Poll: Leave car in neutral or in gear with handbrake?

[Dj Buttchug]

[u3b3rg33k]

Correct. I have no idea why you would want to use second. I believe R would give you even more resistance to motion.

Always park with the handbrake and in gear, and I always check that I am in neutral before starting the car (but I don't usually press in the clutch).

A surprising number of cars on the road have almost non functioning handbrakes. My girlfriend texted me this morning and told me the car was driving funny and making a funny noise, turns out she drove for a number of miles with the handbrake on. The handbrake in her car doesn't really work, as a result of this she always get mad at my after I drive the car because she Isn't strong enough to take the parking brake off after I set it.

People that never use their handbrakes always seem to have issues with them when they do...

Footbrakes are even worse. Ever driven a car with FOUR pedals on the floor? Fuck that.

E30s come with metal blocks of wood...

[Highway1]

I came out in the morning to go to school and i was like wtf? Now i leave in gear

[NuthinFancy]

I came out in the morning to go to school and i was like wtf? Now i leave in gear

Sorry if im thread jacking but ....what wheels are those in the pic are they stock?

[NC325iC]

i double up, 1st+brake.

no reason its just what my dad does, well he uses 2nd now i think

never had the brake stick, though it does clunk some on disengage ever since i took it apart the first time

[F34R]

I use 1st no hand brake, has not failed me in the all these may years of owning stick shift cars.

[Simon S]

my integra got so bad with its sticky PB -
that i'd periodically (weekly) drive it in reverse down some back street or alley
while pumping the foot brake - just to set the shit back.
was always worse during winters.
The less it was used - the less it was a problem.

[accident]

Thanks, I wish the guy at this mechanics shop I took mine to tonight would have left it in Neutral. It was dark and I didn't see that he left it in 1st with NO handbrake on, so my car lunged forward a bit when I tried starting it. I see the reasons for leaving it in gear, but when it's a customers car and you don't know what their preference is, you should leave it in Neutral with the handbrake ON!!

people like you are the reason neutral safety switches were invented.

[Raxe]

people like you are the reason neutral safety switches were invented.

qft.

[Conki]

Flat: 1st Gear, no handbrake.
Hill: 1st Gear + Handbrake.

[ak-]

Gear and brake always no matter where/what.

Wth is wrong with some of you people?
Make it a habit. Doesn't matter what experience/stories you have to prove otherwise.

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[blindwOw]

1st + Parking brake anywhere I park. I was just taught this way and now its a habit.

[Asrial Dune]

1st and hand break every time I park.

[nando]

I'm the only one who drives my car, so I don't have to worry about somebody putting it in gear (I often don't even get in my car when I start it). but sometimes with our other car, somebody will put it in gear, so I still check to see if it's in neutral or not. Even with a clutch switch, if you don't know it's in gear the car will lurch when you let out the clutch.

I don't really see how you could actually *start* the car while it's in gear. I've done it a couple times, the car usually moves forward a foot or so, but unless you're a moron and keep trying to start it that's about all that happens.

as far as the ebrake being broken, that's a pretty fucking pathetic excuse. :p

[YeOldeBuggy]

Parking brake only, unless its a pretty steep hilll, then parking brake +gear. Never had issues with any of my multiple 5 or 4 speed cars.

Thad.