Can pushing a parked car a few feet hurt anything?

[cjchaps]

Went to a concert tonight and was directed by the parking lot people to park my car in a position that blocked in another car. When I got out of the concert I noticed my car was at a weird angle and pushed maybe 5 feet or so and the blocked in car was gone. I also noticed multiple hand prints on the car indicating a bunch of people pushed it so the other car could get out. The car is an AWD Saab 92x. I assume most likely no harm will come of that? It drove home fine.

 

[ElFenix]

not sure with awd cars. with rwd cars you can pick up the rear end with several people and just move it whereever you want. you could do the same with a fwd car if you can manage to pick up the front.

do you have a stick?

 

[godmare]

You can break your parking pin (if auto), but I don't think anything else...
If your car goes into 'park' fine, it's probably okay.

 

[daniel49]

yeah, your back

 

[Crescent13]

Originally posted by: cjchaps
Went to a concert tonight and was directed by the parking lot people to park my car in a position that blocked in another car. When I got out of the concert I noticed my car was at a weird angle and pushed maybe 5 feet or so and the blocked in car was gone. I also noticed multiple hand prints on the car indicating a bunch of people pushed it so the other car could get out. The car is an AWD Saab 92x. I assume most likely no harm will come of that? It drove home fine.

I highly doubt that it would cause any harm, although those people must have been pretty strong to push the car while it was in park. (i'm assuming you put it in park when you got out)

 

[Ronstang]

How did they push your car if it was in park/gear and had the parking brake on?

 

[cjchaps]

It's an automatic, and the car was in park but I didn't have the parking break applied.

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: daniel49
yeah, your back

haha

 

[realsup]

If you have a small group of men they can push a car. It is not like the car is bolted to the ground. Do not see any reason why they shouldn't have the right too either. You did block them in.

 

[mobobuff]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
not sure with awd cars. with rwd cars you can pick up the rear end with several people and just move it whereever you want. you could do the same with a fwd car if you can manage to pick up the front.

do you have a stick?

What makes the front of a RWD car any less heavy than the front of a FWD car? Axel?

 

[Ronstang]

Originally posted by: cjchaps
It's an automatic, and the car was in park but I didn't have the parking break applied.

Sorry to tell you then that no one pushed your car out of the way by hand. It is more than likely they used the other car.

 

[Kelvrick]

Originally posted by: mobobuff

Originally posted by: ElFenix
not sure with awd cars. with rwd cars you can pick up the rear end with several people and just move it whereever you want. you could do the same with a fwd car if you can manage to pick up the front.

do you have a stick?

What makes the front of a RWD car any less heavy than the front of a FWD car? Axel?

Well... The engine is in the front... In an RWD car, you're picking up the back. in the FWD, picking up the front. Where the engine is. The part with the engine is heavier...

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: mobobuff

Originally posted by: ElFenix
not sure with awd cars. with rwd cars you can pick up the rear end with several people and just move it whereever you want. you could do the same with a fwd car if you can manage to pick up the front.

do you have a stick?

What makes the front of a RWD car any less heavy than the front of a FWD car? Axel?

Not an issue of weight, an issue of being tied to the transmission/engine.

 

[mobobuff]

Originally posted by: Kelvrick

Originally posted by: mobobuff

Originally posted by: ElFenix
not sure with awd cars. with rwd cars you can pick up the rear end with several people and just move it whereever you want. you could do the same with a fwd car if you can manage to pick up the front.

do you have a stick?

What makes the front of a RWD car any less heavy than the front of a FWD car? Axel?

Well... The engine is in the front... In an RWD car, you're picking up the back. in the FWD, picking up the front. Where the engine is. The part with the engine is heavier...

Well I understand that, but the way ElFenix said it it sounded like it was easier to pick up the front of a RWD car than the front of a FWD car, and I don't understand why where the power wheels are impacts how heavy the front of the car is when the engine is still in the same place. I assumed it was because the axel assembly of the power wheels is heavy, so having it at the back on a RWD car would distribute the weight of the car more. But I don't see that as having too much of an impact.

OP needs to draw a diagram 🙁.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: mobobuff

Originally posted by: Kelvrick

Originally posted by: mobobuff

Originally posted by: ElFenix
not sure with awd cars. with rwd cars you can pick up the rear end with several people and just move it whereever you want. you could do the same with a fwd car if you can manage to pick up the front.

do you have a stick?

What makes the front of a RWD car any less heavy than the front of a FWD car? Axel?

Well... The engine is in the front... In an RWD car, you're picking up the back. in the FWD, picking up the front. Where the engine is. The part with the engine is heavier...

Well I understand that, but the way ElFenix said it it sounded like it was easier to pick up the front of a RWD car than the front of a FWD car, and I don't understand why where the power wheels are impacts how heavy the front of the car is when the engine is still in the same place. I assumed it was because the axel assembly of the power wheels is heavy, so having it at the back on a RWD car would distribute the weight of the car more. But I don't see that as having too much of an impact.

OP needs to draw a diagram 🙁.

Oh, I see.

Well, yeah.. it would be harder to pick up the front end of either, just because that's where the engine is.

 

[mobobuff]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: mobobuff

Originally posted by: ElFenix
not sure with awd cars. with rwd cars you can pick up the rear end with several people and just move it whereever you want. you could do the same with a fwd car if you can manage to pick up the front.

do you have a stick?

What makes the front of a RWD car any less heavy than the front of a FWD car? Axel?

Not an issue of weight, an issue of being tied to the transmission/engine.

See but I don't understand that. I'm assuming that if you're pushing a parked car, you're basically sliding the wheels across the ground, or lifting one end up enough that only the suspension is pushing the wheels to the ground, making it easier to push that end of the car sideways. The way the OP said it it sounded like the people pushed the back end of his car to the side. Shouldn't matter which set of wheels can move...

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: mobobuff

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: mobobuff

Originally posted by: ElFenix
not sure with awd cars. with rwd cars you can pick up the rear end with several people and just move it whereever you want. you could do the same with a fwd car if you can manage to pick up the front.

do you have a stick?

What makes the front of a RWD car any less heavy than the front of a FWD car? Axel?

Not an issue of weight, an issue of being tied to the transmission/engine.

See but I don't understand that. I'm assuming that if you're pushing a parked car, you're basically sliding the wheels across the ground, or lifting one end up enough that only the suspension is pushing the wheels to the ground, making it easier to push that end of the car sideways. The way the OP said it it sounded like the people pushed the back end of his car to the side. Shouldn't matter which set of wheels can move...

Ahh.. Yeah.

Well maybe they picked the whole car up? lol

 

[mobobuff]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: mobobuff

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: mobobuff

Originally posted by: ElFenix
not sure with awd cars. with rwd cars you can pick up the rear end with several people and just move it whereever you want. you could do the same with a fwd car if you can manage to pick up the front.

do you have a stick?

What makes the front of a RWD car any less heavy than the front of a FWD car? Axel?

Not an issue of weight, an issue of being tied to the transmission/engine.

See but I don't understand that. I'm assuming that if you're pushing a parked car, you're basically sliding the wheels across the ground, or lifting one end up enough that only the suspension is pushing the wheels to the ground, making it easier to push that end of the car sideways. The way the OP said it it sounded like the people pushed the back end of his car to the side. Shouldn't matter which set of wheels can move...

Ahh.. Yeah.

Well maybe they picked the whole car up? lol

lol, like that one Mentos commercial with the little red car and the 4 huge guys. Man... Mentos commercials were classics.