Grahame wrote:
> A manual transmission should never be used as a parking brake, always but
> the stick in neutral and set the parking brake.
> Grahame

sadly untrue. parking brakes can relax and release as they cool if hot
when set. for that reason, /always/ park a stick in gear, especially on
a hill. oh, and for the record, the clutch interlock switch should
prevent even the most forgetful from being able to start the car in gear.

> "Chuck Phillips" <charlesphillips01@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:St2dnWdrObDp-IHeRVn-sQ@comcast.com...
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>>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
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> which
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>>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?
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>>Please contact me at cphillips@crsdata.com so I can start a total.
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