been having a 'debate' with her who must be obeyed about me leaving the car in gear.

I leave it in gear whenever i park, she say's i'm weird for doing it

So who leave's the car in gear?

 

yep always do!and always dip the clutch when starting up,not quite sure why lol

 

Nope.....unless i am on a hill

 

Me, always do it. Just incase the handbrake fails. IMO why not, silly for not doing. Bloody women

 

always leave in gear

 

I do, after my brand new Renault Clio Sport (8 Years ago) rolled off the drive when it had 200 miles on the clock!

P.s I now hate French cars

 

Yep, I always leave it in gear when I park.


Cheers,
Grant

 

no real point in the saff, its low comp, and even if its in gear it still fooks off down the road

 

I leave mine in gear all the time!

 

Yep you should always leave the car in gear incase the handbrake fails.

1st gear facing uphill & reverse facing downhill, front wheels turned towards the kerb.

 

You should be a driving instructor

Sound advice from a man that knows.

What he says is what I do.
Si

 

always leave mine in gear in case of the handbrake failing and to help prevent theft by towing away. its easy to snip the handbrake cable but more noticeable if its in gear as well.

 

Always leave mine in gear and the hand brake off, only because the Fu**ing thing spends most of its life sitting in the garden so if the hand brake was on it would just seize up

 

Sad thing is all drivers should know, as it's in the drivers handbook - highway code.

 

always in gear,have to remind the missus everytime she gets in it,has a bad habit of not dipping the clutch and not checking if its in gear

 

no hills in lincoln - i only do it when a cars not moving for a while. no point otherwise - like when i did it in my mums car a few years ago. she drove it next and ended into into the freezer!

 

I'll look into it, that could be ny new career move

 

Manufacturers recommend starting with the clutch down for cold starts. IIRC the starter only has to turn the engine then, not both engine and gearbox. dont quote me......

I always leave my car in gear - everywhere.
I know someone who was unfortunate enough to have their car torched outside their house. The handbrake cable snapped, the car rolled and took 2 more cars up with it. Extreme i know but would have limited the loss for others.

 

I think its wierd if you DONT leave it in gear! Why not!?!?!?!?!

 

I would always leave a car in gear on a hill & maybe on a flat, but I don't have a car

(I always dip the clutch when starting a car)

 

IMHO this stuff should be part of the practical test and taught throughout the lessons. How many people know what to do with the car if they break down at the side of the road?
Turn wheels towards the kerb and get out of passenger side if on a dual carriageway or motorway stand behind barrier. On top of the obvious stuff.

I always leave mine in gear with handbrake off if i've just washed it and if i'm leaving it for a few days.

 

always in gear so you have to break into it to take it out of gear which make big alarm noise!!!

 

Now I would never have thought of that!

 

Yup that's what started the debate

 

think thts why my neighbour told when when i first started driving, just always stuck with me!

 

thts ok for u 4x4 and 2wd boys
but us FWD boys had rods under the car linked to the box

 

Mine almost found out the hard way. Got a lump of wood across garage floor and if it wasn't there she'd have put the car through into the dining room!

 

not normally but my hand brake don't work properly at the moment and cant be arsed to fix it

 

Always leave a car in gear when I park it. Missus also says I'm weird

 

not only do i leave my car in gear but i also leave my gear in the car. you cant be to careful with kids.

 

Hahah


Leave my car in gear. Could leave it in neutral and off the handbrake, just by turning the steeringwheel all the way over. Welded diff

 

nope not any more had a bad expirence with my old van a slight drop and remote engine start

 

yea my dad has driven all his life and has instructed to drive many vehicles and he's always taught me to dip the clutch it saves the starter and help's the battery in such cold climate if you start the car with the clutch down let it start and then steady itself pull the clutch up and you'll hear the note change as it takes the strain of the gearbox turning with cold oil in it so it deffo is a useful tip, even my driving instructor thought it was weird but he was a new boy so deffo went with my old man and still did it even though he said not to bother

and i always leave mine in gear mainly to stop it being pinched but you never no if the handbrake is to fail so better safe than sorry imo.

 

I always leave mine in gear too also with the hand brake on.

 

nope, never bother tbh, i HAD to in all my old cars due to shote handbrakes but my impreza dont need it as its got a internal handbrake shoe rather tahn the shite cossie design with lucas calipers

 

same as my wife then i get a ear bashing when she starts it and i jumps forward. i always tell her to check but she never does

plus on the evo viii you have to dip the clutch or it wont start

 

buy her a vectra c that not had the rework done on the handbrake lever ans she will soon find out why you leave your car in gear as it makes it way down the road

 

I always leave a car in gear - in this type of weather I dont bother using the h/b whilst parked either!

 

the escort is in gear in the garage so brakes dont stick on.
but the polo lives on the drive out of gear,bu i have a flat drive.
hills i always leave in gear out of paranoia and tilt wheels in to kerb.
and although i do what seems like all the options which confuses the issue,i always start a car with the clutch in after checking its out of gear

 

Me to, my Dad told me to when i was about 9 or 10 years old (used to let me warm the car up). Force of habit now.