Why not use both?

I do...

 

Neutral and hand brake here. This is also what is generally done in other parts of the world which use manual transmissions more than us.

 

ok, i guess ill go back to nuetral + handbrake then. Maybe it was because the rx8 was my first MTX and the bad experience with the handbrake.

Thanks for the help all....and i love the forums, ive already got mods planned from reading them on here

 

I live in the flatlands so I only usually park with my parking brake but if I lived in even a remotely hilly area I would just use both and also turn my wheels so the car would roll into the curb if both the brake failed and the gear shifter popped out.
Also, to let you know, unlike the 8, most of the bugs with car have been resolved.

 

I live in sf and I always use both...handbrake is not enough...lol

 

I use both here unless I'm parking in a busy parking lot with cars pulling in and out a lot (example: WalMart). In that case I only use the handbrake. That way if I get hit I dont' get a botched tranny.

Otherwise, I use both though.

 

although I don't have a MTX, I've heard to put it in reverse. Mainly because reverse is the lowest gear. And you could use the hand brake also.

 

I use the handbrake.

However, the Mazda6 suffers from the same problem as the RX-8 does in regards to rear parking brakes coming loose, your handbrake going down, and your car rolling backwards. Why? Both the RX-8 and Mazda6 brake extremely aggressively, the rear rotors get hotter than on your average car, the parking brake you engage when the rotor/pads are hot cools down, metal contracts, the brakes release, and the car rolls backwards.

It's happened to a number of people. Twice to myself. I still leave the car with the handbrake on only. Bad habits die hard, I guess. You really should use both.

 

If I'm reading correctly here from another post, you live in Noblesville. Where exactly do you park that's even remotely hilly. Your driveway? Just giving you grief! Seriously, use both.

 

Parking a manual-tranny vehicle in gear will not "hurt the transmission." Look at it this way... Parking in gear puts the tranny under a static load that's less than what it sees while driving.

Please, do yourself a favor and just get in the habit of setting the handbrake AND placing the gearshift in First or Reverse. If you're parallel-parking on a hill, turn the front wheels toward / away from the curb as appropriate and roll such that the front tires are just resting against the curb (do they even teach that anymore?). Better yet, avoid parking on a hill if at all possible. Chock the wheels if rolling away really seems that imminent.

Whatever you do... Enjoy that '6!

 

LOL that just happened to me in my car with the parking brake slipping, here's the thread right Here

But they don't teach the wheel turning left or resting it on the curb anymore, the cop told me that when I came outside and I never heard it before in my life, cause in Driver's ED not and days Manual is not even in the cirriculum, least when I took it 2 years ago, driving a manual was never once mentioned in my class.

But after that incident of mine I park In Gear AND with the parking brake on, and if I am on a hill I do the turn wheels left trick now

 

I put the car in first gear and use the E/Park Break. Solves the rolling anywhere without me in the car problem.

 

I never trusted the hand brake in any car due to Heat soak issues and the hand brake cable "stretching" over time..

I always use 1st unless I'm on a steep hill then I use Reverse. (plus handbrake of course)

I typically do not turn the wheel to the curb myself but thats just a habit as I do know about the recommendation to do that.

 

i would use reverse in all my other cars, just because reverse is the strongest gear that you have. turn the wheel towards the curb AND yank on the hand brake. this is the first automatic i have ever owned.

 

By the way, welcome to the club......... :wavey:

Aloha

 

like the previous people have said, when I started learning, I was told to use handbrake, leave in first gear and on an incline, always turn the wheels so that if the car runs away, it will stop against the kerb.

Its second nature now, I awlays leave in in gear with the handbrake on.

Nige.

p.s. The 6 has had recalls too you know, one for the fuel tank if I recall. It isnt just the RX8 that had them, but hopefully, the bugs should be ironed out by now so you hopefully wont get many recalls.

I hope the RX8 is the same, when we change my wifes car in 2 years, thats what we are getting !

 

I keep it in gear, but pull the ebrake before I let off the brake pedal. That way near 100% of the work is done using the ebrake, but if something does go wrong with that, the gear is the redundant system.

 

I also use both.... I've never had the e-brake fail on me yet, but now this thread is getting me paranoid hehe.. so if that situation were to occur with the car left in gear, how far would the car actually roll before stopping? I might try that myself out of curiousity.

 

I also use both.... I've never had the e-brake fail on me yet, but now it's getting me paranoid hehe.. so if that situation were to occur with the car left in gear, how far would the car actually roll before stopping? I might try that myself out of curiousity.

Not more than a few inches probably. You might hit a car if you were parallel-parked, but only very, very lightly.

 

in my MTX's in the past I have always used both the Ebrake, and leave it in gear. I set the ebrake let off the brake pedal then put it in gear that way less pressure is on the tranny but it's there as a safety net. I even do the same with my ATX now put it in neutral set the ebrake let off the brake pedal then put it in park. Also they always taugh us in Driver's ed to turn your wheels to the curb. In fact that is the one thing I always remember because it's the only thing I got marked off for while taking my driver's license test

 

It's been awhile since I was in Driver's Ed, actually many many years ago. This whole turning the wheel thing is getting me all confused again. I always thought, or maybe was taught this, that when parking on a hill, up or down, you would want to turn your wheel in the direction that, if for some reason the brakes failed, would allow the car to roll towards the sidewalk and not onto the road. So I always thought you had to turn your wheels to the right whether it's up or downhill. Either way, if the car would happen to roll, the wheels would hit the curb.

Here I'm hearing about the left turn trick and turning wheels towards the curb. What exactly is it then? It's confusing because if you were parked downhill, why would you use the left turn trick? And if you were parking uphill and did the left turn trick, it wouldn't be turning the wheel towards the curb now would it?

So could it possibly be the "right turn" trick? Somebody straighten this out for me. Thanks.

 

Originally posted by Vina6@Sep 13 2005, 11:01 PM
It's been awhile since I was in Driver's Ed, actually many many years ago.  This whole turning the wheel thing is getting me all confused again.  I always thought, or maybe was taught this, that when parking on a hill, up or down, you would want to turn your wheel in the direction that,  if for some reason the brakes failed, would allow the car to roll towards the sidewalk and not onto the road.  So I always thought you had to turn your wheels to the right whether it's up or downhill.  Either way, if the car would happen to roll, the wheels would hit the curb.

Here I'm hearing about the left turn trick and  turning wheels towards the curb.  What exactly is it then?  It's confusing because if you were parked downhill, why would you use the left turn trick?  And if you were parking uphill and did the left turn trick, it wouldn't be turning the wheel towards the curb now would it? 

So could it possibly be the "right turn" trick?  Somebody straighten this out for me.  Thanks.

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The way I remember it from the DMV handbook is that when you are going downhill (and you are on the right side) you turn them right. If you are uphill (and on the right side) you turn them left. This is assuming there is a curb. I think if there is no curb you always turn them right. The reason behind this is that the front wheels will run into the curb and stop the car. If you were going uphill and turned them to the right, the car might roll back and have to back wheels climb the curb rather than be stopped by it.

 

I say you buy a fucking anchor and drop the fucker out the window every time you come to a complete stop. Hire a crew to reel it back in for you when you want to get moving again.

What the fuck is going on here? A question about how to park? Is this a little joke I don't get?

 

guit being a bastard there jetta jet. some people are actally interested about this

 

Originally posted by bmlawson@Sep 14 2005, 04:37 PM
guit being a bastard there jetta jet.

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Fine, I'll stop being a bastard there. Can I be a bastard here though?