Originally posted by: Phil
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That's even more reason to teach people how to drive a manual car properly.
Over here, if you take your test in an automatic, you can't drive a manual car until you've taken your test again in a manual.
Originally posted by: Heisenberg
I always put it in first when I park, but I don't use the emergency brake unless it's a steep incline or something.
Originally posted by: Siddhartha
No, I use the emergency brake. If something happens like getting rear ended, I rather not trash my drive train.
In an automatic it can snap off the parking pawl in the transmission which is $$$.Originally posted by: thedarkwolf
It won't hurt the drive train at all. Thats how people push start cars but without a key it won't start. It will just turn the engine doing no damage what so ever well other then the rearend damage itself.Originally posted by: Siddhartha
No, I use the emergency brake. If something happens like getting rear ended, I rather not trash my drive train.
Meh. Race training is even better. PCA autocross is a blast.Originally posted by: Phil
I'm not trying to be an asshole or condascend anyone, but damn I'm glad I learned to drive in a "tough" country. I stopped on a yellow hatched "Keep Clear" bit of road on my test, and the only reason I passed is because I told the instructor what I had done and apologised.Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Most "professional" driver's ed instructors in the US never explain how to drive a standard transmission. It's just not common enough.Originally posted by: Phil
Your... cousin taught you to drive?Originally posted by: spanky
yup, sounds like my cousin. i just got in and said "so how do i move?"Originally posted by: Phil
If you weren't taught that, then your driving instructor is a complete looney.
ZV
Do you have two different types of licenses over there too- manual/automatic and automatic-only?
Originally posted by: Siddhartha
No, I use the emergency brake. If something happens like getting rear ended, I rather not trash my drive train.
Originally posted by: Whisper
I generally leave it in neutral when I park, unless I'm on a fairly pronounced hill. It's just force of habit.
Originally posted by: Minjin
If the car is facing downhill and you put it in reverse, you're trying to turn the engine in the reverse direction as normal. If the engine has a timing belt, its very possible that when you go to start it up that it'll skip a tooth because of the slightly slack in the belt.
The same holds true for the opposite situation.
Mark
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Originally posted by: Minjin
If the car is facing downhill and you put it in reverse, you're trying to turn the engine in the reverse direction as normal. If the engine has a timing belt, its very possible that when you go to start it up that it'll skip a tooth because of the slightly slack in the belt.
The same holds true for the opposite situation.
Mark
Got any proof to back up that ridiculous claim? I've never heard that before. Once you push the clutch in you take away any force that was acting on the drivetrain.
Originally posted by: Minjin
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Originally posted by: Minjin
If the car is facing downhill and you put it in reverse, you're trying to turn the engine in the reverse direction as normal. If the engine has a timing belt, its very possible that when you go to start it up that it'll skip a tooth because of the slightly slack in the belt.
The same holds true for the opposite situation.
Mark
Got any proof to back up that ridiculous claim? I've never heard that before. Once you push the clutch in you take away any force that was acting on the drivetrain.
Proof? I've seen it happen? Anyone who has ever changed a timing belt can understand what I'm saying.
Mark
By "seen it happen" he means that one of his friends has some idiot mechanic tell him that after his timing belt snapped.Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
That car must have been well past the recommended change interval on the timing belt. Timing belts don't just skip a tooth.Originally posted by: Minjin
Proof? I've seen it happen? Anyone who has ever changed a timing belt can understand what I'm saying.
Mark
How did you see it happen? Do you have a clear timing belt cover on your car?
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Originally posted by: Minjin
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Originally posted by: Minjin
If the car is facing downhill and you put it in reverse, you're trying to turn the engine in the reverse direction as normal. If the engine has a timing belt, its very possible that when you go to start it up that it'll skip a tooth because of the slightly slack in the belt.
The same holds true for the opposite situation.
Mark
Got any proof to back up that ridiculous claim? I've never heard that before. Once you push the clutch in you take away any force that was acting on the drivetrain.
Proof? I've seen it happen? Anyone who has ever changed a timing belt can understand what I'm saying.
Mark
That car must have been well past the recommended change interval on the timing belt. Timing belts don't just skip a tooth.
How did you see it happen? Do you have a clear timing belt cover on your car?
Originally posted by: spanky
to go put ur car in gear after you park? i just pull the e-brake up and leave it in neutral. i am asking becuz i have heard that places will not install remote start in man trans cars becuz some ppl park in gear, and if they use remote start... something either in front or behind the car is gonna get smashed.