NO!.. If you are going to engage the parking brake then it should be done
before removing your foot from the regular brake. The procedure would be to
come to a stop, put in park (keeping foot on brake) and then engage the
parking brake. The last thing that should be done is to remove foot from
brake.

Although not as important on a flat surface it is an excellent idea on any
unlevel surface and a good practice to utilize at all times while parking.
This reduces the stress on the parking pawl of the transmission. It is
called a parking break for a reason.



CaptainKrunch



"Tim Evans" <time@megagate.com> wrote in message
news:c9gqhh02f40@enews1.newsguy.com...
> This is more a general automotive question, but I do own a Honda, so I
> thought I'd try it here.
>
> Growing up, my father always told me to engage the parking brake on a car
> with an automatic transmission while the car was still in drive or reverse
> (or even neutral) before shifting into park (of course, the car should be
> stopped). This was somehow supposed to "reduce the strain" on the
> transmission. So, is there really any good reason to do this?
>
>