THIS is the Poll How do you Park

[Paul in NZ]

Manual box users

[javoresku]

First gear, hadbrake and wheels turned slightly towards the curb.

[BillionPa]

i would hope to god that neutral + handbrake is the majority vote

[Morgenster]

i would hope to god that neutral + handbrake is the majority vote

So it seems, and rightly so. Why risk the damage?

[Podmore]

So are we talking just manual or automatic? Same principle applies - car in first gear, handbrake on. No different level ground to on a slope except wheels turned toward the kerb on a slope. If you just trust your handbrake, you'd better pull it on hard enough to stretch the cable (which you will eventually ...) ... if you think you're risking damage to the engine or gearbox in the event of a rear end shunt with the car in gear, I think you're missing the point a little ....

[Dave M]

I'm the Leave car in neutral with no handbrake(gulp) and being quite honest. MOst of the time this is how she's left. I almost never park on a street, in a parking lot or other busy area. You could park ten semi-trucks outside my office and it hits the garage when it gets home. Elsewhere, I just throw it in first, no handbrake.
My no hand brake rule stems from bush work in the winter. You want a smelly ride home? Put a parking on in a filthy bush truck, them let it sit at -40. Old habits die hard i guess

Dave

[yaofeng]

I'm the Leave car in neutral with no handbrake(gulp) and being quite honest. MOst of the time this is how she's left. I almost never park on a street, in a parking lot or other busy area. You could park ten semi-trucks outside my office and it hits the garage when it gets home. Elsewhere, I just throw it in first, no handbrake.
My no hand brake rule stems from bush work in the winter. You want a smelly ride home? Put a parking on in a filthy bush truck, them let it sit at -40. Old habits die hard i guess

Dave

After several incidents of having the car slowly rolled off to a different spot, I stop that practice. At least I would leave the car in gear. One time the car rolled from the driveway back to the street. Our neighbor alerted us.

[Fetch]

Neutral with handbreak, no question.

[txp135]

Neutral with handbrake, since I'm parking on level ground most of the time. If I park uphill or downhill, then I put in gear to be safe and pull extra on the handbrake.

[t.wak]

With my auto (haha), I find I leave it in neutral with the hand brake... I'm beginning to notice some extra slack in the hand brake though, so I am beginning to use P... Which makes more sense.