How To Park a Vehicle

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Well according to a video I had to watch this morning

Turn the engine off - yep we all do that when parking
Turn the wheels in to pavement when facing downhill or out when facing uphill - Nigh on impossible once the engine is off and power steering don't work
Put the vehicle in gear 1st of reverse depending on slope - ok but not something I do in my car
Apply the handbrake - shouldn't that be done as soon as you stop :thinking:
No wonder vehicles are rolling away
Ok so I know most of us wouldn't do things in that order necessarily but there are some that will
 
Gremlin said:
Well according to a video I had to watch this morning

Turn the engine off - yep we all do that when parking
Turn the wheels in to pavement when facing downhill or out when facing uphill - Nigh on impossible once the engine is off and power steering don't work
Put the vehicle in gear 1st of reverse depending on slope - ok but not something I do in my car
Apply the handbrake - shouldn't that be done as soon as you stop :thinking:
No wonder vehicles are rolling away
Ok so I know most of us wouldn't do things in that order necessarily but there are some that will
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IF you need to ask on here, Please just let someone else do it for you :D
 
Byker28i said:
Doing a drivers awareness course?
:D
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Nope, it's a works road safety video, seems some don't apply handbrakes properly, so powers
that be see fit to make everyone watch a video, that in my view is the wrong sequence of actions, but of course others may disagree ;)
 
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Gremlin said:
that in my view is the wrong sequence of actions, but of course others may disagree ;)
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Completely wrong IMO, Its a bit like Manoeuvre, signal, and then Mirror ( to see what mayhem you just caused :D )
 
I can't take the key out if I leave 2 of ours in gear when stopped - and mine automatically shifts to P if I switch it off after leaving it in gear.
 
kingo15 said:
I always put it in 3rd when parked on a hill
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Yeah I always leave mine in 3rd whenever it is parked....force of habit, think my dad taught me it when I started driving (then again he does have an amazing history of ropey cars, so was probably always betting on a handbrake failure!).
 
Nod said:
I can't take the key out if I leave 2 of ours in gear when stopped - and mine automatically shifts to P if I switch it off after leaving it in gear.
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Even though 2 of my most recent Saabs have not had the gearbox locked even though the ignition/button is still between the seats, I still stick the car in reverse when parking and my foot on the clutch to start...
 
welshwizard645 said:
Even though 2 of my most recent Saabs have not had the gearbox locked even though the ignition/button is still between the seats, I still stick the car in reverse when parking and my foot on the clutch to start...
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I think that must be a common Saab owner's thing, as I still do it in almost every car by habit even though I haven't had a Saab for a few years.

At least my muscle memory has reverted back the the point that I've stopped stabbing the ignition key into the handbrake. :D
 
Cobra said:
Completely wrong IMO, Its a bit like Manoeuvre, signal, and then Mirror ( to see what mayhem you just caused :D )
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That's how they seem to do it round my way FFS
 
MWHCVT said:
That's how they seem to do it round my way FFS
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Here too Matt, and most of the country from what I've seen on my travels :rolleyes:
 
Nod said:
I can't take the key out if I leave 2 of ours in gear when stopped - and mine automatically shifts to P if I switch it off after leaving it in gear.
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Can't believe people would treat auto as manual and risk box damage switching off engine in gear.

P = Park. Then handbrake thingy.
 
I don't. However, I do read the manuals which tell me what happens.
 
Women are allowed to drive nowadays? :eek:


I'm old enough to have been told to do as you said in the first post, Ingrid. Just in case.

I suppose I still do the safety things - turn the wheels slightly, in gear on a hill (in my wife's car, mine's automatic).
Not sure about what order I do them in, it becomes a habit you don't notice after 40 odd years of driving.
 
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