"Seth" <seth_lermanNOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote in
news:M_lYi.482$7P3.163@newsfe09.lga:

> "ap" <corsica@ragingbull.com> wrote in message
> news:1194452097.003836.132740@z9g2000hsf.googlegro ups.com...
>> Hello,
>> I've got an accord lx (2001) with automatic transmission.
>> Usually, the car is parked outside the garage on the sloped
>> driveway with engine facing garage.
>>
>> But I changed how I park so that the car's engine is
>> facing the driveway.
>>
>> The driveway to the garage is elevated.
>>
>> Is it ok to park this way and it doesn't strain the transmission
>> nor brakes, right?
>
>
> If you properly use your parking brake it will have no effect on the
> transmission which way you park.
>
>

either direction,the parking pawl will have the same stress on it.

brakes get a LOT more stress during driving than during parking.

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