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Originally Posted by HobieMarty

Another funny story about when I first got my TR6. Our driveway was on a slight hill, not super steep, but a gradual slope. I had parked the car on the grass to the side of the concrete driveway, had the top down, took the car out of gear, and set the parking brake. I got out of the car and shut the door. When I shut the door, all of a sudden the car started rolling and I jumped behind the car to try to stop it. I should've jumped in the car but no, dummy me at 18 years old, I jump behind the blasted thing thinking I can stop the slow roll which was picking up speed!!!
So here I am sliding, car is rolling and the shoes I have on are like Wallabees, with no tread on them whatsoever, didn't help my situation!!! We, the car and I, go sliding down the side of the driveway, we pass the mailbox and now are in the street. On the other side of the street are vacant wooded lots and beyond that would be a canal. Now out in the street my shoes get a little traction and I managed to get the car stopped just at the opposite side of the street. I remember pushing off of the curb and getting it to stop completely. I looked around and nobody had witnessed any of this, not a person in sight. I collected myself, got my keys out, hopped in the car and started it up, pulled it back to where it had originally been parked, it off and left it in 1st gear. From then on, even though I had the parking brake fixed, I always parked the car with it in gear.


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Yep, with a manual trans car, always in gear. Parking brakes these days are pretty reliable, but in the past, not as much. I've also had a car that did not have the parking brake set, but was in gear pop out of gear and roll into another car. That was fun.