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garethreece
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Post by garethreece »

I always leave the car in gear after a couple o' times the 340 decided to roll when I stopped! I just park mine against a wall, cant roll away if there a big obsticle, at worst you end up with a scratch.
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Chris_C wrote:I'd been on coke...
I had to re-read that a few times before I was sure what you were saying :D
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Post by ajdubas »

tut tut Chris, you should always park in gear... I know it's been a while since you read the highway code, but I'm sure it was true back in your day!

Not only does it protect you from handbrake failure, it also protects you from ADD children who can't leave handbrakes alone ;)
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Post by Chris_C »

I'm still tempted to go by the "it was bounced into the road by little oikes" theory ;) And thank you Aleks... at least I'm not a relative old fart on this forum :lol:
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Post by redline »

Chris_C wrote:... at least I'm not a relative old fart on this forum :lol:
ahem you young whipper snapper , handbrake and in gear all the time ,

they called it the belts and braces approach in my day .
even with the autos I always leave them in park rather than neutral with the handbrake on
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