In gear whilsts engine off?

Mr_AWOL · Post by **Mr_AWOL** » Sat Jan 31, 2004 1:04 pm

The best thing to do is to kerb the wheels.

Have you been speaking to my missus or something alex?

Greenday · Post by **Greenday** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 10:14 am

I've never left mine in gear ever since someone rammed into the back of one of my old cars and trashed the engine coz it was in gear.
Just to play devi's advocate here ......But lets say one day your car did start rolling down a hill and smashed into 2 or 3 other cars..now i dont think the Insurance guys are gonna be very accomodating when they find out that your handbreak was down...and i dont think they are gonna buy your logic about the wheel direction either....

That's slander i never said that

Alex LS · Post by **Alex LS** » Tue Feb 03, 2004 12:50 pm

I've never left mine in gear ever since someone rammed into the back of one of my old cars and trashed the engine coz it was in gear.
Just to play devi's advocate here ......But lets say one day your car did start rolling down a hill and smashed into 2 or 3 other cars..now i dont think the Insurance guys are gonna be very accomodating when they find out that your handbreak was down...and i dont think they are gonna buy your logic about the wheel direction either....

1. I wrote that, not Greenday.

2. And just how do you think it's going to roll down hill with the wheels kerbed?

3. Who said the handbrake was down?

4. If they know how to drive, they will already know about kerbing wheels on a hill.

5. Go and visit San Francisco. It's actually an offence there *not* to kerb your wheels on a hill.

ICE DOCTOR · Post by **ICE DOCTOR** » Tue Feb 03, 2004 1:57 pm

1) My bad

2) Rather be safe than sorry!!

3) Who said it was up?

4) They'll probably know about the handbrake first!

5)Yeah well ,in California its also against the law to shoot any kind of game from a moving vehicle, unless the target is a whale......for real!

5b) Its also against the law for women to drive while wearing a house coat....go figure

Greenday · Post by **Greenday** » Tue Feb 03, 2004 2:26 pm

5)Yeah well ,in California its also against the law to shoot any kind of game from a moving vehicle, unless the target is a whale......for real!

So you'd be ok if you were parked on a hill while shooting, but you'd have to stop if your wheels weren't kerbed, your handbrake broke and the engine weren't left in gear

ICE DOCTOR · Post by **ICE DOCTOR** » Wed Feb 04, 2004 10:23 am

I guess it also depends what you definition of a "Whale" is.....

Alex LS · Post by **Alex LS** » Mon Feb 09, 2004 11:08 pm

2) Rather be safe than sorry!!

3) Who said it was up?

2. There's no possible way a car can roll down a hill with its wheels kerbed, unless it's on sheet ice or similar. In which case, neither handbrake nor gearbox will help. The handbrake is much more likely to fail than the gearbox, but even the engine can be persuaded to turn if given a sufficient shove. Kerbing the wheels is by far the most effective method of preventing a car rolling away. Even the highway code recommends it.

3. So you assumed that I don't apply the handbrake just because I didn't explicitly state that I do?

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Mon Feb 09, 2004 11:50 pm

easily solved ......................

never park on a hill

personally i never leave my car in gear and it bugs me with ppl that do. it won't be the first time, more like 10th that someone has moved my car for me, normally at work, left it in gear and i nearly launch it into a bollard or something when i go to start it

ICE DOCTOR · Post by **ICE DOCTOR** » Tue Feb 10, 2004 12:59 pm

2. There's no possible way a car can roll down a hill with its wheels kerbed, unless it's on sheet ice or similar. In which case, neither handbrake nor gearbox will help. The handbrake is much more likely to fail than the gearbox, but even the engine can be persuaded to turn if given a sufficient shove. Kerbing the wheels is by far the most effective method of preventing a car rolling away. Even the highway code recommends it.

3. So you assumed that I don't apply the handbrake just because I didn't explicitly state that I do?

2) I reckon the safest is just to chain it to the tree next to you

3) In a war of words never leave your self open to interpretation

Mr_AWOL · Post by **Mr_AWOL** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 12:07 am

also on ice the car is less likely to slide if the wheels are straight

ICE DOCTOR · Post by **ICE DOCTOR** » Fri Feb 13, 2004 3:22 pm

Well in realy dodgy areas the car is less likely to "slide" if u take all the wheels off and leave it on bricks