Do you put your parking brake on even when you're not really parked downhill?

I mean if the area you're parked in isn't totally flat, but a little bit downhill at an angle? I heard that you should always put the parking brake on unless you're on level ground, because it will stress out the other brakes or something if you don't.

I never put on my parking brake. I do turn my wheels away if I'm on a hill though.

Huh? Don't we always use the handbreak when parked? What's going on?magicalclick

I always put the handbreak on when I park the car ... I thought everyone did ...

I always leave my handbrakes on when I park, even on a flat surface. I don't want some thief stealing my car by just pushing it.

The concept of people NOT setting their handbrake is foreign to me.

No. If you have an automatic transmission it's a waste of time.

The concept of people NOT setting their handbrake is foreign to me.

Oleg_Huzwog

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The concept of people NOT setting their handbrake is foreign to me.

aransom

[QUOTE="Oleg_Huzwog"]

The concept of people NOT setting their handbrake is foreign to me.

aransom

Well I always put the car in park when i'm not in it :) However, I don't put on my E-brake very often (it is on the right side of the drivers seat).

I was taught in driving school and by my parents to use the handbrake ALWAYS.

Even if I could be convinced this is false, I am so stuck in my ways by now that I'd probably still use the handbrake on flat surfaces.

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[QUOTE="Oleg_Huzwog"]

The concept of people NOT setting their handbrake is foreign to me.

Big_Bad_Sad

[QUOTE="Big_Bad_Sad"][QUOTE="aransom"]Where's the car going to go when it's in Park on flat ground?

aransom

Plus, why risk the damage to the transmission?

If someone hits your car hard enough to move it, even though it's in Park, I don't see how the parking brake is going to make a difference.

aransom

[QUOTE="aransom"]If someone hits your car hard enough to move it, even though it's in Park, I don't see how the parking brake is going to make a difference.

Big_Bad_Sad

[QUOTE="aransom"]If someone hits your car hard enough to move it, even though it's in Park, I don't see how the parking brake is going to make a difference.

Big_Bad_Sad

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[QUOTE="aransom"]If someone hits your car hard enough to move it, even though it's in Park, I don't see how the parking brake is going to make a difference.

aransom

It wont take that much force to move it. Without the break I could push a car with enough force to damage another car. As well as that what is stopping someone from pushing your car down the road?Big_Bad_Sad

why not just forgo the chance of it happening and simply take two seconds to set the handbrake?Dark__Link

[QUOTE="joao_22990"][QUOTE="Big_Bad_Sad"]It wont take that much force to move it. Without the break I could push a car with enough force to damage another car. As well as that what is stopping someone from pushing your car down the road?Hemmaroids

lol just saw this thread thought i'd add... the only time i use handbrake is to initiate my sideways fun :)

yes, of course but I drive a manual and don't like leaving it in gear.

I always put the handbrake on, hill or not. I cringe whenever I'm with someone and they park on an incline and don't use the handbrake. Car lurches forward an inch or two and all that weight goes to the transmission. Awful, awful habit. :(Dark__Link

I dont think i have ever used the parking break in my car. If its anything like the rest of the car it probably doesnt work anyway.

I dont think i have ever used the parking break in my car. If its anything like the rest of the car it probably doesnt work anyway.

Alter_Echo

i never use the E-Brake(handbrake, i call it e-brake). but thats only because my car doesnt have one.

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[QUOTE="Oleg_Huzwog"]

The concept of people NOT setting their handbrake is foreign to me.

Big_Bad_Sad

And people don't have car insurance anymore either? :O

I always use the handbrake and I leave my car in-gear.

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I dont think i have ever used the parking break in my car. If its anything like the rest of the car it probably doesnt work anyway.

jwsoul

i only do it when on a hill, or that that when i park like on the street i dont