alright. i have 2oo6. i have 5200 miles on my car. i called to make an appt. for my first and conveniently free (im broke as hell ). oil change. My appt. if not for another week. if i put like 250-300 more miles on my car. is that extremely bad for my car... since its the first oil change and all........... erg.

OH and another thing... my driveway is effing steep and when i park it i put my ebrake all the way up and my car still goes back. i have to like keep pulling on my ebrake to get my car to stop moving. then .. obviously, i park it in gear. i know this aint good for my car.. (my poor e brake) but how baddd is this for my car...

 

ok, for the oil change, its not going to kill your engine, but it isnt going to help. Another 200 miles shouldnt do too much damage, ive heard of people going over a thousand miles extra without any immediate damamge. However, i change my oil every 3k miles no matter what.

Another thing, when parking on the hill, you should shift to neutral, pull the ebrake, [the car should stop moving] and then shift to park, to take as much stress off the tranny as possible.

Ebrakes are cheaper than Transmissions, remember that.

 

on the oil thing you should be fine.. just dont go 1k-2k lol.. and put it in first and the car should roll back like not even an inch and stop.. then pull up the ebrake

 

her sig says she has a manual.. lol

when on an incline you should always put your car in gear with a manual transmission.. its ok.. lol

 

its bad for both transmissions nonetheless

 

Depress the brake with the car in neutral and engage the e-brake. Release the brake and allow the car to roll back a little bit until the e-brake stops the car completely and put it into first.

 

uhh... if its a manual... engine off, then i see no reason why it would be hurting the tranny... there is really not much stress put on anything.. hawkin's advice is fine.

but then i do heyitznosaj's way... neutral, e-brake, then put into gear.. (any gear)

the only thing with that is.. it will put some stresses on the ebrake and possibly wear it out faster.. especally on steeper hills.. i would do hawkin's way.

 

There is no reason for the transmission to be engaged in a gear while the car is off.

 

uhh... for steep hills... i always put it in gear... it's the sure way that the car WON'T roll away.

 

Then why is it that in some european cars such as saabs you cannot remove the key UNLESS the car is in gear?
They make cars, dont you think they'd know whats best?

 

So the car won't start in Neutral? If this is true, that is some poor engineering on their part.

 

http://www.drivingstick.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manual_...ving_technique
http://www.ehow.com/how_1869_park-hill.html
http://www.dor.mo.gov/mvdl/drivers/dlguide/chapter5.pdf
http://www.answers.com/topic/manual-...ving-technique
http://www.whtc.com/Shared/Auto/tuto...earnstick.html
http://www2.stlu.com/static_html/lea...556&navbar=yes
http://www.10w40.com/individual/100186.asp
http://www.interlog.com/~css/manualprimer.htm
http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/roadsafety/snowdriving.html

let me sum it up for you.. LEAVE THE CAR IN GEAR if its a manual transmission (sure, not necessary). (AND USE the E-brake too.) BOTH are recommended... and i would pull the e-brake first, than put into gear.

oh.. and in the case of the last link (winter) it specifically says, DON'T use the E-brake, and put it in gear.

 

Your first 3 oil changes are FREE from warrenty.

I also leave the car in gear all the time when I park. Been doin it for years with no tranny failure.

 

I always park in gear (5spd). I think those links sum it up and take away any doubt of what to do.

 

i do that EVERY time i park to reduce the stress of my tranny

 

a manual in gear is extra protection. its reccomended because its always safe to have a back up stopping power, not because its good for the car. e-brake should always go first, before your tranny locks up. on an automatic, in park, one wheel is set to roll forward, and one wheel is set to roll backwards. i first found this out when i forgot to loosen my lugs on my old auto v6 accord, before i jacked it up. i had it in park, and applied the wrench only to find out that the wheel would spin indeffinately. You should have seen my face! i thought my car was ruined, espeicially after i double checked it was in park. then i checked the other side, and then i looked like a 2 year old when they figure out how the phone work when i realized the wheel was spinning in the other direction. (and for those wondering why i didnt know that in advance, i was only 16, and my dad never lived with me and my mom, nor does he know anything about cars, so everythinig i know about cars is through trial and error.)

case in point:
brakes meant only to stop>tranny meant for gear changing doubling as stopping power by mechanical parts clashing against eachother.

 

why is this in force induction!

 

yea I definatly went 1000k miles over my last resent oil change...and it did not effect the motor in ANY way..also it is not smart and could cause SERIOUS damage to your car..it can run on oil plenty miles after your limit is due...i think even my first oil change was over by like 300..not the smartest way to treat a new car..BUT...would kill your engine..so your fine....dont worry about it

 

But why take the risk / chance? just put it in gear and itll be fine. i would rather my tranny be replaced, then my e-brake give, and my car backs into another, or worse. Its just a good habbit to get into, thats all.

 

I'm also pretty sure state driver manuals for the DMV tell you to put a manual in a gear, for obvious reasons.