POLL: do you use the handbrake when parked?

[LethalWolfe]

Manual or auto I always use it.


Lethal

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Manual, and no unless on a steep grade.

I have NEVER had a car move an inch with the brake off, but I have had the brake stick twice on two different cars, and had to have the cars towed.

 

[ultimatebob]

Auto, and only when I'm parking on an incline. If I know that the car isn't going to lurch when I put it in park, it's usually not worth bothering.

 

[Crappopotamus]

auto, nope... screw the transmission

 

[Amused]

Auto - Always

 

[azazyel]

auto always....too many hills in Seattle.

 

[busmaster11]

Auto - always...

I usually have my foot on the brake when parking, and when its at the spot I want, I'll pull up the e-brake, switch gears to park, then let my foot off the brake. This keeps it from rolling the inch or two...

 

[AEnigmaWI]

for those who's brake is sticking in the winter...

This is often due to moisture in your brake line... or some such thing, I don't recall exactly.

Nah, I have had that happen as well.. with my old SAAB it would always stick in the winter.. now, never happens. Yay Acura!

<edit> remove dumb terminology

 

[ohtwell]

I usually do!


: ) Amanda

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: MikePanic
manual.... only if parked on an incline.... and i RARELY use em in the winter because it can freeze your rear brakes... happened to me already on my old corrado

I drove a stick for years in upstate NY. Always used the parking brake and NEVER had the rear brakes freeze. Using the parking brake in the winter should not be a problem. If your brakes are freezing up then you have something wrong with them.

 

[Spamela]

100% of the time, whether auto or manual.

 

[EvanGeliSt]

sometimes...

 

[bastula]

always - both auto and manual

 

[CraigRT]

always, every car... automatic or manual.

 

[Xionide]

AHYEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEEEAAAAAAAAAAHHH


-Xionide

 

[Harvey]

Always with any car. Park gear sticks a pin in the driveshaft or otherwise locks the drive train, but that can fail, especially if the mechanism snaps due to the entire weight of the car is working against it. It never hurts to use the parking brake, but it may save you a lot of money and problems.

 

[Ornery]

Originally posted by: CraigRT
always, every car... automatic or manual.

What about when you borrow somebody elses car? Say, a person who never uses their brake? And, out of habit, you engage theirs, and it doesn't release due to rusty cables. Guess that's their problem, eh?

 

[ucdbiendog]

i use it for both manual and auto

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

I leave my truck in gear in the opposite direction of where the car would roll if coasting (in 1st if parked uphill vs. in reverse if parked downhill). The e-brake goes on and, if I can remember to do so, the wheels get turned in toward the curb.

 

[dethman]

i drive an auto and still do, remnant of when i drove a stick.

 

[arcenite]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Where's the "Both, yes, and anyone who doesn't use it all the time is a moron" option?

- M4H

 

[RagingBITCH]

Originally posted by: Ornery

Originally posted by: CraigRT
always, every car... automatic or manual.

What about when you borrow somebody elses car? Say, a person who never uses their brake? And, out of habit, you engage theirs, and it doesn't release due to rusty cables. Guess that's their problem, eh?

Um, yes, it is their problem. It's their car, they should maintain it.

I put it on all the time

 

[Ornery]

Oh, that would be typical of so many of our thoughtful members here. Somebody is nice enough to lend you their car. You apply the E-brake and the car ends up stuck. Now, you're stranded somewhere, the car has to be towed, and you're going to stick the owner with the bill. No good deed goes unpunished, eh?

 

[Calin]

Originally posted by: DainBramaged
manual, yes

Manual, yes.
But not in the winter, when I expect condense and freezing of the brake.
And when starting the engine, I press the brake pedal and the clutch, so the car stays on place

Calin

 

[new2AMD]

1 day I drove around all day with the emergency brake on. It doesnt say much for my driving but it says even less for the emergency brake.