 2016 at 3:56 | history | edited | William | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 22, 2016 at 3:49 | history | asked | William | CC BY-SA 3.0 |