What do you do?

1. When you put the car into park do you release your foot brake and then apply the emergency brake?

OR

2. When you put the car into park do first apply the emergency brake and then release the foot brake?

 

Apply emergency brake then release. That way no pressure on the tranny....the pressure is on the brake

 

Well I dunno if this was one of the choices but this is how I do it . When I go to park my car . I pull into the spot I am gonna park at , With my foot on the brake and holding it , I shift the car into neutral and pull the emergency brake . When the emergency brake is set I release the brake pedal , so if I am on a hill the weight of the car now rests on the emergency brake . I then apply the foot brake and shift the car to park , then shut off the ignition . I found by doing this if your parking on an incline (seems to benefit all automatics) that when you go to pull the shifter from PARK there is alot less resistance on the transmission .

 

That's what I do, that way it never "KA DUNK"s when you put in reverse or drive....

 

Yeah e-brake first, then release foot brake.

 

yup...ever since i started driving... it has always been apply e-brake then release foot break.

 

I figured that would be the answer. I haven't driven an automatic in almost 5 years, so now I know and knowing is half the battle.

 

I only use the e-brake for parking when I'm on an incline (not very often in Chicago), but when I do, I shift into park, hold the brake, apply the e-brake, then release the brake. As for those of you doing it on a daily basis even when you're not on an incline, you're not doing anything. Automatic transmissions are built to handle a helluva lot more pressure than you're putting on it by putting it in park on a level surface.

 

wow nice thread i never knew about this, hmm must try it, but i live in chicago but if it serves more of a purposes and doesnt damage anything why not start doing it right?

 

I never use an emergency brake in mine. Only if i was parking on a steep incline.

 

I jus put the car in park... what am i missing here?

 

Same thing here but i dont have any hills!

 

right... only hills we have here is the levy, and if you drive 63 miles down the road then your below sea level.

 

Yea, it's mainly when dealing with hills....but then it becomes habit. Leaving all the stress on the tranny, parked on a hill is not good. Then if some a$$ clown bumps you and breaks it free....your insurance company won't like the results of your car rolling free down a hill.

Odds are you're safe without it on a hill....but I don't really like playing the odds when the safety is a mere 1 second pull.

 

yeah, i put my car in park, lol, unless im on an incline!

crazy kids!

 

That's why you turn your wheels towards the curb...

 

Drive a stick for 4 years, and you'll definitely get in the habit of using it!

I figure better safe than sorry, like someone said - it's not hurting anything! Plus, if I get out of the habit... then one day I'm going to forget on the other car (manual) and it's going to go rolling away :D

 

I pull in to the spot, with the brake pressed, I put it in park.

 

yeah, this ebrake thing is new to me too. I park the car, put it in park, and leave it be. Unless, ofcourse, I'm on an incline.

 

Hmm GI Joe moment