"Grahame" <grahame.news@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:381Te.3631$I02.252258@news20.bellglobal.com.. .
> True, I should have said, a manual trans should never be used as a parking
> brake ALONE, set the parking brake and then put the stick in 1st or rev.

One should not just place an automatic transmission in Park either. The
parking brake is there for a reason (not just for playing on slippery roads
<g>) and should be used to ensure the vehicle does not move.

Brian