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Originally Posted by bomber991
Yeah the most common way I see it done is, Foot on brake, shift to P, shut off car, remove foot from brake. But I think the proper way is Foot on Brake, Shift to P, Engage Parking Brake, Remove foot from brake. And yeah, you shut off the car somewhere in there after shifting to P.
Then if you're on an incline, depending on what side of the road you're on and if you car is tilted up or down, you turn your wheels one way or the other so that if the parking brake fails and then transmission can't hold your car either, then your car rolls into the curb instead of going and rolling down the hill.
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Exactly what I was going to say.
I remember when I was a kid someone simply put their car in "park" on a fairly steep hill. my dad was outside close to that car and heard a "POP" come from the car followed by the car starting to roll downhill. He was right by the car at that time and got in front of it to stop it rolling down the hill. owner came out and engaged the parking brake. Problem solved.
If you really want to get technical...
step 1 apply brakes
step 2 shift to "N"
step 3 apply parking brake
step 4 release brakes while still keeping a hand on the parking brake (just in case car starts drifting)
step 5 apply brakes once more to shift to "P"
step 6 all done, you are now free to exit the car
Step 2 could also be shift to "P" the rest being the same (save step 5 since that is already done).
Also, for owners with manual transmissions.
Always shift to 1st gear when parking. This is a lot like putting your car in park in a auto car.
Always apply parking brake.
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