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View Poll Results: what do you do when stopped?
e break + park 1 11.11%
foot on break 8 88.89%
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Old Mar 15, 04
flick ma bean
 
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parked while stopped

so awhlie ago i was in a friends car, and everytime he stopped at a light he'd throw his car into park and pull the E break...then when the light would change green, he'd throw it into drive, release the e break and go

is this a common practice that i wasn't aware of? cause really it was the most annoying thing EVER!

if i'm at a light and i gotta grab something from the back i'll throw the e break on, but it's really unnecessary to put your car into park everytime you're stopped...so weird :284:
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Old Mar 15, 04
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i think your friend is weird.

the only time i see it at all needy to put the e brake on while stoped is if you drive standard and are on a big hill. other then that i dont see the point. lazy fucker!
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Old Mar 15, 04
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^ nah you're weird too

you don't need your e break while stopped on a hill, that's what your breaks are for...unless you got really shitty breaks :284:
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Old Mar 15, 04
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that is almost as annoying as folk who stop at uncontrolled intersections.
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Old Mar 15, 04
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when my car didnt have great breaks, i used to gear down and sometimes had to pop my car into the e break\park gear jsut cause it wouldnt stop any other way.
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Old Mar 15, 04
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standard or automatic?
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Old Mar 15, 04
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^ that's kind of scary megan. hehe i like having new breaks.

the only time i put my car into park or anything at a light is when i know it's a really long light and i'll be sitting there for a few minutes or if i have to grab something. other than that, it just seems weird.
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Old Mar 15, 04
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its not common practice but its a pretty good idea if you take into consideration the possibility of being rearended at an intersection.


i was rearended at an during a green at the intersection btw E12th and commercial and my car was hit so hard that iot was written off and i still have some serious issuses with my back 6 months later. my car travelled atleast 20 feat from where i was stopped fortunately i didnt hit the car in front of me, however had i been the first car in line at an intersection with a red light and traffic coming i would have been pushed into traffic and possibly nailed on ym driver side. if that happened thewn im pretty sure my injuries would be worse then a chronically sore back. This is why driving instructors tell people not to put their car into neutral when their stoped at intersections, so if they get hit their foot is knocked off the clutch and the car stalls before it rolls into the intersection.

anyway..thats way to much hassle and i think id look like a chump pulling my parking brake everytime i stopped so i wouldnt bother,...plus it would probably wear out the ratchet in my park brake.
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Old Mar 15, 04
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Originally posted by SEAN!
This is why driving instructors tell people not to put their car into neutral when their stoped at intersections, so if they get hit their foot is knocked off the clutch and the car stalls before it rolls into the intersection.
i normaly put my car into neutral so i don't wear my clutch out :soak:
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Old Mar 15, 04
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standard or automatic?
it WAS an automatic... sadly jimmy passed away in october :040:

and yes cheryl, it was scary... but i warned people before they got in.
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Old Mar 15, 04
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i'll usually put the car in neutral, and put the e-brake on when i'm at a light. gives my feet a rest. driving in the city in heavy traffic can take a lot of legwork.

as for dude putting it in park, i think i'd rather have that than those people who let off on the brake to rest their legs, let the car inch forward a bit, then put the brake back on. then do it again. ugh. i hate that.
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Old Mar 15, 04
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i normaly put my car into neutral so i don't wear my clutch out :soak:
clutches are cheap

besides your dad would pay for it anyway
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Old Mar 15, 04
flick ma bean
 
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i'll usually put the car in neutral, and put the e-brake on when i'm at a light. gives my feet a rest. driving in the city in heavy traffic can take a lot of legwork.
gives your foot a rest from all that pressing on the peddle!??!

holy crap :345:
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Old Mar 15, 04
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i'll usually put the car in neutral, and put the e-brake on when i'm at a light. gives my feet a rest. driving in the city in heavy traffic can take a lot of legwork.

as for dude putting it in park, i think i'd rather have that than those people who let off on the brake to rest their legs, let the car inch forward a bit, then put the brake back on. then do it again. ugh. i hate that.
thats funyn man..i drive a stick and i drive in rush hour every day from coquitlam to north van, then north van to ubc(admittedly not in rush hour) then from ubc back to coquitlam and my leg never gets tired..i fuckin love manual even in rush hour up steep ass hills with fifteen billion traffic lights
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Old Mar 15, 04
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Originally posted by Kelster


gives your foot a rest from all that pressing on the peddle!??!

holy crap :345:

With an old manual vehicle I can understand that. With my old '87 pu, in bumper to bumper traffic here, my left leg for the HEAVY clutch in that thing would get fatigued after driving around for long periods of time.
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Old Mar 15, 04
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i think i know who that is

and i wouldn't know!
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Old Mar 15, 04
hosehead
 
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Originally posted by SEAN!


thats funyn man..i drive a stick and i drive in rush hour every day from coquitlam to north van, then north van to ubc(admittedly not in rush hour) then from ubc back to coquitlam and my leg never gets tired..


depends on the car. how long your legs are with respect to the pedals. how finicky the clutch is. how much heel-toeing you have to do to keep the car from stalling. etc.

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i fuckin love manual even in rush hour up steep ass hills with fifteen billion traffic lights
i concur.
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Old Mar 15, 04
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clutches are cheap

besides your dad would pay for it anyway
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Old Mar 15, 04
hosehead
 
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clutches are cheap

besides your dad would pay for it anyway
clutches might be cheap, but the labour involved in replacing one isn't.

even if you do it yourself, it's still an awkward procedure.
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Old Mar 15, 04
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I think your friend just craves to drive a standard but is stuck with an auto!
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