In article <uHZSe.4370$vN.159059@news20.bellglobal.com>, "Grahame"
<grahame.news@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> A manual transmission should never be used as a parking brake, always but
> the stick in neutral and set the parking brake.
> Grahame
Grahame,
Great post. I always use the parking brake and NEVER use the transmission
as a parking brake. I guess that ALL people have not yet developed that
habit.
If someone failed to make use of the parking brake--the driver is to blame
for any accident that is caused.
Jason
> "Chuck Phillips" <charlesphillips01@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:St2dnWdrObDp-IHeRVn-sQ@comcast.com...
> >
> > My son has the above car with the 5speed transmission. While he was at
> > school last week, it slipped out of gear and ran into his boss's truck
> which
> > caused over $1600+ in damages to my sons car. The Honda Recall site
> > mentions an ignition problem that might allow the car to slip out of park
> > but does not mention anything about the manual transmission. Has anyone
> > heard about this problem with the manual?
> >
> > Please contact me at cphillips@crsdata.com so I can start a total.
> >
> >
> >
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