Timeline for Leaving car with automatic transmission in Neutral instead of Park
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| Dec 1, 2017 at 9:29 | comment | added | user21338 | Well, there IS a useful reason, when you park in places where there's so little space that people gently push other cars when parking and departing. It is likely not to be so gently when your car is on gear. However, this is not going to be nice for carroserie anyway, and this wil die out if people in such places would get more modern car... maybe in 20 years... | |
| Nov 29, 2017 at 16:49 | comment | added | CharlieRB | This answer explains it well. For all intents and purposes, yes P is basically in neutral but has the added feature of preventing the car from moving. Therefore, it is much safer. | |
| Nov 29, 2017 at 14:35 | history | answered | CharlieRB | CC BY-SA 3.0 |