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#146110 Apr 5, 7:53pm
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how do you guys keep your ride in its spot

Ebrake
leave it in first
or both

grin
also do you like to back into spots or pull in forward

me i back in and use ebrake unless its below freezing

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aren't you supposed to leave it in 2nd (not 1st)? idunno


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i dont' leave mine in gear at all...just ebrake for me thumbsup Inless i'm on a big hill

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I have an auto, so I leave it in Park tongue laughsilly


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Originally Posted by trog2233
i dont' leave mine in gear at all...just ebrake for me thumbsup Inless i'm on a big hill

i would say that but theres no hilled in ND rolleyes


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Originally Posted by Evan
aren't you supposed to leave it in 2nd (not 1st)? idunno
I don't think it matters, as long as it's in gear.

Anyways, I always put the car in gear and use the e-brake.

And I like to back into spots when I have time and room, and when I parallel park, I always back in. For some reason, it's the only reason I can get it straight.


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I just leave it in neutral with e-brake.

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Originally Posted by trog2233
i dont' leave mine in gear at all...just ebrake for me thumbsup Inless i'm on a big hill
another thing i park where nobodies parking beside me that means way way far of the parking lot rofl grin


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No no no you guys got it all wrong, you gotta back into the spot and it doesnt matter if its in gear or neutral (i do neutral) and then after you back in you gotta turn the steering wheel to show of your rims grin


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i put the ebrake on.

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i put it in first, and ebrake


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I leave mine in neutral and use my ebrake... makes me feel like I'm driving a manual. laughsilly


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Originally Posted by gtscelica05
i put it in first, and ebrake

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back in and use the e=brake


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Originally Posted by RevMonster
I leave mine in neutral and use my ebrake... makes me feel like I'm driving a manual. laughsilly


lol


got an auto... and i always double park...jk grin

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1st gear, e breake and back in

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1st gear + ebrake...


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Originally Posted by jgmx
Originally Posted by RevMonster
I leave mine in neutral and use my ebrake... makes me feel like I'm driving a manual. laughsilly


lol


got an auto... and i always double park...jk grin

Double parking is bad. How do you think I got eleven parking tickets in one week.


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Originally Posted by spaztikid
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i put it in first, and ebrake

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I pull through instead of backing in, since the space in front of me is always open too because I park in BFE on a regular basis with it in neutral and ebrake on.


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Backing in vs. pulling in head first.

Reminds me of that Seinfeld episode. smile


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If I have time, I back that ass up. If I don't, I just pull in head first. When I park, I use both the ebrake and 1st gear, you never know when your brakes could fail.

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haha i remember that one rofl

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i just pull in and use the kick stand

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Originally Posted by trog2233
i dont' leave mine in gear at all...just ebrake for me thumbsup Inless i'm on a big hill

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Originally Posted by 2K4Celica
I pull through instead of backing in, since the space in front of me is always open too because I park in BFE on a regular basis with it in neutral and ebrake on.

Be careful, a friend of mine did that at walmart without realizing there was one of those cement blocks between spots and took out his entire radiator eek rofl .. I had to laugh, though. grin


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Originally Posted by RevMonster
I leave mine in neutral and use my ebrake... makes me feel like I'm driving a manual. laughsilly


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Put it in first, ebrake...Don't give two shits how I park grin

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I park on the other side of the lot. Put my auto in park and usually pull the ebrake too. My driving instructor made me do it and i just kinda got used to it.

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Originally Posted by spyder00367
I park on the other side of the lot. Put my auto in park and usually pull the ebrake too. My driving instructor made me do it and i just kinda got used to it.
Yeah, my instructor taught us the same thing.

Whenever I drive an auto, and park, I have to put the e-brake on or else I'll worry the whole time that the car can roll away. tongue


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i just pull in and use e-brake.


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Originally Posted by trog2233
i dont' leave mine in gear at all...just ebrake for me thumbsup Inless i'm on a big hill

Same deal. When I took my driving test I actually got marked for putting my car in neutral when I parked, despite I had my e-brake on and we were on perfectly flat ground.

I thought maybe this thread was going to be about how do you park in a parking lot. Which I tend to park as far away as I feel is necassary and I have been known to take up any where from 2 - 4 spots..once six! grin


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Originally Posted by Vampyre
Originally Posted by trog2233
i dont' leave mine in gear at all...just ebrake for me thumbsup Inless i'm on a big hill

Same deal. When I took my driving test I actually got marked for putting my car in neutral when I parked, despite I had my e-brake on and we were on perfectly flat ground.

I thought maybe this thread was going to be about how do you park in a parking lot. Which I tend to park as far away as I feel is necassary and I have been known to take up any where from 2 - 4 spots..once six! grin
You're just asking for it if you take up multiple spots.


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Originally Posted by xXMaGNuSXx
If I have time, I back that ass up. If I don't, I just pull in head first. When I park, I use both the ebrake and 1st gear, you never know when your brakes could fail.

very good point


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only brake unless on a hill then it's in 1st or reverse, depending on the way i'm facing.

reverse if the spot is tight or if i have the time


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E-brake and reverse

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i always jack my car up...


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Always put it in neutral with ebrake because I got a CompuStar 2WSS Alarm/Remote Starter and it has to be in neutral so that "reservation mode" can be set. That's a safety feature so that the car can only be remote started in neutral because we know what would happen if started in gear. And I really don't care how I park (backing up as compared to pulling in). I just try to park away from other cars when possible to avoid any dings, dents, and scratches.

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yeah backing in is just hot


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i keep ebrake and in reverse

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e-brake and either reverse or 1st


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i pull in if in a hurry, reverse if i got the time, then jack the celi up and put her on cement blocks

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