jiunjie.com | thought to share » engage gear http://jiunjie.com Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:32:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://jiunjie.com http://jiunjie.com//favicon.ico jiunjie.com | thought to share Steep Hill Parking http://jiunjie.com/2010/03/10/steep-hill-parking/ http://jiunjie.com/2010/03/10/steep-hill-parking/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:32:37 +0000 jiunjie http://jiunjie.com/?p=90 I saw a car struggling to park at a very steep road as the car couldn’t stay on the same spot even though the handbrake is fully applied.

This usually happen to old cars with manual transmission and their handbrake is unable to hold the car’s weight anymore against the pulling force of gravity.

What you could do when you are facing this situation next time, engaged in a gear in opposite direction of your car is being pulled away. For example, if you car is rolling backwards slowly when you release your brake even though with your handbrake on, engage any forward gear.

Not an issue for automatic transmission car because they have the P (Park) to lock in gear ration in gear segment.

Not a good idea if your car engaged in gear and you want to show off your car has remote engine starting control to your friends as they will have a long lasting impression on you with your dumb act.

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